Lic. José Rafael Subía Valdez. Born in Quito, Ecuador in 1985, José Rafael Subía Valdez graduated from Quilmes National University in Argentina as an Electro acoustic Composer. His music has been played in different festivals in Ecuador and Argentina. He has won different grants in Quilmes National University allowing him to investigate as well as to teach in different areas. He studied composition with Mstr. Julio Martín Viera and with Mstr. Gerardo Gandini thanks to the Melos/Gandini fellowship. He currently works in the National University Institute for the Arts (IUNA) in Buenos Aires - Argentina & in Quilmes National University where he was able to change the current course of Max/MSP to a Pure Data based course and develop a PD tutorial based on the classes of Dr. Pablo Cetta with whom he works with.