https://www.miguelitomartinez.com/home daily 1.0 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595486477700-8STUF4HL59ILBDFZR3PV/Aro%252BHa_0010.jpg Home - Music is a vital part of my life. I use it in different ways to develop kindness, respect, and open-minded individuals. Miguelito always knew he was meant to be a musician. "When I was a kid, I was always inventing songs and playing instruments. My mom told me that one day they had a party; I was one year old, and I played with the band all night long. My grandpa said to my mom that it just became evident that I would keep doing music my whole life." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595461898110-2Y9WDOY6R051VBB5JBCN/IMG_2842.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595461959897-HBBEW22Q2VG11Z6ZECN3/IMG_2843.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/ce1e951c-985e-4cef-81f9-f900a5b001a1/IMG_7311.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1594611049991-UDEQ8S1LD8P8SPTAAYGW/In+The+Moment.jpg Home - “In the Moment” New Album Creating is an inspiration, but creating something at the moment only happens with improvisation, and that is to be able to conquer my fears. As Miles said, "Do not be afraid of mistakes. There is none”. This new project is exclusively about not fearing and creating at the moment with freedom guided by the passion and love of music that has given me so much in my life. This project is my humblest tribute to the music that gives us the freedom to express ourselves with rhythms and sounds. For this project, I have invited musicians with whom I have shared the art of creating at some point in my musical career such us: Jackeline Raggo, Jamie Dubberly, Alex Conde, Gabriel Navia, Charlie Gurke, Gary Musinsky, Pedro Pastrana, Anthony Blea, Morgan Nielsen, Jacopo Barone, and David Pinto. I thank each one of them for not fearing mistakes and conquering fears through the magic of musical improvisation. Just one take, no editing, just the magic of the moment. I want to express my thanks to all of them for their time and effort put into creating music just for the love of making music. Without your help, it would not have been possible to achieve one of my dreams. My eternal gratitude to you all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1594510248644-HRMDJWGOOY7502W09JQO/discoportada.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1594508839927-JVL06I434QNON9VDSFOS/13227167_10154210627748256_7570720722342208029_n.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1594620237737-LPABDMEYC4JP5U07AGBU/In+The+Moment+%282%29.jpg Home https://www.miguelitomartinez.com/musician daily 0.75 2021-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595488957197-1PV36ZRMK0FO5RDI3B95/TMO_5400.JPG Musician Miguelito always knew he was meant to be a musician. “When I was a kid, I was always inventing songs and playing instruments. My mom told me that one day they had a party; I was one year old, and I played with the band all night long. My grandpa said to my mom that it just became evident that I would keep doing music my whole life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498636598-R2JDIGWD1BIBAUNBCKUM/TMO_5341_3.JPG Musician A man with dark hair and a goatee, smiling and holding a flute, wearing a black shirt with a subtle pattern, standing against a plain light-colored wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595500563864-HD5GEBFU04CT2KO0RHPG/Cabanillas.jpg Musician Colorful abstract painting featuring musical instruments and the text 'InFAsta Jazz Project' in vibrant, stylized letters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498658055-K0H52KS5Z7OBCG9BZMYB/miguelfoto.jpg Musician Black and white photo of a young man playing a flute, with a dark background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595500651955-U7N62XCETPPX2FCU5D4Q/EdgardoCambon.jpg Musician A promotional image for Edgardo Cambón's show, featuring him smiling and sitting in front of a drum. The background has colorful, stylized illustrations of dancers, with text listing dance styles like salsa, timba, bachata, candombe, samba, and cumbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498667322-M1B9P5N8870W88SX8HUZ/opcion_der_2.jpg Musician A man with long dark hair, a goatee, and mustache, wearing a black shirt and suit jacket, sitting next to a silver flute, with a light gray wall and skull logo in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595500676410-66CDT2XX3F9FUONAPEVZ/Cotopincheira.jpg Musician Album cover for Coto Pincheira's 'The Sonido Moderno Project' featuring abstract blue and black shapes, a waveform graphic, and text highlighting Latin Jazz genre and project details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498713125-D9Y3Z12PUPPIFLMA44FM/TMO_5472.JPG Musician A man sitting among various traditional and indigenous musical instruments and artifacts, including drums, clay figurines, wooden sticks, and carved objects, with a plain white background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595500692803-T6PUK1FH1XGOVQ70PKGL/Son+de+la+mission.jpg Musician Album cover titled 'Songs from La Mission' features a shirtless man with tattoos on his chest, standing in front of a large vintage car. The background includes illustrated portraits of diverse people and a street sign that reads 'Mission', with warm, yellowish tones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498749039-X28TGBM8HKYXJB9R965I/miguel2.jpg Musician A man with long dark hair, wearing a black shirt, holding a silver flute, sitting against a plain white background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595500712903-DFWJ9434DXB3I7HM96UI/Marco-Diaz-Life-Notes.jpg Musician Album cover featuring a man holding a trumpet, sitting next to a grand piano, with text 'Marco Diaz Life Notes' and an illustration of a grand piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595498841862-F58EZ1B3HC24HMS2U3XQ/IMG_2916.jpeg Musician A band performing on stage at night, with musicians playing various instruments including flute, keyboard, drums, and percussion, under bright stage lights. 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the University of Science and Art in Chiapas and La Universidad Veracruzana. Miguelito has been trained in Kodaly and Dalcroze, and he has his Orff Schulwerk music certification by the San Francisco Orff International Levels and a master class with immersive, hands-on experience in Orff-Schulwerk, African Indigenous Music Education in Ghana. He has an intensive experience teaching multicultural music from preschool to the post-graduate level in Mexico, Cuba, and the US. Miguelito has been a guest clinician for the AOSA (American Orff-Schulwerk Association), CMEA (California Music Education Association), and Oakland Unified District. Miguelito was a music teacher specialist for Young Imagination, East Bay Center for Performing Arts and Youth in Arts teaching all over the Bay Area from kindergarten until high school. Miguelito has been a guest lecturer for San Francisco State, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, UC Santa Cruz, Fresno State, San Francisco City College. For many years, Miguelito was working at Escuela Bilingue Internacional, developing an IB (International Baccalaureate) music curriculum. In 2009 he was selected by the Milagro Foundation to be on the Voces del Cambio show on the Discovery Channel in which he shared his insight on how to utilize music as an instrument for newcomer children from Latin America to integrate into their new community. Martinez has been a music teacher and multicultural arts educator since 2004 in the Bay Area. Currently, he is the middle school music teacher specialist at Park Day School in Oakland, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb4c235a9d6234d496dc021/1595925408748-M8WTKQM1PEZ7KRRTHG9K/DSC00185.JPG Educator - C’mon Everybody! features original music composed by Youth in Arts Mentor Artist Miguel Martinez and featuring performances by additional YIA Mentor Artists. These songs encourage response to directions, social behavior and language acquisition. It is fun and accessible for developmentally typical Pre-K children, as well as children with cognitive or developmental delays. Check out this CD C’mon Everybody! which was produced with support from FirstFive Marin as part of a special workshop for families with children on the autistic spectrum. 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