CONSULTING & TEACHING
Born in Miami, Florida, Jessica Muñiz is a music career consultant, composer/producer, percussionist, and Assistant Professor of Music Business at the University of North Texas. She is the Founder/Owner of NIZCO MUSIC, a consultancy built on the belief that sustainable careers in music are achievable—and that artists shouldn’t have to abandon their creative goals to make a living. Through her work, Jessica supports musicians and music organizations with career and business planning, education and entrepreneurship strategy, technology training, artist development, and music industry curriculum design. She is a SXSW Official Music Mentor, GRAMMY U Mentor, and a frequent speaker at music and education conferences worldwide, including The NAMM Show, APME National and International Conferences, College Music Society conferences, and the international LeRock & L’Amour conference in Montpellier, France. She has also spoken at GRAMMY Camp, TMEA in collaboration with SPLICE, and the NACAC Performing Arts Fair on leadership pathways through the arts. In addition to her consulting and teaching work, Jessica is deeply engaged in music industry service. She serves as a Board Governor for the Recording Academy (Texas Chapter), Co‑Chair of the Education Committee, and an Academy Voting Member. She is also a board member for the College Music Society (Music Industry) and MEIEA. In 2024, she was nominated for Music Business Educator of the Year by the Music Business Association. Her additional industry contributions include serving as a music technology judge for the Hit Like a Girl / Beats By Girlz International Beatmaking Contest.

SCORING FOR MEDIA & PRODUCTION
Jessica creates music where high-energy global culture meets deep, golden-hour vibrations. Primarily focused on a lush fusion of House and Electronic Soundscapes, her sound is defined by a lively foundation of organic Latin rhythms and modern club energy. Beyond producing vibrant electronic tracks, she channels that same multicultural spirit into evocative contemporary instrumentals and cinematic arrangements. Her philosophy is simple: the more we understand culture, the more creative we become. Jessica has worked as a composer/music producer for MundoFOX's television series "Los Golden Boys" (produced by Oscar De La Hoya & Mario Lopez), PBS, Univision, Odyssey Earth Films, an IMAX conservation film project, award-winning COPILOT Music+ Sound, Universal Production Music, award-winning INC24 imagination Productions, N.N. Media Productions, Open Door Film Productions, and many others. She's also an award recipient in the 2019 Hit Like A Girl International Competition: Music Technology/Beatmaking category.

MUSIC COMPOSITION
She has compositions published with the HoneyRock Music Publishing Company, JW Pepper, and is a commissioned composer. Her compositions have been nationally and internationally performed in countries as far as Afghanistan, Argentina, Canada, and Italy. Her pieces have also been performed by members of the Diane Moser Big Band including legendary tubist, Howard Johnson, Boston's Callithumpian Consort Percussion Trio, members of New York's renowned Bang On A Can and Asphalt Orchestra, the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra located in Alberta, Canada, and the Spokane New Music Ensemble. Jessica has also composed and worked as a sound designer for theatre and dance mediums. Her most recent dance commission was by choreographer Augusto Soledade for his distinguished Augusto Soledade BrazzDance company.

 

PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING
She has had the privilege to perform and/or record with numerous Grammy-nominated musicians and percussion artists, world-renowned Indian Carnatic Vocalist Sudha Ragunathan, jazz vibraphonist Arthur Lipner, Anders Astrand, Jean Geoffroy, and Ney Rosauro. She has performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and has toured Japan as a member of the FROST Percussion Sextet.
 

EDUCATION

Jessica ​received her MFA in Music Composition at the Vermont College of Fine Arts under the direction of Emmy-nominated composer, music producer, and music supervisor Don DiNicola, and award-winning jazz pianist/composer Diane Moser. She also received a BM in Percussion Performance at the FROST School of Music (University of Miami) under the direction of renown percussionist/composer and Yamaha Artist Dr. Ney Rosauro, Edward “Ted” Adkatz (former Principal Percussionist of the Chicago Symphony), Latin Percussion Artist Richard Bravo, and Pearl Drumset Artist Olbin Burgos just to name a few. 
 

PRESS RELEASES
She has been featured on the SoundBreaker podcast, The Trout Show, and Outside the Bach podcast. Her pieces have received positive reviews from the Percussive Arts Society: Percussive Notes magazine, Digital Drummer magazine, Artburst Miami MAZ: MiamiArtZine, and Music Connection Magazine for her compositional work with the Augusto Soledade's BrazzDance Production Shade.​

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Recording Academy - Board Governor (Texas Chapter), Co-Chair of Education Committee, Voting Member

College Music Society - Board Member/Chair of Music Industry Council

Music Entertainment & Industry Educators AssocIation - Board Member

The Latin Recording Academy - Voting Member

Music Business Association - Education Committee Member

Society of Composers & Lyricists

Association of Popular Music Education

Broadcast Music, Inc.

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