William Baez

William Baez is a music producer that brings music to the Hispanic community. William plays and teaches the trumpet, singing and different Latin percussion instrument.

William Baez knew early in life that music was in his blood. Edwin, William father is a great and well respected percussionist in Puerto Rico. William would sit and watch his father perform and couldn’t wait until he was old enough to begin his musical quest. William was drawn to the trumpet and the trumpet seemed to be drawn to him as well. The first time William picked up the trumpet, the love affair began. It seemed to be as natural as learning to walk. William would practice for hours and hours each day until his mother would force him to put the trumpet down. She urged him to go outside and play with the neighborhood children. William wanted to learn everything he could about music and the trumpet. His father enrolled him at the Antonio Paoli School of Music in Caguas, Puerto Rico. William excelled through his school years demonstrating the greatest of discipline and dedication. All his instructors were impressed with this young boy’s natural ability to play his instrument. Not only did William excel on the trumpet, but on the piano and percussion instruments as well. At this point, William knew that music would be his life so he enrolled at the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico from 1998-2001. The word started to spread fast about this young man from Caguas.

William started performing with Jessica Cristina, Karis, Cultura Profetica, Son by Four, Charlie Cruz, Orquesta Querubin and the Municipal Band of Caguas. At this point, William began to make his mark in Puerto Rico but he still wasn’t satisfied. He felt like there was still something missing. He heard about another music conservatory, which is also a highly respected school; named The Armed Forces Conservatory of Music and is located in Norfolk, Virginia. This school has an excellent reputation and is known to be an advanced paced conservatory meaning you achieve three years of knowledge in a short 6 month course. William was excited and anxious for the challenge. Once again, he exceeded all expectations by accelerating out of the school in less than one month, leaving all instructors in awe.

William was placed with the best bands the Army had to offer