Professor of Music

Education
Elvin S. Rodriguez received his BM and MM in Music Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and later received an Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. His studies have taken him from La Sierra University and California State University, Fullerton, where he studied with Rhona Hodgen and artist teacher Earle Voorhies, to Manhattan School of Music and Teachers College, Columbia University, where he studied with Constance Keene, Mark Silverman and Dr. Robert Pace. Among his many awards, Dr. RodrÕguez has received the distinction of Promising Young Artist from the national ARTS organization and the Young Artist Guild Award.

Current Duties
Dr. Rodriguez is presently Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies and Music Technology at La Sierra University. He teaches piano, piano pedagogy/literature, and music technology courses.

Current Projects and Experience
Dr. Rodriguez has been involved in the research and development of a music theory software program for the last six years. This has led to Musica Analytica, a published software program for both the PCs and Macs. Dr. Rodriguez is also currently involved in researching and playing Spanish/Latin American repertoire that is not frequently played. Some of the works are either out of print, or not yet in print.

Recent Presentations
In the past year, Dr. Rodríguez was invited to present at the California Music Educators Conference, in conjunction with the Technology Institute for Music Educators, on his research and development of Musica Analytica. In 2004, he will be presenting for the Texas Music Educators Conference and TI:ME conference. Also scheduled for 2004 are a Brahms two-night recital series featuring the complete sonatas for violin and piano and selected solo works for piano, a solo recital at the Carriage House in Redlands, and a keyboard/sacred music clinic in Chicago.

Recent performances include a chamber recital at the Carriage House in Redlands, a chamber recital at the Brandstater Gallery Artist Series, La Sierra University, and the Brahms G-minor piano quartet with the Lyndon Taylor Quartet. Dr. Rodríguez recently performed and recorded a world premiere two-piano piece by Los Angeles composer Robert Guillory that was part of a two-piano recital given in Hole Memorial Auditorium at La Sierra University. He also played organ continuo in the "Glory of the Baroque" concert given by the Riverside Master Chorale.