Since the band's inception in 1997, Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project have traveled to numerous educational institutions across the nation giving workshops and lecture performances in Afro-Venezuelan folklore. Jackeline has been a guest lecturer and panelist for over 20 years and has spoken extensively about the music and culture of Venezuela.

The band is available for workshops and lecture performances on Venezuelan folk-music for large and/or small audiences. If you are interested in having VMP come to your institution please contact:
workshops@venezuelanmusicproject.com.

Additionally, Jackeline Rago is a faculty member at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA, where she teaches several ongoing courses on Afro-Venezuelan percussion. For more information on how to enroll, please visit www.jazzschool.com.

Below are some of the universities, colleges and educational institutions Jackeline Rago and VMP have visited within the US:

• Adventures in Music. San Francisco Symphony, CA
• Artists in Residence of the State of California, CAC (1989-2002)
• Artist in Residence of Moab Music Festival, UT (2006-present)
  
• Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
• Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
• University of California, Berkeley, CA
• Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
• USF - University of San Francisco, CA
• UCSF - University of California San Francisco, CA
• San Francisco Community Music Center, San Francisco CA
• The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
• Oakland Youth Chorus, Oakland, CA
• MOAB Elementary School District, Moab, CA
• The Jazz School, Berkeley, CA
• La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
• Kentucky University, KT
• North Kentucky University, KT
• Pomona College, Pomona, CA
• Latin American Institute of Folklore, Washington DC
• NALAC (National Association of Latino Arts & Culture), TX
• Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA