Press
La música y magia de J. Andrés Ballesteros: Llevando la educación de Harvard a East Boston
por Marvin Juarez
Publicado 3 de ago. 2026
Hola Cultura
Andrés Ballesteros recuerda cuando componía música clásica en su mente cuando era un niño, creando su propio mundo inspirado en las bandas sonoras de las películas que le encantaban.
J. Andres Ballesteros’ Music and Magic: Taking Harvard Education to East Boston
By Marvin Juarez
Published Jun 16, 2026
Hola Cultura
“Created by composer and teaching artist J. Andrés Ballesteros, with Angelina Botticelli, the project invited young musicians to reflect on the people who shape our daily lives.…”
Portraits of Us: A celebration of everyday heroes
By Times Staff
Published May 20, 2026
East Boston Times-Free Press
“Created by composer and teaching artist J. Andrés Ballesteros, with Angelina Botticelli, the project invited young musicians to reflect on the people who shape our daily lives.…”
“Like ‘Peter and the Wolf’ but Aztec.” Five Suns short film
By Jacob Downey
Published Apr 14, 2026
Caught in Eastie
“From Mexico, by way of North Carolina, Eastie’s own J. Andrés Ballesteros has been making music professionally since 2007. He has taught at Boston Arts Academy, served as community director with White Snake Projects, and works today as a freelance composer…”
CROMA Space to Showcase Tap, Poetry, and Storytelling in March
By Chloe Rabinowitz
Published Mar 2, 2026
Broadway World
“Events will feature tap dancer Ryan Casey, poets Linda Carney-Goodrich, U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo, and Magdalena Gómez, and composer J. Andrés Ballesteros…”
CityLine: What does voting mean to you?
By Karen Holmes Ward
Published Mar 3, 2024
WCVB 5
“A local artistic company answers this question through music and community voices”
A reprise for youth arts program ‘Show Out Boston!’
By Mandile Mpofu
Published January 31, 2024
The Bay State Banner
“White Snake Projects brings back two free community arts events”
School of Music DMA Student Elevating Opportunities for Composers Through New Initiative
Published Mar 30, 2023
UK College of Fine Arts
“Juan Saldivar, Jr., DMA student in the University of Kentucky School of Music, is elevating opportunities for Mexican and Mexican American composers through a new initiative. Through Border Bones, Saldivar and Velarde aim to increase trombone duet repertoire…”
Chamber Choir and Teatro Audaz offer new Mexican American takes on old holiday classics
By Nicholas Frank
Published Dec 16, 2022
San Antonio Report
“Two holiday productions bring San Antonio culture to the fore, bridging European traditions with Mexican American cultural expressions. Dec. 17-18, the San Antonio Chamber Choir will present El Mesías, a Spanish translation of Handel’s treasured masterwork…”
Rising Tides: Combining Youth, Climate, and Music
Produced by Ari Daniel, Director of Photography Amanda Kowalski
Published Nov 20, 2022
UMass Boston School for the Environment
“The classical music group Eureka Ensemble and the University of Massachusetts Boston School for the Environment partnered to create a program called “Rising Tides.” The goal was to work with third through eighth graders in three different communities…”
“Directness and frankness can be as meaningful and powerful as the abstraction”
By Bojana Radovanović
Published Jan 28, 2022
Rossi Fest Belgrade
“On this occasion [Rossi Fest 2022], we were interested in the particularities of the compositional process in general, as well as behind Ballesteros’ piece They came first…, which will be his debut at the Rossi Fest.”