COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Music Advisor to the Greater Kansas City National Hispanic Heritage Committee, 1992

Spanish Language Translator and Facilitator to the Mid America Arts Alliance, 1992

Multicultural presentations and performances for the Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 1992 and 1993

Multicultural presentations and performances for Sociedad Hidalgo (Kansas City Mexican-American Association), 1993

Kansas City Youth Symphony: percussion coach, adjudicator, and advisor, 1992-98

Fiesta Hispana  (Greater Kansas City Hispanic Festival-performances by Marimba Yajalón, 1991-94) (solicited by the Greater Kansas City Hispanic Heritage Committee, José Gonzalez, President).

Public School Multi-Cultural Presentations and Workshops on the Music and Culture of the Marimba in Mesoamerica, and especially southernmost Mexico, through an affiliation with Young Audiences of Kansas City. More than 300 presentations to over 40,000 students, 1991-98.

Select Community Projects

2000-present
Jackson County (Missouri) Economic Development Task Force

2000
Barr Fellowship recipient to attend Salzburg Seminar #382 Youth and Civic Participation:  Models of Engagement

Music Advisor for University Charter School

Named to Board of Directors—Sociedad Hidalgo.

Producer of Mexican music concert to honor community arts activist José González.

Producer of workshop and performance by Ballet Folklorico Guadalajara at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)

1999-2000
Artistic Director/Faculty Liaison with UMKC and community in the production of the Stravinsky Festival involving the Kansas City Symphony, Ballet, Opera, and UMKC Conservatory of Music

Hispanic Scholarship Benefit multicultural presentation (performing artist).

Guadalupe Center Blanco y Negro Fundraising Benefit (performing artist).

Grupo Atotonilco Fund raising Benefit Performance at the Folly Theater (performing artist).

Pembroke Hill School Arts Council, Chairperson of Artist-in-Residence Subcommittee.

Independent --Marimba Yajalón Kids Concerts Series with interdisciplinary Latino subject matter (K-12 multi-cultural presentations at 25+ Greater Kansas City area schools).

Urban Mission Task Force. Co-Chairperson of the Arts and Culture Sub-Committee.

1998-99
UMKC Charter School Committee. Committee member evaluating Charter sponsoring groups.

1997
Ricardo Gallardo in residence at UMKC Conservatory of Music

1996-1999
Berkley Child and Family Development Center Fund Raising and Public Relations Chairperson. Produced professional video to promote center and explain its mission. Also coordinated various fund raising activities.

1996-present
Berkley Child and Family Development Center Program Board

Arranged and facilitated a formal affiliation of Grupo Atotonilco (Guadalupe Center) with the Conservatory of Music.

1995
UNAM Exchange with Gabriela Jiménez (National Autonomous University of Mexico)

Zildjian Percussion Festival. One of two major showcase events sponsored each year by the international leader in the music manufacturing industry. Over 1,000 persons from the community in attendance and underwritten entirely by the Zildjian Company.

1994-95
Member Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Daniel García Blanco Residencies--Faculty Exchanges with La Escuela de La Música Mexicana

1994 - Student exchange and faculty exchanges Paseo Mobberley Residency--with Marimba Yajalón (performances, and lectures)

Kansas City Symphony Youth Concerts (10 performances and production of resource materials)

Mind's Eye--Kansas City Public Schools (lecturing to KCPS Middle School students in how music relates to science and math).

1993
Series of Hispanic multicultural presentations and workshops for the Hawaii Department of Education

1992
Spanish language translator for Mid American Arts Alliance

Marimba Nandayapa, Mexico City --Shawnee Mission Schools residency (coordinator), also, production of resource materials for the Mid-America Arts Alliance.

1992-present
Member of Sociedad Hidalgo.

1991-present
National Hispanic Heritage Kansas City Chapter—Fiesta Hispana (performing artist).

Multicultural performances for young audiences --Presenter (over 400 Multicultural Performances with Marimba Yajalón to over 100,000 students in Hawaii, Texas, California, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Mexico, New  York, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, California, New Mexico, and Arizona).

Adjudicator
Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition--2000.

First Mexico National Solo  Marimba Competition, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. December, 1999.

Percussive Arts Society Collegiate Percussion Competition--marimba. Anaheim, CA, November, 1997.

Percussive Arts Society Collegiate Percussion Competition--vibraphone. Nashville, TN, November, 1996.

Twelfth Annual State Marimba Competition, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. October, 1995.

Kansas State Solo and Ensemble Contest, Baker University, April, 1994.

Tenth Annual State Marimba Competition-Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. October, 1993.

MAMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition, Kansas City, MO, July, 1993.

Kansas State Solo and Ensemble Contest, Emporia State University, May, 1993.

Texas Regional Ensemble Competition, Richardson, TX, April, 1990.

Sixth Annual State Marimba Competition-Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. October, 1989 (first non-Mexican invited to judge this competition).

Music Teachers National Association, National High School Solo Percussion Competition--National Finals, Detroit, Michigan, November, 1987.