Evidence of service to the University

As Piano Area Coordinator, I have had the great opportunity to serve on various Department of Music committees, including:

§ the Music Education Curriculum Committee (major revisions completed)

§ the Performance Curriculum Committee (revisions completed)

§ the Music Gala Committee (which led the entire department through four very successful extravaganza performances, bringing in amazingly high numbers of audience members and improving public relations as well as recruiting efforts)

§ four Graduate Student Committees

§ Faculty Evaluation Committee

§ the Digital Keyboard Lab Renovation Project Committee

§ Chair of the Undergraduate Oversight Committee

§ Chair of the New Faculty Handbook Committee, and

§ Chair of the Master of Music Curriculum Committee (major revisions completed).

Committee work is a learning experience, of which I am grateful. I feel that I have a much better comprehension of how our department functions – of its shining successes yet also of its few challenges. Interpersonal communication skills are imperative for any successful musician and educator. I continue to work on expressing my personal thoughts in a professional manner as well as being a positive collaborator, contributing to the department in whatever way that I can. Trying to always channel this passionate energy as constructive, I work to be a team player and to see the whole, big picture with its many points of view.

In addition to committee work, I have written reports for the NASM and SACS accreditation entities, of which the UTEP Department of Music successfully passed all requirements as of Fall 2006.

I have recently found myself learning more about our institution as I recently completed my duty as a Faculty Senate Representative (Spring 2005 through Spring 2007). Attending these meetings allowed me to participate at a much broader level, seeing what other departments do, what our administrative leaders expect and to ensure that the Department of Music is right in line with everybody else. It is energizing to know that our department is a leading body when it comes to many issues on campus.

Much of my efforts have been in recruitment. Continued development of the Piano Area web pages and publicity materials are essential in communication for interested students. Continued work in returning all phone calls, emails, letters and meeting students and parents are the most important means for recruitment. The UTEP Piano Area maintains a strong and healthy relationship with the local piano teachers (EPMTA) as we often judge their competitions, attend their meetings and support their endeavors by hosting events at UTEP. Other recruiting projects have developed, including monthly outreach sessions with public schools, participation at the Texas Music Teachers Association Convention, and performances throughout the state and county. The only way to recruit students is to inform the public of the great product we have in the Piano Area at UTEP. And I truly believe that the academic and music program we piano faculty have put in place here in El Paso is excellent.

Since my arrival at UTEP, the Piano Area has hired two additional piano faculty, Dr. Oscar Macchioni, tenure-track assistant professor of music (piano with pedagogy specialty) and Dr. Margaret Hagedorn, adjunct lecturer of music (piano). Along with Professor Ruben Gutierrez, who has increased his work load to include attending all piano area meetings and also strongly assisting with academic activities, the academic and performance support of this piano faculty has helped the area and the department immensely. Their contributions to the Department of Music and Piano Area are vital for continued and increasing success. However, with the ever-growing number of students and now faculty, there are of course more administrative demands: scheduling, scholarships, curriculum questions, budgetary concerns, master class scenarios, piano situations, tuning problems and keys for practice rooms are a few examples of how my administrative efforts are spent. I work hard to be an efficient and good leader, an open communicator and team player. As a unit, we delegate projects and share performance responsibilities. I listen to faculty concerns along with trying to implement their requests and resolve unsettled matters.

Our piano faculty has witnessed some difficult academic situations as a result in lack of proper assessment of student work. As a result, I led the faculty to discuss and draft a document which outlines all requirements and assessment procedures for any piano major who studies at UTEP.

Another contribution to the department is the implementation of the following new courses:

§ Piano Pedagogy (of which I taught one semester and now is currently taught by my colleague, Dr. Oscar Macchioni)

§ Music Of Spain

§ Piano Chamber Music: Duos for one or two pianos

§ Class Piano Instruction for Non-Majors

§ Introduction to Ethnomusicology: Area Studies Brazil

§ Piano Repertory

One of my largest endeavors was to act as team member of the Digital Keyboard Lab Renovation Project. This complete overhaul of the digital keyboard lab housed on the fourth floor of the Music Building was made possible by a $250,000.00 grant given by the Brown Foundation, a Texas state organization whose main purpose is to distribute funds as encouragement and assistance to education, community service and the arts. Working with Dr. Oscar Macchioni and Dr. Lowell E. Graham, initial steps for proposal writing began in the Spring semester of 2004. Meetings and email correspondence with Associate Vice President Mr. Robert Nava and Director of Development Ms. Roberta Cohen led to the award of funding for our proposed plan in the Fall 2006 semester. Weekly meetings began in late February, 2007 and included collaboration with Mr. Carlos Torres, Project Manager of Facilities Services; Mr. Gregory Cook, Architect of Planning and Construction; Mr. Glen Kelley, Audio-Visual Supervisor of Instructional Support Services and Dr. Graham, Dr. Macchioni and myself. As a result of this project team’s efforts, our Department of Music now houses a state-of-the-art piano lab—perhaps the best of its kind in the United States, if not internationally. Not only will UTEP music majors benefit from this lab, but non-majors, local piano teachers and community members will also grace the doors of this newly constructed space. It is our intent to hold national and international conventions for piano pedagogues in order to promote this unique and beautifully built room that combines music teaching with technology.

Other facility resource improvements regarding piano and keyboard instruments includes:

§ $70,000.00 awarded through a grant proposal submitted, co-authored with Dr. Lowell E. Graham, for 38 replacement digital keyboards for use throughout the Department. This project is still ongoing, as I will be overseeing the withdrawal of old instruments and installation of new ones.

§ $140,000.00 awarded through a grant proposal submitted, co-authored with Dr. Lowell E. Graham, for the rebuilding of both Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall concert instruments (Steinway and Bosendorfer)

Evidence of service to community

I was fortunate when I got this job: people were hungry to participate in piano events at UTEP. Coming from a small town, being a pianist, and inheriting a sense of community and legacy, active approaches to getting people involved with the Piano Area has been a top priority. And the match between community and college has been an easy relationship to make: the Piano Area has seen an increase from three initial scholarships in 2002 to now ten scholarships specifically held by piano majors. Two of the largest scholarships have recently been established by Mrs. Wilma Salzman in honor of her late husband, Michael and by Mrs. Cheryl McCown in honor of her daughter, also named Dena. An endowment of over $17,000.00 plus a scholarship of $20,000.00, these awards were a direct result of my ability to reach out to the community. Here are a few of the activities that I have spearheaded and which have brought the UTEP Piano Area into light – being seen as an active organization that is fulfilling the mission statement of our university.

I. Ivories on the Border. 2003-2011. A local piano guild associated with UTEP and the Department of Music’s Piano Area, members paid a nominal fee in order to receive a bi-monthly newsletter and discount ticket costs for professional piano events. What started initially as a fifteen member group and ended with thirty-eight associates. Many of these people were local piano teachers who brought their own students to piano events, but the organization also contained professional pianists who live in El Paso as well as aficionados of the instrument with no musical background whatsoever. The Piano Faculty worked diligently to bring in world-renowned guest artists to campus, who performed not only a solo recital but also offered a free and public master class (Please see List A below). Our Ivories on the Border members were notified of all of these events, encouraged to participate and were given the “red carpet treatment.” As director of this group, I wanted their input and suggestions and to also let them know what a difference their participation made in regard to the successes of our students. I personally believe that what is the most dominant factor about Ivories on the Border is that people know they were actively contributing to the UTEP Piano Area through their attendance, support and encouragement. Due to high work loads within the Department of Music, the service component to Ivories terminated in the Spring 2011 semester. Although the UTEP Piano Area still invites guests, offers master classes and works within the community, the membership dues and bi-monthly newsletters have ceased. Email communication now takes place.

II. Outreach performances for local auxiliary groups, retirement communities, public schools and in private homes. Another way to reach out to the community is to perform and speak about music: to share it. Below is a list (List B) of select outreach performances I or my students have offered since my arrival in September 2002. I thoroughly enjoy these performances because often these are the most receptive and appreciative audiences. The exchange between performer and audience member is over-the-top positive in these situations.

III. Constantly Evolving Relationship with the El Paso Music Teachers Association. Upon arrival to El Paso, I immediately became familiar with the local piano teachers’ association, the EPMTA, because I value their work immensely. These teachers are the direct bridge to the group of students with whom I work. They are the ones who teach the up and coming piano majors, and therefore, one entity really can not exist healthily without the other. In attending their meetings, serving on their Advisory Board as well as being the UTEP Liaison, they feel as if they are being noticed for their work (as they should be) and that their desires as pre-college teachers are being heard at the collegiate level. For the first time in many years, the Irma Kluck Baroque Competition was held at UTEP in February 2005, bringing in over two-hundred students and parents. Also, for the first time ever, piano faculty attended the Texas Music Teachers Convention – a yearly convention for primarily pianists, their families and local piano teachers. This event, containing competitions, workshops and performances, is said to welcome over 5,000 people from all over the state of Texas. UTEP had a representative booth, promoting our Department of Music and Piano Area. At the 2004 convention, I worked for two months prior to the event to coach the high school piano ensemble that performed at the convention. Twelve pianists at twelve digital keyboards all played Ernesto Lecuona’s Malagueña at the same time, dressed in Spanish costume. At the 2005 convention, Dr. Hagedorn performed as new piano faculty and at the 2006 convention, I presented a lecture recital on the piano works by Joaquín Rodrigo. Participation at the State Convention continues. At select annual conventions, faculty go to support the pre-college students from El Paso who are competing at the state level. All of these attempts, along with a large, publicity advertisement that highlights the UTEP Piano Area in the convention program, bring a sense of community and unity for both organizations. It is truly exciting to see the relationship developing with more and more UTEP piano majors coming directly from this organization.

These are select activities. Service for me, as I’m sure for many other UTEP professors, comes easily. I enjoy working with others and find that many times I am not even recording the things that I do. Although somewhat time consuming, this type of work propels my other academic and musical endeavors. I truly feel that El Paso is my home and who would not want to try and make a difference where one lives?

List A – Organizing and/or overseeing the events of the following Guest Pianists, providing Recitals and Master Classes for UTEP Music Majors and Community Members

September 17, 2010 Dr. Megumi Masaki, Professor of Piano, Brandon University, Canada

September 25, 2009 Dr. Natalya Shkoda, Professor of Piano, University of California at Chico, Chico, California

September 11, 2009 Thomas Azar, UTEP Alum and Graduate Student at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York

November 6, 2008 Thomas Azar, UTEP Alum and Graduate Student at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York

October 1, 2008 Trefor Smith, Professor of Piano, Hamburg, Germany

Summer 2008 Christopher O’Reily, Pianist, in conjunction with the El Paso Summer Music Festival

February 23, 2008 Svetlana Nagachevskaya, DMA Candidate in Piano Performance, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

November 28, 2008 David Allen Wehr, Pianist, in conjunction with El Paso Pro-Música

November 8, 2008 Dr. Ian Hominick, Professor of Piano, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

March 31, 2007 The Arcadia Trio, Piano Trio originating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

February 15, 2007 Dr. Andrew Parr, Piano Division Coordinator, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

November 9, 2006 Andreas Haefliger, Pianist, in conjunction with El Paso Pro-Música

April 29, 2006 Ms. Tannis Gibson, Professor of Piano, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

February 10, 2006 Dr. Shannon Loerhke, Piano Division Coordinator, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas

November 11, 2005 Ms. Dora de Marinis, Professor of Piano, National University of Cuyo -Mendoza, Argentina

April 9, 2005 Michael Hawley, 2002 Winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, as well as the author of the world’s largest book, Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom

January 28, 2005 Dr. Matthew Manwarren, Chair of the Department of Music, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina

September 25, 2004 Piazzolla da Camera, Piano Trio who features the works of Argentine composer, Astor Piazzolla

July 31, 2004 Louise Scott Houghton, guest pianist

February 5, 2004 John Nauman, Steinway Artist

December 12, 2003 Michael Esch, Silver Medalist of the Ludmilla Knezkova Hussey International Piano Competition.

September 6-7, 2003 Libor Novacek, in conjunction with the Bruce Nehring Consort

April 18, 2003 Dr. Nohema Fernández, Steinway Artist and Dean of the Claire Trevor Arts School, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California

September 26, 2003 Tatiana Vetrinskaya, Specialist on the Piano Works by American Composer John Donald Robb

List B – Select Outreach Performances and Projects

Select Fridays from Hostess and Organizer. Outreach Sessions, “ONE: How Many People Does It Take To Make A Difference?”

January – April, 2011 (inspired by the book with the same title by Dan Zadra and Kobi Yamada), bringing in seven guest speakers to talk to students about how they use music and how it has helped advance their lives. Topics ranged from international study, viewpoints staging and getting outside of one’s self, to hip hop and taekwondo sparring practice. For more information, visit:

www.utepprospector.com/entertainment/howmany-does-it-take-to-make-a-difference-one-1.2118181

May 19, 24 and 26, Pro-bono piano lessons for select students of the El Paso Music Teachers Association. These students went on to compete at the

2011 State Piano Performance Competition in the Dallas/Fort Worth vicinity in mid-June

April 10, 2011 Master Class Clinician, El Paso Music Teachers Association, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

March 5, 2011 Hostess and invited judge, El Paso Music Teachers Association, Baroque Competition, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

October 25, 2010 Outreach and Publicity Efforts, working with UTEP Piano Area Alum and former student, Gabriela Zamora, Grades 6-8, Desert Wind Elementary, El Paso, Texas

October 11, 2010 Solo Piano Recital, The MacDowell Music Club, Passionate Piano: Franz Liszt and Isaac Albéniz, The Woman’s Club of El Paso, El Paso, Texas

September 16, 2010 Outreach for Potential Donors, Solo Piano Recital, Passionate Piano: Franz Liszt and Isaac Albéniz, Private Donor’s House, El Paso, Texas

September 10, 2010 Collaborative Pianist with Lauren Flanigan, soprano; Jose Luis Duval, Tenor; Luis Orozco, Baritone; and Kristin Sampson, Soprano, El Paso Fund Raiser, Private Donor’s House, El Paso, Texas

June 6, 2010 Afternoon Fund Raiser for the El Paso Summer Music Festival, Short speech and performance of Isaac Albéniz’ Fête-Dieu à Sévilla, No. 3 from Iberia, Private Donor’s House, El Paso, Texas

March 27, 2010 Master Class Clinician, El Paso Music Teachers Association, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

March 6, 2010 Hostess and invited judge, El Paso Music Teachers Association, Baroque Competition, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

February 14, 2010 Invited Collaborative Pianist with Lauren Flanigan, soprano, El Paso Opera Soiree, Private Donor’s house, El Paso, Texas

February 13, 2010 Mistress of Ceremonies, UTEP Women’s Auxiliary Luncheon, Windhall Hotel, El Paso, Texas

November 20, 2009 Outreach project by select studio piano students. Private lecture-recital at the home of Jack Stewart. Composer’s lives and select works represented (with power point presentation) featured Francois Couperin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Prokofiev.

November 20, 2009 Outreach project by select studio piano students. Good Samaritan White Acres Nursing Home. Composer’s lives and select piano works represented (with power point presentation) featured Friedrich Kuhlau, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ricardo Castro and Joaquín Rodrigo.

October 26, 2009 Private recital, Passionate Piano: Liszt and Albéniz, at the home of piano donor, Dr. Bonnie Brooks

October 8, 2009 Hostess and organizer for the monthly El Paso Music Teachers Association meeting (October). All piano majors and faculty from the three studios were required to attend, witnessing the local piano teachers “in action.” After the teachers held their monthly meeting in the UTEP Department’s Conference Room, invited guest and former U of A classmate Luca Ciarla (violinist and pianist, who plays both classical and jazz music) offered the featured program, demonstrating his latest compositions employing a loop-machine. Both aspects of the morning (the business meeting and the performance presentation) were extremely motivational to all who attended, challenging us to think “outside the box.” This was also a recruitment effort, in order to show the local piano teachers what fantastic offerings we give to our piano majors.

August 19, 2009 UTEP/EPISD/YISD Job Alike, Keeping Your Students (and Yourself!) Motivated, DKL, 2 sessions

January – March 2009 Numerous meetings, outreaches, round-table discussions, performances and sponsors/guest dinners as a part of the International Joaquín Rodrigo Festival: 2009. Highlighted events include:

¨ Opening soiree, Alumni House with guest speaker, Professor Gregory Fritze

¨ Opening Ceremony with opening remarks

¨ “The Little Boy Who Imagined Music,” (El niño que soñó la música), Outreach to public school students, as well as visually impaired and handicapped students

¨ DVD presentation to Music Appreciation class, “Shadows and Light,” a film by Larry Weinstein

¨ Panel Discussion, “Spanish Nationalism in Twentieth Century Spain”

¨ Accompanying performance and coaching sessions with Music Theater students

¨ Reception at the home of piano area sponsor, Mrs. Wilma Salzman

¨ Round-table discussion on various recordings of the Concierto de Aranjuez

¨ Movie, “100 Years of Joaquín Rodrigo: A Documentary”

¨ Meetings and organizational work with the following on-campus faculty and staff:

· Mr. Beto Lopez, Assistant VP for Institutional Advancement

· Mr. Ignacio Cubillos, Coordinator of the University Relations Office

· Mrs. Liliana B. Chavez, Manager of the University Relations Office

· Ms. Sylvia Hernández, Director of Institutional Advancement (Liberal Arts College)

· Ms. Yvonne Carranza, Coordinator of the Liberal Arts College

· Ms. Irene Casa, Executive Secretary to the Office of the President

· Ms. Patti D. Martinez, Administrative Assistant II of the President’s Office

· Ms. Catherine Dunn, Coordinator of University Communications

· Ms. Laura Trejo, Photograph Coordinator of University Communications

· Ms. Rose Cooper, Production Coordinator of University Communications

· Mr. Jose Clemente, Graphic Artist of University Communications

· Ms. Carleen Ning Russell, Assistant to Assistant VP for the Alumni Relations Office

· Ms. Victoria Alicia García, Director of the Translation Service Office, Languages and Linguistics

· Mr. Alex Muñoz, Manager of Sodexho Catering Services, UTEP Union

· Ms. Felicia Brown, Building Coordinator Scheduling, UTEP Union

· Ms. Herminia Hemmitt, Building Services Coordinator, Instructional Support Services

· Ms. Annette Aguilar Hinojos, Assistant Manager of Accounts Payable

· Ms. Olaya Hernandez, Payroll/Tax Manager

· Ms. Leslie Ramirez, Catering Sales Coordinator of the Hilton Garden Inn

· Mr. Hector E. Flores, Coordinator of the Disabled Student Services Office

· Ms. Lucretia Boucher, Assistant Director of the Don Haskins Center

· Mr. John Sales, Manager of Warehouse Operations, Facility Services

· Ms. Carmen Gonzalez, Assistant to the Provost

· Ms. Stella Burns, Administrative Assistant and Accountant, Department of Music

· Dr. Keith Pannell, Professor of Chemistry

· Professor Rita Triana, Professor of Spanish Dance, Department of Kinesiology

· Dr. Roberto Cortéz Gonzalez, Professor of Social Services, Department of Education

· Dr. Matthew Desing, Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Linguistics

· Professor Hector Enriquez, Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Linguistics

· Dr. Lowell E. Graham, UTEP Department of Music Chariman

· Dr. Ron Hufstader, Conductor of UTEP Orchestra and Wind Symphony

· Dr. William McMillan, Conductor of the UTEP Chorale

· Dr. Elisa Wilson, Musical Theater Coordinator

· Professor Steve Haddad, Commercial Music and Music Recording Coordinator

· Professor John Siqueiros, Guitar Area Coordinator

· Dr. Sangin Han, Professor of Voice

· Dr. Oscar Macchioni, Professor of Piano

· Dr. Dominic Dousa, Professor of Theory and Composition

· Professor Lawrence Gibson, Professor of Music Appreciation

¨ Meetings and organizational work with the following off-campus people:

· Ms. Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of the composer and owner of Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo (Madrid, Spain)

· Ms. Katherine Zegarra, Staff member of Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo

· Ms. Carmen Santás, Staff member of Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo

· Mr. Carlos Pérez, Guitarist, Professor of Guitar, University of Chile Arts Faculty

· Ms. Susy Tejayadi, Manager of Mr. Carlos Pérez

· Ms. Holly Zimmerman Levoir, Program for Cultural Cooperation

· Dr. Gregory Allen, Professor of Piano, University of Texas in Austin

· Professor Gregory Fritze, Chair of Composition, Berklee College of Music

· Dr. Justin Badgerow, Professor of Piano, Sul Ross State University

· Dr. Erin Lippard, Professor of Voice, Sul Ross State University

· Ms. Vanessa Cedillos, Violinist, El Paso, Texas

· Mr. Ben Vickers, Cellist, El Paso, Texas

· Ms. Felipa Solis, Expert of Spanish Dance and Media Arts

· Ms. Olivia Chavez, Project Manager of the Visually Impaired Program, Education Service Center, Region 19, El Paso, Texas

· Ms. Lorrie Francis, Music Teacher, New Mexico School for the Blind, Alamogordo, NM

· Ms. Amy Dickenson, Head of Music Rentals, Schott Music Publishing Company

· Walter and Pilar Rubin, Artists and Family Friends of the Rodrigo Family, Houston, TX

Series of Outreach Recitals in the summer of 2008

July 11, 2008 Main, Downtown Library, El Alma de España

July 16, 2008 Judge Marquez Branch Library, El Alma de España

June 24, 2008 Dorris Van Doren Regional Branch Library, El Alma de España

February 13, 2007 Invited Presenter for Dr. Keith Pannell’s MARC students, University of Texas at El Paso

Dr. Keith Pannell, Director (College of Science) invited a series of university faculty from outside science to present seminars on their research/creative activities to the MARC (NIH-funded Minority Access to Research Careers) students. These are all undergraduate students, juniors or seniors who are in theory en-route to science research careers via Ph.D. programs. It is in his opinion that “many scientists and engineers certainly do not always recognize the creativity and intellectual challenges of areas outside their realm of research.” Thus, in a modest endeavor to partially offset this attitude he exposes these students to the activities of colleagues outside of this college. He specifically asked for a presentation on the piano works and life of Joaquín Rodrigo.

November 10, 2006 Invited Speaker, The Piano Music of Ludwig van Beethoven with Zuill Bailey, musical director and Dr. Dominic Dousa, Professor of Composition, Pre-Concert Talk, Andreas Haefliger Piano Recital, El Paso Pro-Música, Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, El Paso, Texas

September 23, 2006 Hostess and Performer, Piano for Hurricane Relief, Benefit concert in conjunction with the El Paso Music Teachers Association with over 50 solo and chamber pianists of varying levels participating (raised $1000.00)

September 19, 2005 Accompanied student Nate Schocker, Guest Pianist, Concerto Version of Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, Americas High School Second Annual Tri-M National Music Honor Society Induction Ceremony, El Paso, Texas

August 17, 2005 Soloist, Selections from The Soul of Spain Concert, The Monte Vista at Coronado Retirement Community, El Paso, Texas

June 18, 2005 Invited Soloist and Chamber Pianist, Summer Music in El Paso, “A Celebration of Life”: Remembering Michael Salzman

April 26, 2005 Outreach Solo Piano Recital, Sonya Boureslan (student in my studio), the Monte Vista Retirement Community

March 6, 2005 Invited Soloist, Richard Burges Library, El Paso, Texas. The second half of the program was dedicated to select piano works and verbal comments about Joaquín Rodrigo.

March 1, 2005 Outreach Solo Piano Recital, Luis del Villar (student in my studio), the Monte Vista Retirement Community

February 25, 2005 Chamber Musician with David Ross, clarinet, The Works of Robert Bledsoe, Music Forum, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, Texas

June 19, 2004 Organizer of the Michael Salzman Tribute Concert, In Celebration of a Life Devoted to Music, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

May 22, 2003 Ysleta Retired Teachers Luncheon Collaborative Performance with Professor Suzanne Bowles, Holiday Inn Convention Room, El Paso, Texas

May 18, 2003 Invited Performer, An Afternoon of Music for and with Piano, Music Forum, Chamber Musician and Solo Pianist performing with Susan Beehler and Marcia Fountain, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, Texas

April 12, 2003 Invited Judge, El Paso Music Teachers Association, Performance Competition, El Paso, Texas

April 10, 2003 Lecturer at the El Paso Music Teachers Association monthly meeting, Joaquín Rodrigo’s Easy to Intermediate Piano Music.

March 29, 2003 Performer and Hostess, Ivories on the Border Kick-Off Gala showcasing all levels of piano performance found within our city

February 10, 2003 Guest Performance, The MacDowell Club, Chamber Musician and Solo Pianist performing with Yvonne Marmolejo, Elisa Fraser Wilson and Joe Estala

February 9, 2003 Painting Without Brushes: An Introduction to Musical Impressionism (in conjunction with a French Impressionist Exhibition), Chamber Musician and Solo Pianist, performing with Drs. Alicia M. Doyle, Melissa Colgin-Abeln and Elisa Fraser Wilson, El Paso Art Museum

January 16, 2003 The Piano Music of Claude Herndon: Preserving El Paso’s Musical Heritage, Commemorative Program with Speeches and Performances, Lecturer and Performer, Liaison between Michael and Wilma Salzman, who donated over 40 cartons of piano music to UTEP’s Special Collections Library, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas

December 11, 2002 Invited guest performer for the Long Life Learning Music Appreciation Class taught by Dr. Alicia Doyle, performing movements from Mozart’s Sonata in A Minor and Beethoven’s Sonata in F Minor

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