A few months ago I spoke at a UNESCO conference about art and the US-Mexico border. I really wanted to share my speech with you, so here it is below! I hope you enjoy it. I was very lucky growing up in Oakland – indeed, I have been very lucky all my life. That’s not […]
The month of April was made especially memorable for me by two very important concerts: The first took place on 11 April in the amazing theatre at CECUT (Centro Cultural Tijuana) and celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of a marvellous environmental organisation: PFEA – Proyecto Fronterizo de Education Ambient. The second took place at CNA […]
Last month, Rebecca Thompson and Mónica Saramiento of the US Embassy in Mexico City brought a group of fifteen girls to my concert in Sala Nezahualcóyotl. I enjoyed talking to them after the concert and promised to visit them in their home. A couple of weeks later, I had the opportunity of keeping my promise […]
For more than a decade now I have worked outside the concert-hall circuit under the banner of FLAUTA SIN FRONTERAS, taking music to those who most need it and who very often are not able to attend formal concerts. I have played to the young, the old, the disabled, the disadvantaged and to many who […]
As part of Elena Durán´s ongoing commitment to outreach and her belief in the power of music to foster mutual understanding, she recently performed a series of concerts in corrections institutions in California. This video was recorded on December 15 at the Los Colimos Detention & Reentry Facility in Santee, California. A special thanks is owed to […]
