Luis Rosa

Background

About Luis Rosa

Luis Rosa attended the Conservatorio de Musica after graduating from High School. He then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Music from the Berklee College of Music and a Master of Arts in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory, both located in Boston, Massachusetts. While at the New England Conservatory, Luis Rosa performed for the Panama Jazz Festival and on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Luis Rosa’s principal teachers include Jerry Bergonzi, Jackie Byrd, Andy McGhee, Danilo Pérez, Bob Moses and Ken Schaphorst. He has been coached by or performed in master classes for Dave Douglas, Eddie Gómez, Dave Holland, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Cecil McBee and Steve Nelson. Luis has appeared at the Mediawave Festival in Hungary, the Berklee Performance Center and has performed with Billy Cobham, Eddie Gómez, Dave Holland, John Hollenbeck, Cecil McBee, Roscoe Mitchell, Bob Moses, Danilo Pérez & The Panamerican Big Band, Charlie Sepulveda, David Sanchez, Eggie Castrillo Paladium Big Band and the NEC Jazz Orchestra, among others. Luis also has television/movie credits to his name, including Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) and can be heard on several recordings, including Danilo Perez’ Panama Suite (2007), Rakalam Bob Moses’ Father’s Day B’Hash (2008) and Henry Cole’ Roots Before Branches (2010). Luis was faculty at the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico (CMPR). In Luis started as a saxophone instructor & musical theory teacher at the Preparatory School. In 2007 Luis became part of the CMPR’s Jazz & Caribbean Music department where he taught jazz arranging, jazz improvisation techniques, conducted the CMPR Jazz Orchestra and the advanced latin jazz combos. In 2011 Luis Rosa enlisted in the United States Air Force and currently tours with USAF Band of Flight, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.