Workshops attended

• 1998 Neil K. Ertz, Queretaro, Mexico
• 2003 Set up (VSA), Oberlin
• 2004 Hans Nebel, North Adams, Massachusetts
• 2004 Set up (VSA), Oberlin
• 2005 Jerry Pasewicz, North Carolina
• 2005 Set up (VSA), Oberlin
• 2007 Set up (VSA), Oberlin
• 2008 Advanced topics (VSA), Oberlin
• 2010 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2011 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2011 Jerry Pasewicz, North Carolina
• 2012 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2013 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2014 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2015 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2015 AFVBM Study Chi-Mei Instruments Collection, Tainan
• 2016 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2017 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2018 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2019 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2022 SVA Workshop, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2023 NMM Study Instruments Collection, SD
• 2023 Restoration Workshop (VSA), Oberlin
• 2024 SAV Making Workshop, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2024 Restoration Workshop, Williamsport PA

Competitions and Conventions attended

• 1998 Concurso de Lauderia de Veracruz, Mexico
• 2000 VSA, Cincinnati, OH
• 2000 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2001 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2002 VSA, Cincinnati, OH
• 2002 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2003 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2004 BVMA, London, England
• 2004 VSA, Portland, OR
• 2004 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2005 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2006 VSA, Baltimore, MD
• 2006 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2007 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2008 VSA, Portland, OR
• 2008 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2009 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2010 VSA, Cleveland, OH
• 2010 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2011 Pisogne Competition, Italy
• 2011 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2012 The Art of Sound Competition, Omaha, NE
• 2012 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2012 VSA, Cleveland, OH
• 2013 SVA, Duluth, GA
• 2013 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2013 VSA, Baltimore, MD
• 2014 AFVBM, Chicago, IL
• 2014 The Art of Sound Competition, Omaha, NE
• 2014 Soul and Shape Competition, Moscow, Russia
• 2014 VSA, Indianapolis, IN
• 2014 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2015 SVA, Alpharetta, GA
• 2015 VSA, Baltimore, MD
• 2016 SVA, Athens GA
• 2016 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2016 VSA, Cleveland, OH
• 2017 SVA, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2017 ANLAI, Florence, Italy
• 2017 VMAAI, Tucson AZ
• 2017 VSA, Washington DC
• 2018 AFVBM New York, NY
• 2018 SVA, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2018 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2018 VSA, Cleveland, OH
• 2018 Mittenwald Violin Making Competition, Germany
• 2019 International Violin Making Competition, Malta
• 2019 SVA, Little Switzerland NC.
• 2019 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2019 VSA, Dallas, TX
• 2019 Soul and Shape Competition, Moscow, Russia
• 2020 VSA, Virtual
• 2021 SVA, Atlanta, GA
• 2021 AFVBM, LA 2021
• 2021 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2021 VSA Virtual
• 2021 International Violin Bridge Competition, UK
• 2022 SVA Little Switzerland, NC
• 2022 AVS Festival & International Congress, Columbus GA
• 2022 VSA Anaheim, CA
• 2023 SVA Little Switzerland, NC
• 2023 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ
• 2024 Concours International de lutherie, Paris
• 2024 AFVBM Convention, Denver CO
• 2024, Maker Choice SVA, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2024 AVS Festival, Los Angeles, CA
• 2024 VMAAI, Tucson, AZ

Violin Making Awards

• 1998  Merit at Concurso de Lauderia de Veracruz (Violin)
• 2002  Merit for Tone VMAAI (Violin)
• 2002  Second Place Overall VMAAI (Viola)
• 2003  Merit Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2003  Second Place Tone VMAAI (Viola)
• 2003  First Place Overall VMAAI (Viola)
• 2004  First Place  Tone VMAAI (Quartet)
• 2006  Second Place Overall VMAAI (Viola).
• 2009  Gold Medal for Tone VMAAI (Violin) 
• 2009  “Bob Wallace” Grand Champion Contest Winner Award VMAAI.
• 2010  Merit for Tone VMAAI (Violin).
• 2010  Merit Overall VMAAI (Violin).
• 2011  First Place for Identification of Violins, Oberlin. 
• 2011  Third Place Overall VMAAI (Viola).
• 2012  Merit Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2013  First Place Sound SVA (Viola)
• 2013  First Place Workmanship SVA (Viola)
• 2013  Third Place Sound SVA (Violin)
• 2013  Third Place Workmanship SVA (Violin)
• 2013  Silver Medal Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2014  Elected member of AFVBM
• 2014  Merit at Art of Sound, Nebraska (Violin)
• 2014  Award Diploma (5^th Place) at Soul and Shape Competition, Moscow, (Viola)
• 2014  Third Place Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2014  Silver Medal Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2016 Certificate of Merit for Workmanship VMAAI (viola)
• 2016 Silver Medal Tone VMAAI (Viola)
• 2016 Gold Medal Overall VMAAI (Viola)
• 2017 Silver Medal ANLAI, Florence (Violin)
• 2017 Silver Medal Overall VMAAI (Viola)
• 2017 Silver Medal Workmanship and Varnish VMAAI (Viola)
• 2017 Gold Medal Workmanship and Varnish VMAAI (Violin)
• 2018 Third Place Tone SVA (violin)
• 2018 Third Place Workmanship (violin)
• 2018 Second Place Tone SVA (violin)
• 2018 Second Place Workmanship SVA (violin)
• 2018 First Place Tone SVA (viola)
• 2018 First Place Workmanship SVA (viola)
• 2018 Silver Medal Tone VMAAI (Viola)
• 2018 Gold Medal Overall VMAAI (Viola)
• 2019 Certificate of Merit  Tone SVA (Violin)
• 2019 Silver Medal Tone VMAAI (Violin
• 2021 Bronze Medal Tone SVA (Violin)
• 2021 Silver Medal Workmanship SVA (Violin)
• 2021 Gold Medal Tone SVA (Viola)
• 2021 Gold Medal Workmanship SVA (Viola)
• 2021 Silver Medal Workmanship VMAAI (Violin)
• 2021 Silver Medal Tone VMAAI (Violin)
• 2021 Gold Medal Overall VMAAI (Violin)
• 2022 Silver Medal Workmanship SVA (Violin)
• 2022 Silver Medal Tone SVA (Viola)
• 2022 Gold Medal Tone SVA (Viola)
• 2022 Prestige Awards; Instrument Repair Specialist of the year
• 2022 First Place Playability AVS (Viola)
• 2023 Certificate of Merit Tone, VMAAI (Viola)
• 2023 Silver Medal Workmanship, VMAAI (Viola)
• 2023 Gold Medal Workmanship, VMAAI (Violin)
• 2024 First Place Playability AVS (Viola)
• 2024 Certificate of Merit Workmanship, VMAAI (VIOLIN)
• 2024 Gold Medal Tone, VMAAI (Viola)
• 2024 Gold Medal Workmanship, VMAAI (Viola)
• 2024 Bill Barnits Award, Best in show, VMAAI (Viola)

Other activities (Lecturer)

• 2000-2010 Tone, workmanship and varnish judge for VMAAI competitions.
• 2005 “First-aid” seminar at the Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico
• 2006 Violin workshop at the International Music Festival,UAP. Mexico
• 2006 Violin workshop and “Violin making for musicians” lecture at the Animato Music Festival at Florida International    University.
• 2006  “Antiquing” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2007 Violin workshop and “Tone adjustment” lecture at the Animato Music Festival at Florida International University.
• 2007 Violin workshop and “Set up” lecture at the Orchestra Studies Camp at Reinhardt College in Waleska, GA.
• 2007 “Set up” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2008 Member of the team to translate the article; “Divine Proportions” by Francois Denis published in The Strad                Magazine on April 2009.
• 2008 “Neck reset and Button repair” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2009 “Cutting F holes from Mirecourt School” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2009 Article “My Bob Wallace” by Pablo Alfaro (VMAAI journal).
• 2009 Elected as Alternate Director for VMAAI.
• 2010 Article “A l’air” by Pablo Alfaro (VMAAI journal)
• 2010 Board of Directors of Atlanta Virtuosi.
• 2010 VMAAI Board of Directors.
• 2010 “Interesting Topics” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2011 Article "Neck projection" by Pablo Alfaro (VMAAI journal)
• 2011 Board of Directors of Atlanta Virtuosi.
• 2011 VMAAI Board of Directors.
• 2011 Violin workshop “The Violin” at Atlanta String Mania Music Camp.
• 2011 “Bridge Carving” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2012 Board of Directors of Atlanta Virtuosi.
• 2012 VMAAI Board of Directors
• 2012 Article “The soul of the violin” By Pablo Alfaro (VMAAI journal)
• 2012 Article “Bridge Carving” after Pablo Alfaro’s lecture (VMAAI journal)
• 2012 Violin workshop “The Violin” at Atlanta Chamber Music Festival
• 2012 Violin workshop “The Violin” at Nessonvaux Music Festival, Belgium
• 2012 “Carbon Fiber Rings” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2013” Instrument Care” lecture at Orchestra Conductors Seminar, Atlanta GA.
• 2013  Board of Directors of Atlanta Virtuosi.
• 2013  VMAAI Board of Directors.
• 2013 “Instrument Care” Workshop at the Arts APS Conference, Atlanta
• 2013 Vendor at Atlanta Chamber Music Festival
• 2013 Article “How I became a violinmaker” By Pablo Alfaro (VMAAI journal)
• 2013 Staff at Nessonvaux Music Festival, Belgium
• 2013 Playing and workmanship judge for the 2013 SVA Makers Choice Competition
• 2013 “Restoration tips” lecture at VMAAI.
• 2013 “Carbon Fiber Rings” lecture at VSA 2013 Baltimore Convention
• 2013 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2014 Lecturer at 5to Encuentro Musica Madera Lauderia, Morelia, Mexico.
• 2014 “Set up and maintenance” Seminar at EMBA Veracruz, Mexico
• 2014 VMAAI Board of Directors
• 2014 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2014 SVA Board of Directors
• 2014 Atlanta Suzuki Institute, Lecture “Violin Maintenance”, Atlanta
• 2014 AFVBM Players meet Makers Exhibition, Chicago
• 2014 Exhibition The Art of Sound, Nebraska
• 2014 Exhibition Soul and Shape, Moscow
• 2014 Exhibition Festival of the Violin, Indianapolis
• 2014 “Antiquing” at 2014 VMAAI Tucson, AZ
• 2015 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2015 VMAAI Board of Directors
• 2015 SVA Board of Directors
• 2015 Article “How I became a Violinmaker” (VMAAI Journal)
• 2015 SVA Lecture “Tips on Restoration”, Alpharetta, GA
• 2015 Staff at Nessonvaux Music Festival, Belgium
• 2015 AFVBM "Players meet Makers" Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2015 "Jigs for scroll repair" Presentation, 2015 VSA Convention in Baltimore
• 2015 "To Catch a Thief" Presentation, 2015 VSA Convention in Baltimore
• 2015 “My life and work” Lecture at Escuela de Lauderia, Queretaro
• 2015 Interview for Radio Universidad, Queretaro
• 2016 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2016 VMAAI Board of Directors
• 2016 SVA Board of Directors
• 2016 SVA Lecture "Set Up", Athens Georgia
• 2016 AFVBM Board of Governors
• 2016 "Instrument Care Tips" Lecture at Atlanta Chamber Music Festival, Atlanta GA
• 2016 Appraiser Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico
• 2016 Staff at Nessonvaux Music Festival, Belgium
• 2016 Judge for Violin Tone VMAAI Competition, Tucson AZ
• 2016 "Tone Adjustment" Lecture at "Taste the Soundscape", Greenville, SC
• 2016 VSA Convention Open Forum Cordinator 
• 2017 AFVBM Board of Governors
• 2017 SVA Board of Directors
• 2017 VMAAI Board of Directors
• 2017 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2017 Judge for Violin Tone SVA Competition, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2017 "Violin Setup and Tone judging" lecture at SVA Convention, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2017 Sesto Fiorentino "ANLAI Strumenti Vincitori" Exhibition, Florence, Italy
• 2017 "Set up and Tone Adjustment" Workshop, Queretaro, Mexico
• 2017 VSA  Convention Open Forum Coordinator
• 2017 VSA "Tone Adjustment" presentation, Washington DC
• 2017  VSA New Instruments Exhibit, Washingtin DC
• 2017 Featured interview by VoyageATL
• 2018 AFVBM Board of Governors
• 2018 AFVBM Players meet makers, NY
• 2018 VMAAI Board of Directors (President)
• 2018 SVA Board of Directors (President)
• 2018 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2018 ACSO Board of Directors
• 2018  AFVBM "Players meet Makers" exhibit New York, NY
• 2018 SVA  "Antiquing Workshop", NC
• 2018 VSA "Varnish Craquelure" presentation, Cleveland, OH
• 2018 Mittenwald Participant Exhibit
• 2019 AFVBM Board of Governors
• 2019 VMAAI President
• 2019 SVA President
• 2019 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2019 Participant Exhibition, Malta
• 2019 SVA "Crackle Technique", NC
• 2019 ACSO Guest Conductor
• 2019 Oberlin "Crackle Technique"
• 2019 Staff at Nessonveaux Music Festival, Belgium
• 2019 VMAAI "Varnish Crackle Technique", Tucson AZ
• 2019 VMAAI "Study of a Violin Collection", Tucson AZ
• 2019 VSA "Violin Making in Mexico", Dallas, TX
• 2019 Exhibition Soul and Shape, Moscow
• 2019 OMO interview Episodes 12 &18
• 2020 AFVBM Board of Governors
• 2020 VMAAI President
• 2020 SVA President
• 2020 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2020 OMO interview Episode 20
• 2020 Virtual Oberlin
• 2020 The Strad Magazine contributor (Mexican Lutherie)
• 2020 Vive cultura iinterview "Success is the only option" parts 1&2
• 2020 La Psicoentrevista "El Precio del Exito"
• 2020 VSA Virtual Convention, Regional Association, panelist
• 2020 Ramira Ediciones Virtual Encuentro de Lauderos, panelist
• 2021 VMAAI President
• 2021 SVA President
• 2021 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2021 Shoutout Atlanta Magazine Interview
• 2021 Voyage ATL Interview
• 2021 Iris Carr Restorations course translation to Spanish
• 2021 COMEM virtual Master Class "Set up"
• 2021 COMEM La lauderia en Mexico
• 2021 La Psicoentrevista interview
• 2021 The Strad Magazine contributor (Varnish crackle effects)
• 2021 AFVBM Violin Symbiosis in Mexico, Lecture
• 2021 AFVBM Players meet Makers, LA
• 2021 Violin History Lecture, Geaorgia State University
• 2021 VMAAI Mexican Lutherie History Lecture
• 2021 VMAAI Tone Judging Perspective Lecture
• 2021 VSA Virtual Convention. Varnish Tales, panelist
• 2022 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2022 SVA President
• 2022 5th Annual Contemporary American Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition, LA
• 2022 Canvas rebel interview
• 2022 SVA "Antiquing workshop"
• 2022 SVA "Tone adjustment"
• 2022 SVA "Mexican Lutherie History" Lecture
• 2022 Festival Internacional de Musica de Queretaro, "Varnish and setup workshop"
• 2022 Lauderos y arqueteros mexicanos en el extranjero, INBAL
• 2022 VSA  "Craqueleure Presentation" Anaheim, CA
• 2022 VSA New Instrument Exhibit, Anaheim, CA
• 2022 AVS Exhibition of Modern Violas and Bows, Columbus, GA
• 2023 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2023 SVA President
• 2023 Lutherie Lab Exhibit, Minneapolis MN
• 2023 INBAL Curso intersemestral violin making Instructor
• 2023 6th Annual Contemporary American Violin and Bow Makers Exhibition, LA
• 2023 SVA "Tone Adjustment" presentation, Little Switzerland, NC
• 2023 Orquesta de Mineria Appraiser, Mexico City
• 2023 Oberlin "Crack reinforcement", OH
• 2023 Sprayberry HS presentation "Instrument maintenance" GA
• 2023 The Magic Late Period of Guarnerius Del Gesu, Lecture VMAAI, AZ
• 2024 Musee de la musique competitors exhibit, Paris
• 2024 El Sol de Toluca "Artista multifacetico" interview
• 2024 The Strad "Crackle effects" article
• 2024 La Jornada Edo Mex "El laudero de Mexico" interview
• 2024 AVS Exhibition of Modern Violas and Bows, Los Angeles, CA
• 2024 SVA President
• 2024 Atlanta Virtuosi Board of Directors
• 2024 Brevard Music Center, NC, Luthier
• 2024 Antiquing Presentation, VMAAI, Tucson,AZ
• 2024 Instruments Maintenance Lecture, UNAM, Mexico