Musicians and community members in Santiago de Cuba

About the organization

About The CreatiVrole Project

We support artists, musicians, educators, and creative communities through practical resources, education, cultural exchange, and creative infrastructure.

501(c)(3) public charity
Colorado, USA

Creative access
Resources, education, and continuity

Responsible collaboration
Local relationships and clear accountability

Our purpose

Creativity is part of community life

The CreatiVrole Project exists to strengthen creative ecosystems by helping people access the tools, education, and infrastructure needed to create, teach, rehearse, perform, and preserve cultural knowledge.

Our work is practical rather than ideological. We focus on access, continuity, collaboration, and responsible follow-through—especially where resources are limited and existing creative communities already know what will be useful.

Folkloric performance in Cuba

What we do

Practical support for creative communities

Instruments and creative resources

We help source and distribute instruments, recording tools, computers, materials, and other resources through transparent and locally appropriate channels.

Arts and music education

We support early access and continuity in creative education, working with educators and community programs rather than building short-term experiences around outside visitors.

Cultural events and fundraising

We use concerts, cultural events, and artist-led initiatives to pay creative professionals fairly, raise funds, and build awareness through culture rather than messaging.

Creative infrastructure

Our work may include shared spaces, energy access, equipment, or other practical infrastructure when it directly enables education, rehearsal, production, or cultural programming.

Chaz Chambers spending time with children in Havana

How it began

Built from long-term relationships

The CreatiVrole Project grew from years of work by Chaz Chambers and Yami Cabrera through Havana Music Tours and Musical Getaways. Those programs brought them into regular collaboration with working musicians, educators, students, and cultural leaders.

As guests and partners began asking how they could help, the needs were often concrete: an instrument, recording equipment, a laptop, support after a storm, or resources that could keep a class or performance going.

The nonprofit was created to give that work a transparent charitable structure, separate it clearly from commercial travel operations, and support projects through responsible governance and appropriate local channels.

How we work

Quiet confidence, practical accountability

Collaborative, not extractive

Programs are shaped with people who understand their own community, cultural context, and practical priorities.

Support over saviorism

We present artists, educators, and families as partners and professionals—not as props for fundraising.

Transparent and compliant

International work is planned with attention to donor intent, nonprofit governance, documentation, and applicable regulations.

Fair support for creative labor

Artists and cultural professionals should be respected for their expertise and compensated fairly whenever resources allow.

Leadership and governance

Board of Directors

The volunteer board provides fiduciary oversight, strategic direction, and accountability for the organization’s charitable work.

Chaz Chambers

President & Treasurer

Chaz is a professional drummer, composer, and co-founder of Havana Music Tours and Musical Getaways. He brings long-standing relationships with musicians, educators, and cultural institutions to program strategy and operations.

Yami Cabrera

Vice President

Yami is a Cuban-American musicologist and co-director of Musical Getaways and Havana Music Tours. She leads communications, cultural research, campaign planning, and program development.

Leonora Holt

Board Member

Leonora brings experience in nonprofit governance, grants, arts programming, educational access, and cultural events. She supports board oversight and the organization’s long-term accountability.

See the work

A closer look at The CreatiVrole Project

Learn more or take part

Explore current programs, apply for a working mission, or support the organization’s charitable work.