Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Berklee’s Latin faculty members seek to guide and engage the greater Berklee community through publicizing and curating related events, course offerings, and teaching resources. Hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Portugal, and the United States, they are recognized worldwide, having earned multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy awards and nominations.
Frequently performing and traveling to international conferences to give master classes and clinics, Latin faculty members belong to leading trade organizations, such as the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the International Association for Jazz Education, the National Association of Music Merchants, Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM), International Society of Bassists (ISB), and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Most are also well published as composers, arrangers, instrument specialists, or music business experts.
Bass
![Headshot of Oscar Stagnaro](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Oscar%20Stagnaro_480x480px.png?fv=oFYtzRIp)
Oscar Stagnaro
ostagnaro@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Peru
- Instrument/specialty: Bass, ensembles
![Headshot of Fernando Huergo](/sites/default/files/2023-05/FernandoHuergo_480x480.jpg?fv=qLVpTJPA)
Fernando Huergo
fhuergo@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Argentina
- Instrument/specialty: Bass
![Headshot of Lincoln Goines](/sites/default/files/2023-05/%20Lincoln%20Goines_480x480.jpg?fv=pYmOE0rL)
Lincoln Goines
lgoines@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Bass
Composition
![Carmen Moral standing in a large performance venue while looking at the camera.](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Carmen%20Moral.jpeg?fv=j072D8kb)
Carmen Moral
cmoral@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Peru
- Instrument/specialty: Conducting
Contemporary Writing and Production
![Dan Moretti sitting in front of a piano with his saxophone in hand](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Dan%20Moretti.jpeg?fv=DMOj4Z_r)
Dan Moretti
dmoretti@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Saxophone, flute
![Headshot of Bernardo Hernandez](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Bernardo%20Hernandez_480x480.jpg?fv=jthmCsl4)
Bernardo Hernandez
bhernandez@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Venezuela
- Instrument/specialty: Composition, arrangement, guitar
![Headshot of Lee Abe](/sites/default/files/2023-05/LeeAbe_480x480px.jpg?fv=WZ2KliBd)
Lee Abe
labe@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Japan
- Instrument/specialty: Composition, arrangement, production, voice, piano
Ear Training
Ensemble
![Consuelo Candelaria's headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Consuelo%20Candelaria-Barry_480x480px.png?fv=NyCmMxPc)
Consuelo Candelaria
ccandelaria@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Headshot of Fernando Brandao](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Fernando%20Branda%CC%83o_480x480.jpg?fv=1a6uGnrc)
Fernando Brandão
fbrandao@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Brazil
- Instrument/specialty: Flute
![Headshot of Rebecca Cline](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Rebecca%20Cline_480x480.jpg?fv=2dkQDUeJ)
Rebecca Cline
rcline@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Blank profile grey silhouette](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=eub08BPA)
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
jschwarzbart@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Guadeloupe
- Instrument/specialty: Saxophone
![Blank profile grey silhouette](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=eub08BPA)
Ron Reid
rreid@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Trinidad
- Instrument/specialty: Bass, percussion
![Headshot of Tim Pascoal](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Tim%20Pascoal_480x480.jpg?fv=YkL6JKcn)
Tim Pascoal
tpascoal@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Portugal
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Luis Perdomo sitting in front of a piano in a black suit and blue collared shirt smiling](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Luis%20Perdomo.png?fv=tChPXEbt)
Luis Perdomo
lperdomo3@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Venezuela
- Instrument/specialty:Piano
![Headshot of Lizje Sarria](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Lizje%20Sarria_480x480.jpg?fv=Y6SD47EB)
Lizje Sarria
lsarria@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Colombia
- Instrument/specialty: Voice, songwriting, production
Guitar
![Headshot of Ben Sher](/sites/default/files/2023-05/%20Ben%20Sher_480x480.jpg?fv=0VH9WZbJ)
Ben Sher
bsher@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Guitar
![Headshot of Freddie Bryant](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Freddie%20Bryant_480x480.jpg?fv=AdRlQRCM)
Freddie Bryant
fbryant@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Guitar, composition
![Headshot of Berta Rojas](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Berta%20Rojas_480x480.jpg?fv=77S8mV_C)
Berta Rojas
brojas2@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Paraguay
- Instrument/specialty: Guitar
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Percussion
![Placeholder headshot image](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=A653DslQ)
Mikael Ringquist
mringquist@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Sweden
- Instrument/specialty: Hand percussion
![Headshot of Eguie Castrillo](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Eguie%20Castrillo_480x480.jpg?fv=i8RTi99Z)
Eguie Castrillo
ecastrillo@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Puerto Rico
- Instrument/specialty: Hand percussion
![Placeholder headshot image](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=A653DslQ)
Ricardo Monzón
rmonzon@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Guatemala
- Instrument/specialty: Drums, percussion
![Mark Walker playing drums in a blue collared shirt](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Mark%20Walker%20-%20PC%20Mark%20Walker.jpeg?fv=CapXPWAX)
Mark Walker
mwalker@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Drums, percussion
![Placeholder headshot image](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=A653DslQ)
Gustavo Agatiello
gagatiello@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Argentina
- Instrument/specialty: Vibraphone, marimba, piano, drums
Piano
![Headshot of Leo Blanco](/sites/default/files/2023-05/%20Leo%20Blanco_480x480.jpg?fv=GQVEaTvs)
Leo Blanco
Lblanco@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Venezuela
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Headshot of Nando Michelin](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Nando%20Michelin_480x480.jpg?fv=rBIuHbkF)
Nando Michelin
nmichelin@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Uruguay
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Headshot of Olivia Perez Collellmir](/sites/default/files/2023-05/%20Olivia%20Perez%20Collellmir_480x480.jpg?fv=O9LdESEZ)
Olivia Pérez Collellmir
operezcollellmir@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Spain
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
![Zahili Gonzalez Zamora sitting & thinking in front of a grand piano](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Zahili%20Gonzalez%20Zamora.jpeg?fv=MsrZcsQG)
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora
zgonzalezzamora@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Cuba
- Instrument/specialty: Piano
Screen Scoring
![Headshot of Claudio Ragazzi](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Claudio%20Ragazzi_480x480.jpg?fv=YDZkBfA8)
Claudio Ragazzi
cragazzi1@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Argentina
- Instrument/specialty: Guitar, composer
![Blank profile grey silhouette](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=eub08BPA)
Dario Eskenazi
deskenazi@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Argentina
- Instrument/specialty: Composition, piano
Voice
![Ana Guigui outdoors looking at the camera and smiling in a black sweater](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Ana%20Guigui.jpg?fv=ubc1ybk3)
Ana Guigui
aguigui@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Puerto Rico
- Instrument/specialty: Voice, piano, drums, flute
![Gaby Cotter in a red dress next to a vintage microphone](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Gaby%20Cotter%20-%20PC%20Valeria%20Lam.jpg?fv=ZhCnCf_9)
Gaby Cotter
mcottertaylor@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Panama
- Instrument/specialty: Voice
Woodwind
![Edmar Colon smiling at the camera in a navy blue suit, white collared shirt and red tie](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Edmar%20Colon.jpeg?fv=YYZ5x7fu)
Edmar Colón
ecolongierbolini@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Puerto Rico
- Instrument/specialty: Saxophone, piano, composition
![Placeholder headshot image](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=A653DslQ)
Godwin Louis
glouis@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: Haiti
- Instrument/specialty: Alto saxophone
Brass
Music Production & Engineering
![Blank profile grey silhouette](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=eub08BPA)
Alejandro Rodriguez
anrodriguez@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: Cuba
- Instrument/specialty: Engineering, production
Harmony
![Blank profile grey silhouette](/sites/default/files/2023-06/Faculty-Headshot-Avatar_460x480.png?fv=eub08BPA)
Joe Mulholland
jmulholland@berklee.edu
- Personal website
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Piano, synthesizer, B-3 organ
Songwriting
![Rodney Alejandro in a cowboy hat on stage playing keys](/sites/default/files/2023-07/Rodney%20Alejandro%20-%20Peter%20Neill.jpeg?fv=k5MdNh1h)
Rodney Alejandro
ralejandro@berklee.edu
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Instrument/specialty: Keys, songwriting
Mediterranean Music Institute
Staff
Many staff members at Berklee have a Latin background. Browse the list below to learn about a few of those staff members and their areas of expertise.
![Headshot of Camila Escobar](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Camila%20Escobar_480x480px.png?fv=48vFb5Bj)
Camila Escobar
cescobar2@berklee.edu
Manager of Digital Philanthropy and Student Engagement
Institutional Advancement
- Country of origin: Colombia
![Headshot of Pablo Vargas](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Pablo%20Vargas_480x480.jpg?fv=ZyBiqM7t)
Pablo Vargas
pvargas@berklee.edu
Dean, Library & Learning Resources
The Library
- Country of origin: Colombia