RESUME


@ The Jazz Kitchen, Indy

Left to Right: Baris, Eddy, Chris, Rolando & Ron


Rolando Matias on Drums/Perc Lancaster Music Festival


Festivals:

USA and World Festivals:

Pittsburgh Mellon Jazz Festival- 1999 and 2000

Panoply Arts Festival-Huntsville, AL-2007

Texas Jazz Festival-2005

Cinco in Cincy Festival-2004, 2005, 2007

Good Times at Old Town Festival

Community Festival- 2001, 2004

Jamaica Ocho Rios Jazz Festival-2000 and 2001

Upper Arlington Arts Festival-2003 & 2005

Dominican Republic Jazz Festival-1999

Carver Theater Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

Birmingham Jazz Festival 2004,2006

Chattanooga's Riverfront Nights 2007

Reno Jazz and Folk Festival-2001

Milwaukee African Heritage Festival-2001

Atlanta Jazz Festival-2001

St. Louis Arts Festival- 2000,2001 & 2004

Bourbon Music Festival-2001

Clifford Brown Jazz Festival-2001 &2003 & 2005

Milwaukee 3rd Ward Music Festival 2005

Olde Pickerington Arts Festival 2007

Hartford Jazz Festival-2001

Dayton African Heritage Festival-1999

Winston-Salem Street Festival-2001

Beloit Jazz and Folk Festival-1998

Annapolis Jazz Festival-2000

Dayton Latino Festival-2000

Dayton Jazz Festival-2002

Milwaukee’s Summerfest-2003

Litchfield Jazz Festival-2000 ,2003, 2007

Columbus Arts Festival- 1997,1998, 1999, 2000,2001,2002,2003 & 2005

Charleston Wine Festival-2001, 2006

Columbus Rhythm and Blues Festival- 1997, 1998 and 1999, the last year it was held!

Springfield Heritage Festival-1999

Columbus Jazz Festival- From 1999 to 2004

Virginia Beach Jazz and Arts Festival-1999

Columbus Latino Festival- 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003,2004 & 2005

Mid Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival 2007

Erie Jazz Festival-1998

Louisville Jazz Festival-1999

Eureka Springs Jazz Festival-1999

Elkhart Jazz Festival-1999

Chattanooga Riverbend Festival-1999 & 2004

Grand Rapids Jazz & Blues Festival-1998 and 1999

Flint Jazz Festival-1998 & 2000

Arkansas-River Fest- 2002

Louisville Salsa Fiesta- 2002

Westerville Arts Festival- 2003

Cape May Jazz Festival-2004 an back in 2005!

St. Lucia Jazz Festival-2003 and 2004

Grand Marais Jazz Festival –2004, 2006

Milwaukee Historic Third Ward Festival

Musikfest -2002

Jazz by the Bend Festival- 2002

Among others!!

Venues:

Grand Opening of The Schuster Center for the Arts in Dayton, The Kennedy Center,Chicago Old Town School of Music, Charleston Jazz Society, Louisville Jazz Society, Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society, Marietta Jazz, Blues and Folk Music Society, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville Jazz Society, Reading Eagles Club, The Biltmore Estate, Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society, Toledo Jazz Society, Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Arrowhead Center for the Arts etc.

Schools,University and Colleges:

City of Dayton School District, Dayton, Ohio

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Denison University, Granville, Ohio

Central State University, Springfield, Ohio

Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Rhode Island College, Providence, R.I.

Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Miami University, Miamisburg, Ohio

University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio

Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky

Spaulding University, Louisville, Ky

Essex Community College, Baltimore, Md

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

Fransciscan University, Steubenville, Ohio

Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nv

Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Oakland University, Detroit, Michigan

Bellarmine College, Ky

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tn

Beloit College, Beloit, Wis

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

To name a few!!

Clubs and Music Halls:

The Hot House- Chicago Ill., The Elbo Room-Chicago Ill., The Ark- Ann Arbor Michigan, Bird of Paradise Jazz Club- Ann Arbor Michigan, BET on Jazz Restaurant-Washington D.C., Gibson Cafe Milano-Nashville Tn., Tazza's-Providence R.I., Rusty's Jazz Cafe-Toledo Ohio, Deep Blue-Wilmington Delaware, Hot Tin Roof-Martha's Vineyard Mass., Club Viva- St. Louis, Mo., The B.O.B- Grand Rapids Michigan, Nighttown- Cleveland Ohio, Main & Hopple- Glastenburry Ct., The Jazz Factory-Louisville Ky.,The Jazz Kitchen-Indianapolis Indiana, Lynagh's Music Club-Lexington Ky., The Workplay-Birmingham Al.,Headliners Music Hall-Louisville Ky., Jambalaya's-Lansing Mi.,Fat Fish Blue-Cinci Oh.,Tressa's-Asheville N.C.,Chan's Jazz-Wonsoket R.I.,Pacchia's-Dayton Oh.,Zanzibar Blue-Philly Pa., Zanzibar on the Waterfront-Washington DC,Blues Alley Washington DC, Nighttown-Cleveland Ohio…..among others.

TV & Radio appearances:

BET on JAZZ- on Jazz Scene with Sherry Carter (twice), Jazz Central and the new show on Wednesdays, City Beat w/ Jerry Ravish WBNS 10 TV, Latin Beat, TV 3 City of Columbus Dr. MLK Jr. Celebration, Live at Noon TV-23, WGVU-FM and WGVU-TV, WRTI-TV, Dominican Republic TV, WAPA-TV (Puerto Rico), Jamaican Television, Bethelehem Public Station live broadcast Concert etc.

Museums:

Louisville's J.D. Speed Museum, Minchener Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, Knoxville Arts Museum, "It's Commonly Jazz Series" Cincinnati, Dayton Arts Institute, Pittsburgh Andy Warhol Museum, Bella Artes Concert Hall (San Juan, P.R.), COSI Columbus, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Evanston Art Center- Jazz by the Starlights, Cincinnati Public Library Jazz Series, Baltimore Museum of Art Jazz Series, Brooklyn Museum of Art Jazz Series, Centerville Public Library, Cleveland Museum of Art, Jazz in Cincy etc.