- A founding member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1969
- she established the group’s music department, school, and orchestra
- Music advisor to the New York Philharmonic
- Served as Latin American Music advisor to the American Composers Orchestra
- Created Carabalí (1991), an orchestral extravaganza with Cuban rhythms, jazz, and soaring melodic lines
- A founding member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1969
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