CAMARADA Music is Essential 2022-2023 Season Brochure 10-25-22

MUSIC IS ESSENTIAL

MINGLE @ Mingei

MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM IN BALBOA PARK, 1439 El Prado, San Diego

Enjoy Thursday evenings in Balboa Park with us as we celebrate Mingei’s newly opened theatre and ARTIFACT cafe.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

7:30 p.m.

luscious chamber music flute, string trio, piano, percussion

Thursday, March 30, 2023

7:30 p.m. celebrating woman composers flute, viola, piano, harp

Thursday, May 4, 2023

7:30 p.m.

the great American songbook with Holly Hofmann & Mike Wofford flutes, piano, double bass, drums, vibraphone

CAMARADA @ The Conrad

THE CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 7600 Fay Ave, La Jolla

Experience the magnificent beauty and acoustics of San Diego’s premier concert hall.

Saturday, December 17, 2022

7:30 p.m.

jazz to dazzle and light up your holidays with the Peter Sprague Group voice, guitar, flutes, saxophone, piano, drums, double bass

Saturday, February 4, 2023

7:30 p.m.

a powerful evening of tango through time baritone, flute, violin, double bass, piano, tango dance

Sunday, March 12, 2023

3:00 p.m.

passionate music of two superstars soprano, flute, string quartet, double bass, keyboard

2022-2023 SEASON

Music of the Americas @ Park & Market

UC SAN DIEGO'S NEWEST VENUE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, between Park & Market on 11th Join us for Music of the Americas—celebrating our binational region—in a visionary new performance space.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

7:30 p.m.

fascination with Frida voice, flute, guitars, double bass

Saturday, January 21, 2023

7:30 p.m.

textures of rock, tango, soaring film score, and 20th-century avant-garde flute, clarinet, string quartet, double bass, harp

Saturday, April 22, 2023

7:30 p.m.

t he music of Cuba, Mexico, and Buenos Aires flute, bassoon, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, mariachi

Something's Brewing @ Bread & Salt

BREAD & SALT IN BARRIO LOGAN, 1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego You’re invited to an artful collaboration designed to intrigue and awaken the senses!

Saturday, November 19, 2022

7:30 p.m. music with a Spanish flair in Barrio Logan flute, violin, cello, guitar, piano, percussion

Saturday, February 25, 2023

7:30 p.m.

a little night music with vocals by Sacha Boutros voice, flute, violin, guitars, double bass

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“To sing is to love and affirm, to fly and to soar, to coast into the hearts of the people who listen.

To tell them that life is to live, that love is there, that nothing is a promise, but that beauty exists, and must be hunted for and found.”

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY from The Little Prince

“Music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations –large and small.”

JOAN BAEZ

“I don’t think I have enough superlatives –fantastique, formidable, marvielleux, superiour, impeccable – to describe the Parisienne concert.”

ANN CRAIG Audience member

JOAN BAEZ

WELCOME

Dear Friends,

For the past 28 years, Camarada has worked with the mission to make music that moves YOU - our Camarada community. When we choose to listen to it, the music of our life moves us in all sorts of ways - we are moved to tears, to joy, to dance, to connect with the world around us. Music follows us through our days and nights, whether we realize it or not, finding its way to the core of our humanity and reminding us that we are alive.

In this 28th season, Camarada revels in the fact that Music is Essential - that the rhythms of the places and the people around us are inextricably part of our collective consciousness. This season’s programming draws inspiration from centuries past and the present day, from childhood joys and passionate romance, from voices around the world and the lives of trailblazing artists, all woven together by the music that exists in every corner of our lives.

Please join us for our most ambitious season yet as we present eleven stunning programs in our mission to provide artistically rich and deeply personal musical experiences. Our 28th season gives all of us, artists and audiences alike, an opportunity to truly listen to the essential music that moves us and makes us human.

Thank you for joining us!

XOXO, Beth

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What began as a handful of concerts put together by passionate musicians has grown into a thriving non-profit and staple of the Southern California arts community with visionary programming featuring the work of world-renowned local and visiting artists.

WE RELY ON YOU—OUR SUPPORTERS—IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR MISSION

Camarada, one of San Diego’s premier chamber music organizations, is dedicated to presenting innovative performances of musical masterworks and exciting premieres of newly commissioned music. Established in 1994, Camarada’s programming combines performers of the highest caliber with intimate artistic spaces throughout San Diego to create personal, engaging chamber music experiences. Camarada collaborates with the San Diego community in these diverse ways:

Camarada creates

• Eclectic concerts featuring a wide range of styles and composers, from concertos by J.S. Bach to tangos by Astor Piazzolla.

• Experiences in intimate venues throughout our community, including art galleries, churches, libraries, community centers, retirement homes, and schools.

• Community outreach programs to reach San Diegans who may not have the ability to regularly attend ticketed musical and artistic events.

Camarada is recognized by

• Mingei International Museum as Artists-in-Residence (since 2014)

• San Diego Music Awards as nominee for Best World Music Album of the Year for Tango Nuevo (2011) and Tango San Diego (2019)

• The San Diego Union Tribune as a Top Classical Music Pick for Fall (2022)

Camarada collaborates with

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

• Bread & Salt, Barrio Logan

• The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla

• Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego

KPBS

• KSDS-FM Jazz 88.3

• La Caja Gallery, Tijuana

• La Jolla Music Society

• Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park

• Mujeres Brew House, Barrio Logan

• UC San Diego Park & Market, Downtown East Village

• UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies

Camarada receives grants from

• City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

• County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program

• The Conrad Prebys Foundation

• The San Diego Foundation

Thank you to Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Nora Vargas and The Anklesaria Family Foundation for their continued support of the Camarada Outreach presence in San Diego.

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As we look back on the past three years of struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are reminded that music helped us to consistently discover light amidst uncertainty and fear.

Music is Essential celebrates the power of music to facilitate human connection and bring us much-needed joy. Our supporters make these joyous celebrations possible.

Please join us in our mission to continue making music, no matter the circumstances. Ticket and program sales only cover half of our operating expenses

We rely on the generosity of supporters to continue our mission.

All donations are tax deductible. We hope to make your contribution as easy as possible:

• Checks payable to Camarada may be sent to 325 West Washington Street, #2-163, San Diego, CA 92103

• Visit camarada.org and click on the Donate Now button on our home page

• Scan this QR code to make your donation today

• Or, call (619) 231-3702 for more information or to give your payment information over the phone

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The mission of CAMARADA is to elevate and enrich the San Diego community and beyond by presenting phenomenal chamber music concerts, while engaging diverse audiences through visionary and educational programming, featuring living composers, commissioning new music, and igniting a powerful connection between the audience, artists and music.

Camarada is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization under the IRS tax code EIN# 33-0871107

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Beth Ross Buckley, flute

Beth Ross Buckley is the Founder and Artistic Director of Camarada. For 28 years, Ms. Ross Buckley has produced groundbreaking chamber music events throughout San Diego, combining great music, cuisine, and art. Since Camarada’s inception, she has expanded the scope of the organization to include performances at diverse venues throughout greater San Diego, new commissions for concert repertoire, and an exciting roster of performing artists.

Ms. Ross Buckley received her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from St. Olaf College and her Master of Music from the University of Minnesota. While she enjoys all genres of music, tango music is her passion. Currently on the music faculty at Cal State San Marcos, Ms. Ross Buckley boasts an extensive performance resume that includes a twenty-five year tenure as principal flute of the former San Diego Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Nova and engagements with a variety of musical theatre companies throughout Northern and Southern California. Ms. Ross Buckley also runs a portrait photography business, Beth Ross Buckley Photography.

Artist Directors

Dana Burnett, piano

Dana Burnett is the Associate-Artistic Director of Camarada. A soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Burnett has performed at Carnegie Hall, New York City; the Frick Collection, Pittsburgh; Dame Myra Hess Series, Chicago; Academy of Music, Philadelphia; and the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. She is the recipient of the Alban Berg Fellowship at Austria’s FranzSchubert-Institute, where she also received an Artist Diploma and the accompanying prize. Throughout her chamber music career, Ms. Burnett has collaborated with musicians such as Leonard Rose, Hilary Hahn, Nathaniel Rosen, Martin Chalifour, Benita Valente and Paula Robison, amongst others. She was also a yearly concerto soloist during her eighteen-year tenure as a member of the piano faculty at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina. Ms. Burnett’s discography includes recordings for the Naxos and Arabesque labels, and her work has been featured on WHYY, Philadelphia “Fresh Air”, and NPR. She can be heard performing with California Chamber Orchestra and Classics 4 Kids, with previous positions including roles as the symphony pianist for both the North Carolina and Virginia Symphonies. Ms. Burnett is currently on the music faculty at Cal State San Marcos and has served on the faculties of University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, and Vanderbilt University.

Guest Artists

Juan Alessandrini, tango dance

Juan Alessandrini was introduced to tango at the age of ten. While a member of “La Noche Más Larga,” one of Argentina’s most important folklore festivals, he was inspired to continue his tango training in Buenos Aires. Mr. Alessandrini was subsequently invited to teach in the United States at Carolina Zokalski and Diego di Falco’s Authentic Argentine Tango School, and for the last three years he has been actively teaching and performing at milongas and galas in New York and New Jersey. Most recently, he performed with Leonardo Suarez Paz’s Cuartetango at the Argentine Consulate in New York City. Mr. Alessandrini enjoys dancing to traditional style tango; he believes the authentic principles of Argentine tango provide the best foundation for any tango dancer.

Joe Amato, guitar

Joe Amato cannot remember a time in his life when he did not play the guitar. He grew up playing in bands before going on to study jazz and classical guitar at the University of North Texas and Southwest Texas State, all while touring with bands around the South. He has performed on the road, in the studio, on the stage, and in the background throughout his career as a guitarist. In 2004, Mr. Amato moved with his wife from Austin to San Diego to start their family and be near the ocean. His fascination with the guitar has lead him to study all facets of this versatile instrument; whether it be jazz, rock, samba, classical, tango, pop, country, or funk, he enjoys continuously learning new things about guitar styles, and he is grateful to be able to use his love for the guitar to provide for his wife and their three beautiful daughters.

Matthew Armstrong, percussion

Matthew Armstrong began teaching music at San Marcos High School in 2004 and became the Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator for the San Marcos Unified School District in 2015. Named San Marcos High School Teacher of the Year and San Marcos Unified Teacher of the Year in 2013, as well as Music Educator of the Year for the California Music Educators Association in 2015, Mr. Armstrong is a highly sought-after performer, clinician, arranger, and arts advocate. As a performer, he regularly plays in San Diego Symphony chamber ensembles, has held the position of Principal Percussionist with the California Chamber Orchestra, and works throughout San Diego in jazz and Dixie ensembles. Mr. Armstrong is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, the Southern California Band and Orchestra Association, California Music Educators Association, and the National Association for Music Education. He teaches and performs as an Innovative Percussion Artist.

Fred Benedetti, guitar

Fred Benedetti is a Professor of Music Emeritus at Grossmont College, where he was Chair of Guitar Studies for thirtyeight years. He is currently a member of the guitar faculty at San Diego State University. Mr. Benedetti has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Japan, and Taiwan. In 1986, he was one of twelve performers chosen worldwide to perform in the prestigious Andrés Segovia Master class. As a BMI-affiliated composer, Mr. Benedetti has written numerous contemporary pieces for the international CD library company Network Productions, and his forty years of work as a studio musician and composer has resulted in 150 digital and vinyl recordings, along with numerous radio recordings, television programs, and feature films. Mr. Benedetti has shared the stage with Dave Brubeck and Luciano Pavarotti, and has performed for dignitaries such as the King and Queen of Malaysia, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ravi Shankar.

Sacha Boutros, voice

Sacha Boutros has been recognized by music critics, peers, celebrities, and musical legends as one of today’s top jazz artists. She has been introduced by the great American entertainer Frankie Laine as his “ingénue,” and as the protégé of the Legendary Red Holloway and James Moody. Throughout her twenty-year career, Ms. Boutros has performed with Julio Iglesias, Marvin Hamlisch, Chubby Checker, Ann Hampton Callaway, Patti Austin, James Moody, Karrin Allyson, and countless other jazz greats. An innovative and creative entrepreneur, solo artist, musician, producer, designer, composer, artist, and humanitarian, she has gone from performing at a few U.S. festivals to touring the world over and even designing a peace mural at the US-Mexico border. Her recordings have hit the top 10 charts in Japan, on iTunes, and in e-music, and have received several Grammy nods for Best Jazz and Latin Jazz Album in 2008 and 2013.

David Buckley, violin

David Buckley is an experienced chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral player. He is currently Co-Concertmaster of the La Jolla Symphony and was their featured soloist in 2018, performing Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2. He has also been featured in every one of Camarada’s twenty-seven seasons and has special expertise in the flute and violin repertoire of Piazzolla. In addition, Dr. Buckley is president of Radiology Medical Group and has served as chief of radiology at Scripps Mercy Hospital. He is a summa cum laude graduate of St. Olaf College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received

his MD from the University of Minnesota, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. Dr. Buckley has been honored twice as a top doctor by the members of the San Diego County Medical Society and enjoys travel, golf, and relaxing by the lake in his home state of Minnesota.

Jon Garner, guitar

Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Jon Garner is a lifelong disciple of swing-era American jazz and hot club music from 1930s France. He began his jazz education by learning Lester Young’s saxophone solos from early Count Basie records. It was from these same records that he first heard Billie Holiday and the magic of voice as a horn in music. Soon after, he came across guitarist Django Reinhard, father of gypsy jazz, and his path was set. Mr. Garner earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University. He also studied gypsy jazz with virtuosos Stephane Wrembel, Antoine Boyer, and Gonzalo Bergara. Mr. Garner’s wide range of musical tastes has lead him to learn and perform almost every genre imaginable over the years starting with his earliest punk from days, including Americana/Folk, Latin, Blues, Classic Rock, Classical, Contemporary Jazz, Bebop, Swing, New Orleans Trad Jazz, and his obsession, Django Jazz, currently known as Gypsy Jazz. He maintains a private teaching studio and works as a guitar instructor at Palomar College.

Gregorio González, baritone

Baritone Gregorio González began his solo operatic career in 2002 after being hired as a resident artist at the Los Angeles Opera by Plácido Domingo. He has sung extensively throughout the United States, his native Mexico, and Europe. At Los Angeles Opera, Mr. González created the roles of Count Obolenski and Avdeev in the world premiere of Nicholas and Alexandra under Mstislav Rostropovich. He made his European debut at Amsterdam’s prestigious Concertgebouw in 2006 with a concert version of Donizetti’s Poliuto, conducted by Giuliano Carella, and later returned to sing in Verdi’s Otello, conducted by Jaap Van Zweden. Mr. González has won First Place awards at the Gerda Lissner, Violetta Dupont, Palm Springs Opera Guild, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Young Artists, Metropolitan Opera Western Region Auditions, and Virginia Hawk competitions as both a tenor and a baritone, and has been distinguished as a finalist in Plácido Domingo’s Operalia World Singer Competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the Francisco Viñas Competition.

Danny Green, piano

Danny Green is a jazz pianist who has also earned recognition as a recording artist, bandleader, and composer. His career has taken him from the Blue Note in New York City to the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. Mr. Green revealed his unique talents on his 2009 debut recording, With You in Mind, which rose to #18 on the Jazz Week Charts and won Best Jazz Album at the 2009 San Diego Music Awards. In 2012, Mr. Green teamed up with Tapestry Records to release A Thousand Ways Home, featuring Justin Grinnell on bass, Julien Cantelm on drums, and Tripp Sprague on sax. The Danny Green Trio, comprised of Green, Grinnell, and Cantelm, released the album After The Calm featuring ten of Green’s compositions, for which they won Best Jazz Album at the 2015 San Diego Music Awards and were nominated for Album of the Year. The trio continues to record and release music, with recent projects including their 2016 release, Altered Narratives, and their first full length album, One Day it Will, released in 2018.

Justin Grinnell, double bass

Justin Grinnell is a San Diego-based freelance jazz bassist and music educator. He frequently performs with San Diego’s most respected jazz artists, including Holly Hofmann, Christopher Hollyday, Peter Sprague, and Mike Wofford. Alongside pianist Danny Green and drummer Julien Cantelm, Mr. Grinnell is a long-standing member of the Danny Green Trio, a melodic and nimble piano trio featuring Green’s original compositions and his creative combination of modern jazz, Brazilian jazz, and classical influences. Since its inception in 2008, the trio has released five albums, and in 2015, the Danny Green Trio teamed up with vocalist Leonard Patton to form LP And The Vinyl. The quartet released its debut album, Heard And Seen (Origin Records), in April 2020. In addition to performing, Mr. Grinnell maintains an active teaching schedule as adjunct faculty at University of San Diego and Grossmont College and as faculty for the annual Francis Parker Summer Jazz Workshop. He also regularly serves as an adjudicator and clinician at local music festivals such as the Coronado Jazz Festival and the San Diego Bass Fest.

Lars Hoefs, cello

Lars Hoefs is a professor of cello and music history at Säo Paulo State University in Campinas, Brazil, and regularly performs and teaches in South America, the United States, and Europe. He has performed concerts and taught courses in Chile, France, Poland, Germany, and Spain, and has made solo appearances with Brazilian orchestras in Espirito Santo, Londrina, Sorocaba, and Valinhos. Dr. Hoefs has established himself a leading expert on the cello repertoire of Brazilian composer Heitor VillaLobos. Originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, Dr. Hoefs earned his high school diploma at the North Carolina School for the

Arts, his bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University, where he studied with Hans Jorgen Jensen, and both his master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Southern California, where he studied with former Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Cellist Ronald Leonard.

Holly Hofmann, flute

Holly Hofmann's first musical memories are some of her fondest. At age five, she would spend evenings playing a child's flutophone with her father, a jazz guitarist, on standards from the Great American Songbook. Born near Cleveland, Ms. Hofmann always had her head in music. After completing high school at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, she gained her formal education through studies with the Cleveland Orchestra's Principal Flutist, Maurice Sharp. She then earned her Bachelor in Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and her graduate degree from the University of Northern Colorado. Following her graduate studies, Ms. Hofmann moved to San Diego in the late 1980s and began working with pianist Mike Wofford and bassist Bob Magnusson, both long-time stalwarts of the California jazz scene. Her first CD, Take Note, was recorded with Wofford, Magnusson, and drummer Sherman Ferguson in 1989 for Capri Records. It was the first of her thirteen nationally acclaimed recordings on the Azica and Capri record labels. Of the Hofmann/ Wofford release Minor Miracle, George Carroll of Jazzreview. com praised the “...virtual torrents of fresh, rhythmically and harmonically inventive ideas and melodies.” Norm Weinstein of All About Jazz called Flutology’s performance in New York “singular and breathtaking.” Still a resident of San Diego, Ms. Hofmann performs extensively across the globe and consults on several national jazz parties and series, including the Oregon Coast Jazz Party in Newport, Oregon.

Carolina Jaurena, tango dance

Carolina Jaurena has been teaching and performing for over twenty years and dancing with Camarada for three years. The height of her professional career thus far was her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts, directed by Sidney Pollack. She has performed in Eternal Tango with Hector del Curto, the shows Tanguero and Tango! Soul and Heart with the Choral Arts Society of Washington at Kennedy Center, and the off-Broadway show Tango House, produced by Juan Fabbri. Ms. Jaurena’s international workshops and performances include appearances at Canarias Tango in Spain, 100 Años de Tango at the Solis Theater in Uruguay, The Theaterhaus in Stuttgart, Alte Synagogue in Hechingen, and Landesakademie in Ochsenhausen. She has performed and taught at numerous tango festivals, including Tango Norte Festival in Sweden, Yale Tango Fest, Tango Fest Houston, and New Orleans Tango Festival. Ms. Jaurena is sought after as a dancer and teacher and is renowned for her precision of movement, her professionalism, and her charisma.

Tasha Koontz, soprano

Native Hawaiian soprano Tasha Hokuao Koontz has lent her “accurate, powerful voice” (Broadway World) to a gallery of leading operatic ladies and has been recognized by Opera Wire for her “secure silvery high notes.” In the 2022-23 season, she returns to San Diego Opera to perform the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. Ms. Koontz has sung as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Festival Chorus & Orchestra, California Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Arts Orchestra, and the orchestras of Newfoundland, Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, and Northwestern University. She was awarded first place in the Musical Merit Foundation Awards competition and in the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young Artist Competition, and has received awards from the Susan and Virginia Hawk Vocal Scholarship and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Western Region. Ms. Koontz earned her Master of Music from Indiana University, where she studied with acclaimed soprano Carol Vaness, and her Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University.

Abe Liebhaber, cello

Abe Liebhaber is originally from Santa Barbara. He has performed chamber music throughout Italy and in master classes with Anne Martindale-Williams, Peter Rejto, Eleonore Schoenfeld, and Yo-Yo Ma. His teachers include Charlene Wilson, David Gibson, and Barry Gold, and he has been coached by Daniel Rothmuller in Los Angeles and Harvey Shapiro in New York. Mr. Liebhaber received his degrees in music performance from University of California Los Angeles as well as California State University Sacramento, and he holds positions in the Arizona Opera and Sarasota Opera orchestras. His interest in opera italiana and the works and biographical life of Giuseppe Verdi has led to his study of Italian literature and opera through Middlebury College’s Italian Language program. He has also studied the art of bow making in the French tradition, and maintains a shop in San Diego where he creates new bows and restores fine bows.

Mackenzie Leighton, double bass

Mackenzie Leighton is a bassist, composer, and educator from San Diego, CA. He works regularly with Southern California jazz heroes Peter Sprague, Gilbert Castellanos, and Kamau Kenyatta, and has worked with jazz legends such as Donald Brown, Geoffery Keezer, and Sammy Figueroa. He has performed at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Ensenada Jazz Festival, Tijuana Jazz and Blues Festival, and Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines, and also works with local theaters including The Old Globe, Cygnet Theater, and Lamb’s Players Theatre. Mr. Leighton is adjunct faculty at California State University San Marcos, Palomar College, and MiraCosta College, and holds a Master in Music from San Diego State University. He recently performed in Million Dollar Quartet at Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado to rave reviews and sold-out audiences.

Travis Maril, viola

Travis Maril is the Strings Coordinator at San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance and CoDirector of SDSU’s String Academy for pre-college students. A passionate chamber musician, he is known for his “persuasive, stylish ardor” (San Diego Reader). His chamber music partners include principal players of the Cleveland Orchestra; the Los Angeles and Rochester Philharmonics; and the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and San Diego Symphonies, as well as members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. An active recording artist, Mr. Maril has recorded contemporary works for the Naxos and New World Record labels and has also recorded with jazz pianist Danny Green’s trio. He has enjoyed a long relationship with the composer Joel P. West and is featured on several of his scores, including Netflix’s Chef’s Table and the Warner Bros. feature film Just Mercy. Mr. Meril was a Trustee Scholar and Outstanding Graduate at the University of Southern California and earned his master’s degree at Rice University.

Andrés Martín, double bass & composer

Andrés Martín is an arranger and composer native to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has performed with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist in Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, and the United States. Since his arrival in Tijuana, Mexico, Mr. Martín has been immersed in teaching and performing as both a soloist and chamber musician. He has been a member of the Orquesta de Baja California since 2002 and also organizes and directs Contrabajos de Baja California A.C., an academy for double bass that celebrates an international double bass festival and chamber music course held annually in Tijuana. In addition to his work as a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Martín is an accomplished composer who has had works performed and commissioned by renowned soloists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras around the world. In collaboration with Eastman Strings Company, he is currently designing a new double bass tailored to his specifications that can serve as a modern solo instrument.

Elena Mashkovtseva, harp

Elena Mashkovtseva has won attention as one of the world’s outstanding harpists through her numerous appearances as a soloist and chamber musician. She has enchanted audiences throughout the world with her virtuosity, grace, and elegance. Ms. Mashkovtseva is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she studied with celebrated harpist Vera Dulova. She was awarded first prize at the International competition in

Moscow, and held the Principal Harp position with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra after graduation. Since leaving Moscow, she has appeared with the Orquesta de Baja California, Orquesta de Cámara Bellas Artes, Orquesta Filhármonica de la UNAM, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Orchestra Nova, St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin under Misha Rachlevsky, The Hutchins Consort, Camarada, and the San Diego Opera. Ms. Mashkovtseva is a professor of harp at San Diego State University and University of San Diego, and she also maintains a private harp studio in San Diego.

Richard Miller, guitar

Richard Miller was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to an American father and a Brazilian mother. His recent credits include a special performance for Pope Francis, a White House performance for President Obama, a cross-country solo tour entitled “A Rhythmic History of Brazilian Music,” and an engagement as music director for the premiere of Olivério, A Brazilian Twist at the Kennedy Center. He is featured on the Grammy-nominated recording Virtual Birdland with Paquito d’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. With a master’s degree in guitar and a Ph.D. in music theory, Mr. Miller is a dedicated educator who has over twenty-five years of teaching experience. He directed the education programs for the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) in New York, and since moving to Southern California, he wrote the Afro Latin Jazz Curriculum for Higher Education, which will be implemented at the University of California Los Angeles in the fall. Mr. Miller’s publications include the book The Guitar in the Brazilian Choro and the CD It’s Time.

Duncan Moore, drums

Duncan Moore grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and began drum studies at the age of eight. He majored in music at the University of Iowa and studied with Tom Davis while playing with local jazz groups until he moved to San Diego in 1977. Over the last thirty years, he has performed and recorded with several national and local artists, including Ray Brown, Kim Carnes, Dave Carpenter, Deana Carter, Joe Chambers, Billy Childs, Jeff Clayton, Sara Evans, Holly Hofmann, Rickie Lee Jones, Kenny Loggins, James Moody, Peter Sprague, Steve Wilson, and Mike Wofford. Mr. Moore has a home recording studio where he records drum and percussion tracks for various projects. He maintains a private percussion studio and is also a drum set instructor at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California, and at California State University San Marcos.

Joanna Morrison, cello

A native of Orlando, Florida, cellist Joanna Morrison completed her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees at Boston University studying under Leslie Parnas and George Neikrug. In 2007, Ms. Morrison was a member of the Hawaii Symphony and served as Principal Cello from 2012 to 2015. Her playing has taken her on tours to Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea, as well as much of Europe and the United States, performing under conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman, and Manfred Honeck. She was also an acting member of the San Diego Symphony from 2016 to 2020. An avid chamber player, Ms. Morrison has collaborated with artists including Jon Kimura Parker, Chee-Yun Kim, Joyce Yang, and Thomas Sauer, and has studied under members of the Guarneri and Juilliard Quartets. She has received fellowships to summer festivals around the world including Aspen Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, AIMS in Graz,

International Festival Institute at Round Top, Blossom Music Festival, Cascade Music Festival, and Verbier Festival, where she served as Principal Cellist for the world tour with Charles Dutoit and Martha Argerich.

Jeff Nevin, trumpet

Jeff Nevin, Ph.D., is a professional classical trumpet player, mariachi trumpeter, soloist, and conductor specializing in the interpretation of Mexican music. An award-winning composer, Dr. Nevin has had his works performed by dozens of symphony orchestras as well as Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Sol de México, and América de Jesús Rodriguez de Hijar. Together with Mariachi Champaña, he has established a reputation for presenting the highest quality classical and mariachi music in performances with the mariachi alone, in solo appearances with symphony orchestras, and in collaborations with world-renown singers including Plácido Domingo, Aida Cuevas, Fernando de la Mora and others. In 2008 he was named “California Multicultural Music Educator of the Year” and accepted the position of Director of Youth Music Programs for San Bernardino’s Sinfonía Mexicana. He was also given the California Music Education Association’s “Ernest R. Yee Illuminating Culture Award” in 2018. Dr. Nevin earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Illinois, Arizona State University and UC San Diego respectively. He is currently Professor of Music and Director of Mariachi Activities at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA, where he devised and is now offering the world’s first college degree in mariachi music.

Jim Plank, percussion

James “Jim” Plank was born and educated in San Diego and is a graduate of San Diego State University. He began his professional career as a percussionist with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra at age 16. Additional orchestral positions include Principal Timpanist with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, which he held until 2008. Mr. Plank has played with such jazz artists as Kenny Barron, Art Farmer, Hank Jones, and Joe Pass. His discography and videography include recordings and television programs with Laurindo Almeida, Mike Wofford, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Marian McPartland, and Red Rodney.

Sheryl Renk, clarinet

Sheryl Renk is the Principal Clarinet of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and has been Principal Clarinet of the San Francisco Ballet for ten years. During her four-year tenure at the San Francisco Symphony, Ms. Renk joined European, Asian, and United States tours and performed on numerous San Francisco Symphony recordings. She has also recorded film scores at the famed Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. Ms. Renk completed her music education at San Francisco State University and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Donald Carroll. She continued her clarinet studies with Rosario Mazzeo, former member of the Boston Symphony. Festival performances include the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Mainly Mozart Music Festival in San Diego, the La Jolla SummerFest Chamber Music Festival, the Durango Music Festival in Colorado, the Cascade Music Festival in Oregon, the Carmel Bach Festival, and the Bear Valley Music Festival. Ms. Renk is currently the clarinet professor at San Diego State University.

David Savage, bassoon

David Savage has been a bassoonist/contrabassoonist in San Diego for over four decades. He currently performs with the San Diego Symphony, Pacific Lyric Opera, the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra, and Broadway San Diego musicals. He has also performed with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra/ Orchestra Nova, Old Globe musical productions, the San Diego Gilbert and Sullivan Company, San Diego Comic Opera, Starlight Musical Theater, and various other orchestras and chamber ensembles in California, Oregon, and Mexico.

Mr. Savage has taught bassoon at several local colleges and universities as well as privately. He has been a member of the Classics 4 Kids company since its founding, performing public school concerts for chamber orchestra in commercial theaters and school auditoriums as well as trio concerts in auditoriums and classrooms and individual classroom demonstrations in person and online.

Peter Sprague, guitar & composer

Peter Sprague is a highly acclaimed musician and composer. With thirty-plus years as a professional guitarist under his belt, he has evolved into a musical powerhouse, having produced and played on over 190 recordings. He has also published eleven songbooks of his own music. Mr. Sprague conducts the majority of his endeavors in Southern California, where he can stay close to his family, and where he is, without dispute, San Diego’s premier jazz talent. His numerous awards include Best Jazz Artist in San Diego, and his list of collaborators include musical greats such as Dianne Reeves, Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, and many others. Mr. Sprague’s full performance list and discography can be found on his website, www.petersprague.com

Tripp Sprague, saxophone

Tripp Sprague is a jazz saxophonist based out of the San Diego area. He also plays flute, chromatic harmonica, and EWI. Mr. Sprague has performed extensively with the area’s top jazz musicians, including his brother, guitar player Peter Sprague, as well as bassist Bob Magnusson and pianist Geoffrey Keezer. His musical versatility has led him to perform with international acts such as jazz singer Mose Allison, Kenny Loggins, and Motown legend Smokey Robinson. Recently, Mr. Sprague co-produced and performed on the self-titled CD from the group Blurring the Edges, which won Best PopJazz Album at the San Diego Music Awards. He also runs a recording studio from his home, where he has produced and recorded CDs for numerous local artists.

Coral MacFarland-Thuet, voice

Coral MacFarland-Thuet teaches music and communication at San Diego State University. She has recorded several jazz and Latin music albums with Steve O’Connor, Jaime Valle, and Peter Sprague, and has collaborated on musical projects with some of the top jazz musicians in the US, Mexico, and Europe. Ms. MacFarland-Thuet is multilingual and sings in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Ladino. Over the years, she has performed with the Dresden Sinfoniker, Orquesta de Baja California, and the US Navy/Marine Big Band, as well as with her own jazz combos and bands. She is also an actor and has performed in theaters such as the San Diego’s Old Globe Theater, San Diego Repertory Theater, and the Centro Cultural de Tijuana.

Rob Thorsen, double bass

Rob Thorsen maintains a diverse and busy schedule in Southern California as a performer, educator, clinician, and composer. He has found his true voice in the upright bass and performs regularly in San Diego with artists such as the Mike Wofford/Holly Hofmann Quartet, Charles McPherson, Steph Johnson, Gilbert Castellanos, Mundell Lowe, and a host of others. Mr. Thorsen has released four recordings as a leader, with the most recent, Lasting Impression, featuring an array of jazz talents including pianist Geoffrey Keezer, pianist Josh Nelson, and saxophonist Ben Wendel. In addition to performing with his own quartet, he has also created “Jazz: An American Art Form,” a hugely successful jazz educational program that has been presented to over 8,000 students this year alone. “When I began playing the upright bass, the fact that I felt the sound as much as I heard it had a profound effect on me,” says Mr. Thorsen. “I was hooked for life.”

Allison Adams Tucker, voice

Born and raised in San Diego, multi-lingual jazz vocalist Allison Adams Tucker began singing before she could speak. She studied piano, flute, violin, dance, and voice from elementary school and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics / Music Vocal Performance, as well as an Associate of Arts in Italian. Ms. Tucker’s vocal palette has been colored by her experience in a variety of musical genres, from a capella Elizabethan madrigals to punk rock to country to commercial jingles, but since 2004, she has found jazz to be the most natural fit. Growing up on the border with Mexico, Ms. Tucker was exposed to intermingling cultures that inspired her love for languages and world cultures from an early age. She sings in six languages besides her own, has lived in Japan and Spain, and has traveled to over fifteen countries. This “wanderlust” is present in the music she chooses today, which includes the rhythms, melodies, and lyrics of Brazil, Italy, France, Latin America, Japan, and the US. For Allison, it is all about human connection and the use of music as the universal language.

Mike Wofford, piano

Mike Wofford was born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in San Diego. He studied piano as a child and became interested in jazz as a teen. He is well known as the pianist and music director for singers Sarah Vaughan (1970s) and Ella Fitzgerald (1989-1992). However, he was known in the jazz community of Los Angeles going back to the 1960s for his first albums, Strawberry Wine and Summer Night, and for his work with Shorty Rogers, Teddy Edwards, Bud Shank, Chet Baker, Joe Pass, Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Shelly Manne, and Zoot Sims, among many others. During his years in Los

Angeles, he was the pianist on dozens of films and for both live and recorded television shows. In the 1970s, he toured Europe with Shelly Manne and Lee Konitz; in the 1980s, he toured Japan with Manne, Harry “Sweets” Edison, and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, as well as Japan and Brazil with Benny Carter. After resettling in San Diego, Mr. Wofford performed with Kenny Burrell, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, Charlie Haden, Slide Hampton, Clifford Jordan, Ray Brown, and others at San Diego’s nationally acclaimed jazz club, Elario’s. He also took part in non-jazz session work, including John Lennon's 1975 release, Rock 'n' Roll, and in 1973, he briefly toured with former Byrds front man Roger McGuinn. On August 13, 2012, Mr. Wofford was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 22nd Annual San Diego Music Awards. He currently tours and records with his wife, flutist Holly Hofmann, with their quartet and their Jobim with Strings project.

Angela Xing, violin

Born in Taiyuan, China, Angela Xing began studying violin at the age of five with Lingwei Xu, the preeminent violin educator of the Shanxi province. After high school, she moved to Beijing to study with Xiaowei Chen at the Renmin University of China. She went on to become a prize winner of the Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition and a semi-finalist of the Heida Hermanns International String Competition. Ms. Xing has played with the Rochester Philharmonic, Symphoria, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chinese National Opera House Orchestra in Beijing. She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, where she studied under Paul Kantor, David Halen, and Robert Lipsett, and also served as the concertmaster for the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Xing received her Master of Music from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied with Dr. Gregory Lee. She went on to receive her Doctor of Musical Arts with a minor in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Oleh Krysa.

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