<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/class-notes/rodrigo-villanueva-conroy.html" dsn="news"><item_date>02/14/2022 2:22:00 pm</item_date><title>Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy</title><firstname>Rodrigo</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>Villanueva-Conroy</lastname><graduation_year>’01, ’03 M.M.</graduation_year><body>Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy (’01, ’03 M.M.), DeKalb, Illinois, received the Fulbright Award with residency in Brazil for teaching and researching his project, “Brazilian Rhythms: Cracking the Afro-Brazilian Rhythmic Code.” He is a full professor at Northern Illinois University, where he teaches jazz drum set and jazz arranging and directs the NIU Jazz Ensemble.</body><image><img src="/sites/default/files/class-notes/rodrigo-villanueva-7_storyboard-530x465.jpg" width="530" height="465" alt="Photo of Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy"/></image><alumni_association_member>No</alumni_association_member><author/><type>class-notes</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
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