More recently, she was vocal coach for the "La Paz" team in the Chilean TV show Todos a Coro, hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.

Along with Eduardo Peralta, she inaugurated Café del Cerro, a key location in the development of the musical movement.

In 1982, Echenique traveled to the United States, where she formed a baroque music group at Princeton University.

The following year, Echenique collaborated on the Voces album, recorded to welcome Pope John Paul II in his visit to Chile.

In 1987, Echenique recorded her first album as a solo act, Tiempo Fecundo, which included covers of "Todo cambia" and "Yolanda", which was well received.