Houston, TX
Recently named as a Texas UIL Sponsor of Excellence and Country Music Association Foundation’s Music Teacher of Excellence, José Antonio Diaz is the founder/artistic director for the award-winning organization Diaz Music Institute in Houston, Texas. Diaz is a Grammy Nominated Music Educator Top 10 Finalist, winner of Berklee College of Music’s John LaPorta Jazz Educator of the Year Award, LULAC Educator of the Year Award, and the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award. Inducted into DownBeat Magazine’s Jazz Education Hall of Fame, Diaz’s success was the subject of a featured cover story in SBO Magazine, Band Director’s Guide Magazine, the Houston Chronicle, and selected by FOX 26 and Univision Television stations as a Hispanic Hero. Jose was inducted into the Texas Christian University Band Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Jefferson Award for his work with Diaz Music Institute.
Jose’s leadership has led Diaz Music Institute to become internationally recognized as a premier organization for presenting, developing, and teaching jazz, Latin jazz, and salsa music. Díaz’s has performed with such artists as Ignacio Berroa, Candido, Pete Escovedo, Jon Faddis, Oscar Hernández, Eddie Palmieri, Danilo Perez, Poncho Sánchez, Arturo Sandoval, Francisco Torres, Nestor Torres, Chucho Valdes, José Valentino, and Miguel Zenon to name just a few.
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST