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About me
Jose Santana is a PhD candidate at the University of Iowa, focusing his research on improvisation and composition in the instrumental orchestra classroom. He has taught orchestra in public schools across the United States. He also worked as an orchestra director with the El Sistema program of the Dominican Republic. Currently, he is a 5-12 orchestra teacher in Iowa City. This year, he presented at the New Directions in Music Education Conference at Michigan State University. He is also part of The American String Teachers Association’s Jambassador 2025 program, focusing on implementing Hip-Hop improvisation with string students.