Musical Director of Grupo Condor and Nuestro Canto, studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Musica in Mexico City and Theory and Composition at the Portland Community College in Oregon. As a professional musician, Gerardo has pursued his interest in traditional Mexican music, Latin American folk music and Pre-Colombian music by performing with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. He has also toured with choir and world music ensembles, and composed music and design sound for dance and theater companies. Gerardo has been a teaching artist for 15 years and has continously served the northwest community through  “Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington” roster guide since 1993, “Oregon Historical Society” since 2001, Oregon “Multnomah County Library System” since 2001. Gerardo has arranged, composed and produced multiple albums for Grupo Condor, Nuestro Canto and different artistic collaborative projects. As a parallel activity to performance and teaching, Gerardo is an instrument artisan, he makes custom panflutes, rain-sticks, water drums, turttle boxes and bombos.