Anthony L. Sanchez Cruz obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition, concentrating on Musicology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at University of Georgia. Sanchez Cruz has been a member of the American Musicological Society, Phi Kappa Phi, and Pi Kappa Lambda. As an independent researcher, Dr. Sanchez has presented lectures in the United States and Puerto Rico related to musicology, transculturation, and music culture preservation. Publications, articles, and lectures by Dr. Sanchez include: Musical Innovations from Three Different Eras: A Collection of Essays (2012);The Jibaro and the Gaucho United in Music and Song (El jibaro y el gaucho unidos en musica y cancion Spanish version, 2018; English version, 2019); Aspects of Romanticism in the Puerto Rican Danza; United States and Latin American Negotiations of Racial Identity in Literature, Poetry, and Music; Your Voice is My Sound: Audio Recording Technology, Identity and Re-Creating the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora (2020). Dr. Sanchez Cruz lives in Savannah, Georgia.
