Meet Our Teachers
An introduction to our instructors in their own words
Maestro Jose Luis Chan Sabido
Program Coordinator and Singing Teacher at Kookix Music School
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A native of Merida, Yucatan, Jose Luis is the founder and head of the Vienna Music Academy in the nearby pueblo of Motul. His story is remarkable, an inspiration of the highest order, and we are blessed to have him helping to refine and enhance our experience at Kookix Music School.
A violin prodigy, Jose Luis left the Yucatan by himself at the age of 14 to go and study violin at the Music School of the University of Veracruz in Xalapa. At the age of 19 he was playing with the Symphony Orchestra of Xalapa. At 21 years of age, he left Veracruz to attend the prestigious University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, Austria. Soon he was playing in the Orchestra of the State Theatre of Baden bei Wien, His work in Vienna took him on voyages around the globe, and he played in Indonesia, China, the USA, Russia, Taiwan, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, the UK, Hong Kong and Greece, as others.
He settled in Catalonia, and was the Artistic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Pirineus Catalonia, and violinist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias. During this period, he was also a violinist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatro del Liceu of Barcelona.
Upon returning to the Yucatan in 2005, He was the titular and artistic director of the Academic Camerata (Chamber Orchestra) and Coordinator of Internal Services in the area of the Department of Promotion and Development of the Arts of the City Council of the City of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. In 2006 he was named the Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Yucatan. In 2008, he was made Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Yucatan, OSY. In January 2011 he was invited by the American Consulate in Yucatán and the
Embassy of the United States of America to attend as a representative of Mexico at the International Conference “Association of Performing Arts Presenters” in the city of New York.
His full list of accomplishments is much longer, and includes his mastery of Spanish, Catalan, German, English and French.
Thank you, Jose Luis, for believing in us, and extending the hand that we have all been waiting for – we are thrilled!
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Coordinador del Programa Kookix Music School
Originario de Mérida, Yucatán, José Luis es el fundador y director de la Academia de Música de Viena en el cercano pueblo de Motul. Su historia es notable, una inspiración del más alto nivel, y tenemos la suerte de contar con él para ayudarnos a refinar y mejorar nuestra experiencia en Kookix Music School.
Un prodigio del violín, José Luis dejó Yucatán solo a la edad de 14 años para ir a estudiar violín en la Escuela de Música de la Universidad Veracruzana en Xalapa. A la edad de 19 años tocaba con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa. A los 21 años, dejó Veracruz para asistir a la prestigiosa Universidad de Música y Arte Dramático en Viena, Austria. Pronto tocó en la Orquesta del Teatro Estatal de Baden bei Wien. Su trabajo en Viena lo llevó a viajar alrededor del mundo y tocó en Indonesia, China, Estados Unidos, Rusia, Taiwán, Italia, España, Polonia, Alemania, Francia, República Checa, Suiza, Bélgica, Reino Unido, Hong Kong y Grecia, entre otros.
Se estableció en Cataluña, donde fue Director Artístico de la Orquesta de Cámara de la Cataluña Pirineus y violinista de la Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Durante este periodo, también fue violinista de la Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatro del Liceu de Barcelona.
A su regreso a Yucatán en 2005, fue Director Titular y Artístico de la Camerata Académica (Orquesta de Cámara) y Coordinador de Servicios Internos del área de la Dirección de Promoción y Desarrollo de las Artes del Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán, México. En 2006 fue nombrado Director de la Orquesta Juvenil de Yucatán. En 2008 fue nombrado Director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán, OSY. En enero de 2011 fue invitado por el Consulado Americano en Yucatán y la
Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América para asistir como representante de México a la Conferencia Internacional “Association of Performing Arts Presenters” en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Su lista completa de logros es mucho más larga, e incluye su dominio del español, catalán, alemán, inglés y francés.
Gracias, José Luis, por creer en nosotros y extendernos la mano que todos estábamos esperando. ¡Estamos encantados!
Maestro Roberto Chan Yamá
Educator and Musical Director at Kookix Music School
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Roberto Chan Yamá is a cultural manager, musician, and arts promoter with a career dedicated to designing, coordinating, and implementing cultural, artistic, and social projects aimed at strengthening the community fabric. His background in the management and promotion of culture and the arts, as well as in education, is complemented by extensive experience with educational institutions, civil society organizations, and public agencies; in these roles, he has spearheaded initiatives that use art as a tool for human development, civic engagement, and social transformation.
Throughout his professional career, he has served as a cultural program coordinator, choral director, guitar instructor, audiovisual producer, and arts project manager, contributing to the training of children and adolescents and organizing large-scale cultural events. A constant theme in his work has been the creation of spaces where music, the arts, and culture help strengthen communities.
He currently serves as an educator and musical director for Kookix, a community music project that promotes the learning and preservation of Trova Yucateca among children and adolescents in the community of Dzemul. The project achieves this through musical training and the establishment of a rondalla (musical ensemble) that fosters cultural identity, a sense of belonging, and community participation.
Additionally, he works in the field of social crime prevention, designing and implementing intervention strategies for adolescents using methodologies based on art, education, and socio-emotional development. In doing so, he maintains a line of work consistent with his professional trajectory: using cultural, artistic, and social projects as tools to foster inclusion and community cohesion, and to build safer, more participatory environments.
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Roberto Chan Yamá es gestor cultural, músico y promotor artístico con una
trayectoria dedicada al diseño, coordinación e implementación de proyectos
culturales, artísticos y sociales orientados al fortalecimiento del tejido comunitario.
Su formación en Gestión y Promoción de la Cultura y las Artes, así como en Enseñanza, se complementa con una amplia experiencia en instituciones educativas, asociaciones civiles y organismos públicos, donde ha impulsado iniciativas que utilizan el arte como herramienta de desarrollo humano, participación ciudadana y transformación social.
Durante su trayectoria profesional, ha desempeñado funciones como coordinador
de programas culturales, director coral, instructor de guitarra, productor audiovisual y gestor de proyectos artísticos, colaborando en la formación de niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes, así como en la organización de eventos culturales de gran alcance. Su experiencia ha estado marcada por una constante: generar espacios donde la música, las artes y la cultura contribuyan al fortalecimiento de las
comunidades.
Actualmente es docente y director musical en Kookix, un proyecto musical
comunitario que promueve el aprendizaje y la preservación de la Trova Yucateca entre niñas, niños y adolescentes de la comunidad de Dzemul, mediante procesos de formación musical y la consolidación de una rondalla que fortalece la identidad
cultural, el sentido de pertenencia y la participación comunitaria.
Asimismo, se desempeña en el ámbito de la prevención social del delito, donde
diseña e implementa estrategias de intervención con adolescentes a través de
metodologías basadas en el arte, la educación y el desarrollo socioemocional. De esta manera, mantiene una línea de trabajo coherente con su trayectoria profesional: utilizar los proyectos culturales, artísticos y sociales como herramientas para impulsar la inclusión, la cohesión comunitaria y la construcción de entornos más seguros y participativos.
Eladio Feliciano Chale Eb
Maestro de Percussion at Kookix Music School
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Maestro Eladio is a native of the Yucatan, born in the city of Tixkokob. He has studied over the years with many of the leading percussionists in the city of Merida, including maestro David Martinez, Principal Percussionist with the Symphony Orchestra of the Yucatan, OSY. He is adept at many musical styles, and has performed not only with OSY in the Yucatan, but with visiting musicians from several European countries, as well as having spent time playing and studying in Mexico City.
His work has included instruction and performance with the Youth Orchestra of the Yucatan under the direction of maestro Jose Luis Chan Sabido. He was a teacher of percussion at the Yamaha School of Music in Merida, and in 2021 became a principle of percussion for the State Band of the Yucatan.
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