Diana V Sáez Editor

José Rivera is Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke, with a research specialism in the choral music traditions of Latin America. He has conducted Honor and All-State Choirs, including the Latin American Honor Choir, across the United States and abroad and has presented choral clinics and lectures at state, regional, and national ACDA and NAfME conferences. He was previously the ACDA Repertoire and Resource Chair for World Musics and Cultures and has presented choral workshops across Latin America. He is co-founder of La Vox Music Publishing, specializing in Latin American choral music. An accomplished conductor and educator and a dedicated advocate for Latin American choral music, Diana V. Sáez is Director of Choral Activities at Towson University in Baltimore. As a leading specialist in Latin American music, she is a frequent guest conductor, adjudicator, and lecturer in both the United States and abroad. For twenty-five years, Dr Sáez served as artistic director of Cantigas, an award-winning chamber choir that she founded to increase awareness and appreciation of Latin America's rich choral tradition. She began her musical education at the Escuela Libre de Música in San Juan, Puerto Rico and holds a Master of Choral Conducting from Temple University, a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Maryland, and a Master of Education from Harvard University.