He is also the Principal Guest Conductor of New York’s Perspectives Ensemble and the Music Director of the Georgetown University Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he serves as advisor for education and programming for Trinitate Philharmonia, a program in Mexico modeled on Venezuela’s El Sistema, and is also a regular guest conductor at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine.

He studied with: the Münchner Philharmoniker, the Hochschule für Musik Mainz, Master Classes in Cluny and Paris, and Conducting Courses at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamiento Musicale in Saluzzo, Italy.

[8] In 2000, he toured Spain with the Valencia Symphony Orchestra for the Spanish premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

On May 4, 2015, he led the Georgetown University Orchestra in a Cinco de Mayo performance for President Barack Obama.

[9] Currently, he serves as follows:[3][4] He has also appeared with the following:[3] Other performance groups, venues, or events include:[3] Gil-Ordóñez is married with one child.

[3][4] As an educator, Gil-Ordóñez currently serves as Adjunct Professor and Music Director at Georgetown University's Department of Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.