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Javier Godinez has toured, recorded with and written music with several Grammy Award winning musicians.  He was one of the first members of the now defunct Lloyd Dobler Effect and a founding member of the popular Latin Rock band, Stone Gato.    He was the Music Director at Bach to Rock for three years as well as a Violin Instructor at the Black Rock Center for the Performing Arts.  Javi has recorded on several albums released by various Rock, Hip Hop and World Musicians.

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Javi received his Bachelors in Music Education from the Catholic University of America in 2016.  He has studied Brazilian Jazz, Eastern Persian and Afro Peruvian Music and performed as a headlining act at the Folk Life Festival in DC.  

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Currently, Javi applies his 25 years of training on the violin as Music Teacher in the Montgomery County Public School system and as a member of the internationally renowned group, The Pan American Orchestra.

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Javi's philosophy is simple and sweet:  "Aspire, Learn, Inspire and Teach.  Keep it positive, one day at a time, no matter what life throws at you."