Entrepreneur, talent scout, producer, and all around make it happen guy, David Rodríguez is a principal at The Relentless Agency, veteran leaders in the Latin music and entertainment industry with a deep understanding of US Hispanic markets. His roster includes recording music giants Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony, La India, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, Millie…
Theresa Holden is founder and chair of Holden & Arts Associates, a booking and management company serving performing artists and arts presenters since 1983. She is founder/director of the Artist and Community Connection and was a primary collaborator in important intercultural creation projects between Pregones, Roadside Theater (KY), and Junebug Productions (LA). She worked with…
Marcos A. Marrero Rivera, current Treasured of the Board of Directors of Pregones/PRTT, is Executive Vice President of Community Development for MassDevelopment, the state of Massachusetts’s development finance agency and land bank, where his portfolio includes regional and statewide creative placemaking initiatives. Prior roles include Director of Planning & Economic Development for the City of Holyoke,…
Sound Designer. He earned a degree in Music Performance and Audio Engineering from the University of Massachussetts Lowell. Stage credits include lead guitar for rock-opera The Eggmobile (1999-2004). Pregones credits: The Beep, La Caravana, Migrants!, Game Over, Aloha Boricua, Piojos/Fly Babies, Dancing In My Cockroach Killers, Neon Baby, The Harlem Hellfighters On A Latin Beat,…
Set and Costume Designer. Resident designer for Pregones since 2005. NY: PRTT, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Institute, Atlantic Theater Co., LAByrinth, Hostos Repertory Theater, Teatro Círculo, INTAR, Repertorio Español, R.Evolución Latina, SEA, Theater for the New City, HOME, HERE, Spectrum Stage, Miranda Theater, Ensemble International Theater, among many. Regional and international: Arena Stage…
(Bass) is a member of Juan Carlos Formell’s trio Formellx3. Since moving to New York in 2010 he has produced a number of recordings for Los Chamanes, Isabel Alfonso’s InCubismos, and children’s theatre work Cantanica. He has performed and recorded with Lila Downs, Mary Wilson, Ismael Miranda, Nicholas Payton, and Von Freeman. Theatre credits: Heiner…
An accomplished flutist, saxophonist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and educator, he earned his BA at Berklee College (Boston) and his MFA at the Aaron Copland School (NYC). A founding member of acclaimed bomba y plena group Viento de Agua, his many credits include Yomo Toro, Oscar Hernández & Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Ray Santos, and Bobby Sanabria.…
Born in Spanish Harlem, he is considered one of the top young percussionists in NYC. His mentors include Johnny Almendra and Ramón Rodríguez. Niko earned a Tito Puente Scholarship for 3 years at Boys Harbor. He is a founding member of Afro-Caribbean music collective Ilú-Ayé. Other music credits include: Frankie Morales, Louie Vega, Latin Sensation,…
Born in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Jorge studied at “Escuela Libre de Música”; an institution that boasts distinguished alumnus throughout the musical world. Performance credits include: L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Denver Symphony Orchestra, Foreigner, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ruben Blades, Steve Turre, Eva Ayllon, Latin Jazz All-Stars, Randy Brecker, Giovanni Hidalgo,…
A master percussionist of great prowess, his credits read like a who’s who of Afro Caribbean music and Latin Jazz: Familia Cepeda, Eddie Palmieri, Giovanni Hidalgo, Batacumbele, Harry Belafonte, Andrés Jiménez, Paul Simon, and more. His classic Mis Raíces CD is in the Top 100 Indies of Latin Beat Magazine. Pregones Theater credits: Game Over,…