Upcoming Events and Publications

Public Appearances

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM |Registration: $6-$12 |

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Free with Registration | With OKÁN and Prof. Ruthie Meadows | In person at the Cuban Heritage Collection | Cuban Women in Jazz and Fusion (Fusión)
 

Conferences & Presentations

(TBD/Tentative) February, 13, 2026 | Music Colloquium Series, University of Florida

March 2026| Society for American Music | Richmond, Virginia

April 7th, 2026 | University of Pennsylvania Music Colloquium Series | “The Revolution Will Be Sonified: Juan Blanco’s Utopic Soundscapes in Revolutionary Cuba” 

May 2026 | Latin American Studies Association | Paris, France

Forthcoming Publications

“Reflections on Music Decolonization from a Puerto Rican: Breaking the Bonds of Colonial Subjectivity,” for Decoloniality: Music Pedagogues and Pedagogies in a Transformative Era, edited volume by León García Corona (Oxford University Press)

“Debunking Myths of Art Music in Latin America,” for Riotous Rites and Other Lies about Classical Music, edited volume, by Robin Wallace & Linda Shaver Gleason (Clemson University Press)

“Demystifying, Reimagining, and Modeling Career Paths within and Outside Music Academia” for Job Market and Careers Colloquy of American Music Journal

“Carpentier and Latin American Art Music,” for Carpentier in Context edited volume, by Anke Birkenmaier (Cambridge University Press)

“Afro-diasporic Womanhood in Tania J. León’s Scourge of Hyacinths,” for Black Identities on the Operatic Stage, co-edited by Naomi André, Elizabeth Keathley, and Kristen Turner (Oxford University Press)