Sat
Dec
14
Courses Taught
Musicianship
Music Theory
Visual Art of Music
Composition
Education
DMA, Stanford University
MA, Stanford University
BFA, Royal Conservatory; The Hague, Netherlands
BFA, University of Mexico
What is your hometown?
Palo Alto
Who were your major teachers? (List three or fewer.)
Brian Ferneyhough, Clarence Barlow, and Julio Estrada
What are some important collaborations of yours?
Composed for: JACK String Quartet, ICE: International Contemporary Ensemble & Talea Ensemble
What recordings can we hear you on?
https://www.mauricio-rodriguez.com/web-data/discography.html
Mauricio Rodriguez earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition by Stanford University, a master’s in Sonology at the Royal Conservatory The Hague in The Netherlands, and a bachelor’s in composition, piano, and ethnomusicology at the University of Mexico. His music is frequently played in the Americas and Europe. He has been artist in residence at Arteles Center Finland, University of California Santa Cruz, International Centre for Composers Sweden, Xenakis Centre Paris, Royaumont France, and Cuban Institute of Art. An artistic fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts of Mexico, Rodriguez has taught music theory, music technology, and composition at Stanford University, San Jose State University, ESMUC Catalunya, University of Mexico, and Conservatory Salamanca Spain. Currently, he leads the piano lab at San Jose City College and also teaches AP Music Theory, Musicianship, and Composition at the Pre-College Academy at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.