His performance in Mariana Mariana was his debut and farewell Juan Carlos Andrews is an outstanding electronics engineer graduated from UNAM His professional thesis Acoustic Analysis of the Javier Barros Sierra Auditorium set new precedents in sound conditioning and equipment of the maximum house of studies At the invitation of a theater producer friend at the age of 21 Juan Carlos joined the technical staff of the first staging of Beauty and the Beast OCESAs megaproduction staged in Mexico in the midnineties It was in musical theater that Juan Carlos learned about specialized microphones orchestra consoles and special effects from live sound expert Luis Lojo So our interviewee rose quickly from operating sound effects on Beauty and the Beast he went on to become chief engineer on Rent and audio design on Man of La Mancha Juan Carlos has been a volunteer for the SYDA Foundation a nonprofit organization that promotes educational live and broadcast events in 150 cities around the world Since 2002 he was chief sound engineer with tours in the United States Asia and Europe finally he adopted New York as his place of residence and met again with Luis Lojo who invited him to Jazz at Lincoln Center