Adrian O. Rodriguez

Adrian O. Rodriguez currently serves as Director of Community Engagement, Chorus Director and Curriculum Manager of the Music Advancement Program at The Juilliard School. He brings a decade of experience as a public school music teacher and choral director in Houston, Texas. Adrian also led community choral music ensembles throughout Texas, including as Director of the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Associate Conductor of International Voices Houston multicultural choir, and Director of Music for Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church.

He has presented lectures and workshops at Michigan State University, the University of Houston, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Texas Choral Directors Association. He serves as Chair of Culturally Responsive Pedagogies for the National Association of Music Education-Texas, where his work focuses on widening the circle of community and inclusion in music and music education.

Adrian is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he studies how cultural capital shapes music institutions, communities, and teachers. He received his Bachelors of Music in Music Education from the University of Houston and his Masters of Music Education in Choral Pedagogy from the Westminster Choir College.