Special Projects

Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus. Writing for Musicians

Berklee Valencia, Special Projects / September 7, 2020

 Working with Casey Driessen, Program Director Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) Berklee College of Music, Valencia Campus,  in 2018-2019 we offered a series of workshops under the umbrella Writing for Musicians, covering subjects such as Artist Statements, Bios, Press Releases, and Criticism. The idea behind this project was that these days, musicians must also be entrepreneurs …

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Berklee Global Jazz Institute (Boston): Interdisciplinary Work

Berklee Boston, Special Projects / September 7, 2020

Developed in collaboration with Danilo Pérez, founder and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, and Marco Pignataro, the Institute’s managing director, this Creativity and Expression in the Arts course explored an interdisciplinary approach to music-making. The central idea was to examine conceptual frameworks and methods in other art disciplines and then use them …

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The Latin Recording Academy’s Latin GRAMMY Guide to Latin Music

Special Projects, The Latin Recording Academy / September 5, 2020

Produced for the 1st Annual Latin GRAMMY, September 13, 2000 “Latin music” has never been more than a shorthand for a universe of rhythms and styles as diverse as the people who created them. For a while it was a useful convention. Not anymore. As technology and communications continue to erode borders, we are all …

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Astor Piazzolla A Memoir, with Natalio Gorín (Translated, annotated, and expanded by Fernando González)

Special Projects / August 28, 2020

 Astor Piazzolla, brilliant, iconoclastic tango musician, and composer, has become a national hero in Argentina and a cult figure for classical and jazz lovers worldwide, but only after a lifetime of controversy and struggle. The outspoken, headstrong Piazzolla told his story to a journalist and longtime fan Natalio Gorin in the spring of 1990 in …

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Música de Las Américas (Smithsonian Associates)

Special Projects / August 28, 2020

The Smithsonian Associates            Música de Las Américas Series A groundbreaking annual series that celebrates the long tradition of exchange among the music cultures of the Americas. With interviews and performances by some of the world’s greatest Latin musicians, it examines the continuing impact of Latin styles on popular music in …

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Piazzolla And The Passion of Tango (New World Symphony, Miami)

Special Projects / August 27, 2020

A New World Symphony In-Context Festival The six-day event featured dance (including an evening of free tango lessons in Lincoln Road, Miami Beach); orchestral and chamber music concerts; a film series exploring tango on film and an exhibit comprising Astor Piazzolla’s scores, including the original score for “Libertango,” and the original arrangement of “Triunfal,” personal …

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Radio: Jazz With an Accent @ 88.9 FM WDNA, Miami

Special Projects / August 27, 2020

A nine one-hour program series exploring jazz around the world produced and hosted by Fernando González for 88.9 FM WDNA Miami. Jazz, the quintessential American art form, has become a global language that many artists around the world are using to tell their stories. The thematic shows focused on specific styles and approaches in contemporary jazz …

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Spain’s Traveling Exhibit “A Tres Bandas” @ Spanish Cultural Center, Miami

Centro Cultural Español, Special Projects / August 26, 2020

Spain’s Traveling Exhibit  “A TRES BANDAS” Syncretism and Hybridization in the music of Latin America – Honoring 500 Years of Musical Heritage in The Americas  – Presented by Acción Cultural Española and Centro Cultural Español Miami Sept. 5 – Oct 27, 2013 The touring A Tres Bandas exhibit in Miami featured a local component including …

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