On March 14, 2014, Gabriel Rodríguez Martínez, defended his thesis titled La lección de música: una búsqueda espiritual para el crecimiento a través de la música, a translation from English into Spanish of The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor Wooten.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Rubén Ramírez, Ph.D., Luis A. García Nevares, Ph.D., and thesis advisor Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph.D., awarded his thesis the grade notable.