Community Arts Partner

Participant Details

Community Arts Partner Name

Antonio Davidson-Gomez

Partner Type

Individual

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Individual Bio or
Organizational Statement

Antonio is an educator and percussionist focused on musical dialogue between cultures. He has studied, performed and recorded in various styles with emphases on Mediterranean and Afro-Latin music. Tony has produced cultural programming, educational projects and community engagement initiatives for over two decades. A Jubilation Foundation Fellow for music education, he has developed curricula for PBS (Latino Americans) and the EMP Museum/Smithsonian, (American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music), in addition to working as a teaching artist. Tony is a speaker on music and culture for Humanities Washington, offering presentations including Saffron & Honey: Muslims, Jews and Christians in Medieval Spain and Mapping Latino Musical Migrations. He has taught bilingual kindergarten and high school social studies, music and Spanish and led professional development for public television. He now serves as the Education Manager for the Broadway Center for Performing Arts. Recent musical projects include "De México al Mediterráneo," "The Silk Road: Trade and the Currency of Music" and work with Tango del Cielo, Gary Stroutsos, August Denhard and the Early Music Guild of Seattle. He holds a Masters in Education from UC Berkeley and has conducted study and research trips in Latin America, Europe and North Africa.