About Nelson Rodriguez Garza

is a Mexican musician who enjoys making music: playing guitar, arranging, teaching and exploring the realm of music. He is currently a guitar doctoral student at Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of Professor Jiji Kim. He serves as an Assistant Instructor for the Guitar Department, an Online Artist Senior Instructor for the Cheerful Hearts Distance Learning Program in the Dominican Republic, and a member of the Mariachi Perla del Medio Oeste from the Latin American Music Center. Throughout his career, he has performed as a soloist in different festivals in Mexico, such as Festival Internacional de  Guitarra Clasica de Monterrey de la Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza (ESMDM), Festival Internacional Cedros-UP, Festival Internacional de Guitarra Clásica UANL; where he has been accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of the School of Music of UANL (OCFAMUS) in multiple times and the Indiana Guitar Festival and Competition as part of the guitar ensemble premiering in the US the Concierto para un Resurgir by Jose Cura arranged by Dr. Daniel Duarte.

Recent Credits

Cultural Immersion

IU Theatre — Guest Musician