| Jaime Martinez, Jr. On August 5th, 2003, a young man with a passion for music died of a brain tumor. His family did what few in their place would even consider: they turned the memory of their beloved son into something that would help others. The Carlos G. Baldoceda Memorial Fund - an annual monetary award for promising young musicians - was awarded this year to a talented young pianist named Jaime Martinez, Jr. Jaime, a student of Dr. Harry Steckman, has been playing piano for less than two years and in that time he has made astonishing progress, now playing such difficult pieces as the Chopin waltzes and nocturnes, the Chavez prelude and Mozart's Ronda ala Turka. Studying piano has already dramatically altered Jaime's future and the Carlos Fund will now enable him to pursue further musical studies at the college level. Congratulations Jaime! (More information regarding the Carlos G. Baldoceda Memorial Foundation and the activities of the Baldoceda family can be found at www.CarlosFund.org). |