2023–2024 SEASON
music connects us
HEART - TO - HEART Cover image by artist Sofie Ramos @ Bread & Salt Art Gallery.
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HEART - TO - HEART 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 26, 2023 7:30 p.m. a musical picnic to delight your senses flute, guitar, double bass, piano, drums
Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:30 p.m. a triple flute jazz jam flutes, double bass, piano, drums
Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:30 p.m. theatrical music to stir the emotions flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, harp + visiting composer
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 concer t hall.
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Friday, December 15, and Saturday, December 16, 2023 7:30 p.m. jazz to dazzle and light up your holidays voice, flutes, saxophone/harmonica, guitar, double bass, piano, drums
Saturday, February 3, 2024 7:30 p.m. bringing Buenos Aires to you flute, violin, double bass, piano, tango dance
Saturday, March 23, 2024 7:30 p.m. long lost musical treasures flute, string quartet, double bass, keyboard, guitar
2023–2024 SEASON Music of the Americas @ Park & Market UC SAN DIEGO'S NEWEST VENUE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO, 1100 Market Street, San Diego Join us for Music of the Americas - celebrating our binational region - in a visionary new performance space.
Saturday, November 18, 2023 7:30 p.m. music by/for/about women soprano, flute, violin, viola, double bass, piano
Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:30 p.m. an artistic exploration of time flute, string quartet, double bass, piano + visiting composer
Saturday, March 2, 2024 7:30 p.m. the enlightened music of Antônio Carlos Jobim guitar, voice, flute, double bass, piano, drums
Something's Brewing @ Bread & Salt BREAD & SALT IN BARRIO LOGAN, 1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego You’re invited to an ar tful collaboration designed to intrigue and awaken the senses!
Saturday, November 4, 2023 7:30 p.m. a musical picnic to delight your senses flute, guitar, double bass, piano, drums
Saturday, May 4, 2024 7:30 p.m. theatrical music to stir the emotions flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, harp + visiting composer 3
“When you play a piece of music, you are communicating with the heart and soul of the listener.” LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
“Music is the divine way to connect one heart to another.” DEAN KOONTZ
“Camarada paints chamber music with a wide brush, often coloring outside the lines.” BETH WOOD, San Diego Union Tribune
“A varied collective of many of San Diego’s most skilled performers… Camarada has consistently delivered the goods for the last 25 seasons, whether the fare has been standard repertory classical chamber music, challenging contemporary compositions, jazz, dance, or the music of Latin America.” KEN HERMAN, San Diego Story
WELCOME Dear Friends,
In the blink of an eye—we are celebrating Camarada’s 29th Season! We remain committed to making “Music That Moves You”—music that creates an inviting oasis in the midst of our busy world and builds connections within our community. In our 29th season, we explore those connections that come from experiencing music together—connections that bring artists, audiences, and composers HEART-TO-HEART in a shared emotional journey. This season, we dive deeper into our mission to provide artistically rich and deeply personal musical experiences for our San Diego audiences. A number of our programs will have composers in attendance to speak directly about their musical inspirations and creative processes, enriching the listening experience for audiences. Collaborations with fellow local arts and cultural organizations, including the California Festival, Mingei International Museum, Bread & Salt Gallery, The Athenaeum, and Mujeres Brew House, build community and expand the scope of our unique cultural programming. And Camarada continues to grow both at home and abroad; we look forward to the release of our new tango album, recorded by The Camarada Tango Quartet in Buenos Aires, and to a robust touring calendar that will spread virtuosic tango nuevo across the country. Please join us for an ambitious and diverse season and explore an exciting range of music—old favorites with new twists, rarely performed modern works, and my personal favorite: three Composer’s Circle Commissions making their world premieres. Our 29th season gives all of us, artists and audiences alike, an opportunity to truly engage with the music that tugs on our hearts and makes us human. Thank you for being a part of our Camarada community! XOXO, Beth
“In the ‘Mosaics’ concert, chamber ensemble Camarada soars with precision and intensity.” LUKE SCHULZE, San Diego Union Tribune 5
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Thank you to Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer & Nora Vargas and The Anklesaria Family Foundation for their continued support of Camarada’s outreach presence in San Diego. What began as a handful of concerts put together by passionate musicians has grown into a thriving nonprofit and a 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 musica 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) 8
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
DONATE HERE At Camarada, we value the power music has to provide solace, move us to action, and bring us closer as a community. Heart-to-Heart celebrates the music that connects us to each other and to the wider world around us, binding us together and bringing us much-needed joy. But community is not created by one organization alone. Our supporters make these joyous celebrations possible and have allowed us to provide artistically rich and deeply personal musical experiences for audiences in San Diego and beyond for 29 years. Please join us in our mission to continue building our musical community. Ticket and program sales cover less than 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: •
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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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Artist Directors Beth Ross Buckley
Dana Burnett
Beth Ross Buckley is the Flutist, Founder, and Artistic Director of Camarada. For 29 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.
Dana Burnett is currently the Associate Artistic Director of Camarada and has directed and performed with Camarada for over a decade. She has been on the faculties of the University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, and Vanderbilt University. Ms. Burnett was awarded the Alban Berg Fellowship at the Schubert Institute-Austria and received an Artist Diploma and accompanying prize from that institution. She has a Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University, a Master of Science in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Vanderbilt University, and has completed post-graduate work at Indiana University with Michel Block and John Ogdon. 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.
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. Ms. Ross Buckley boasts an extensive performance resume that includes a twentyfive-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.
Dana has been fortunate to have collaborated with Leonard Rose, Hilary Hahn, Nathaniel Rosen, Martin Chalifour, Benita Valente, Paula Robison, and many more musicians in her chamber music career. She has premiered chamber works including those by Jean-Michel Damase, Richard Wernick, Judith Zaimont, Gunther Schuller, and the last chamber work of Stephen Albert. 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. Other festivals include Hidden Valley Seminars Flute Camp, Virginia Arts Festival, and the Skaneateles Music Festival. She has recorded for the Naxos and Arabesque labels and has been featured on WHYY, Philadelphia's “Fresh Air,” and NPR. Dana performs with California Chamber Orchestra and Classics 4 Kids and was the symphony pianist with the North Carolina and Virginia Symphonies. Ms. Burnett is on the music faculty at Cal State San Marcos and an active member of North San Diego MTAC, with a private piano studio in Carlsbad. 11
Guest Artists Allison Adams Tucker Given 4 stars by Downbeat Magazine, multilingual vocalist, composer, and educator Allison Adams Tucker began singing before she could speak, and has performed many genres, from acappella and punk to folk and jingles. In 2005, she fell in love with jazz, and went on to release four critically acclaimed albums as well as three EPs: Come With Me (2008), nominated for Best Jazz Album 2009 by the San Diego Music Awards; April in Paris (2014), recorded in Paris on UNESCO's 1st Annual International Jazz Day; Wanderlust (2016), recorded in New York under GRAMMY-winning producer Matt Pierson, featuring an allstar band; and RETRO Trilogy (2023), again recorded with NYC producer Matt Pierson and another band made up of heavy hitters. RETRO Trilogy was rolled out as three EPs 1977, 1988, and 1999 - before being released as one album. Ms. Adams Tucker’s voice can be heard in commercials and on The Saboteur video game soundtrack in the company of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Madeleine Peyroux, and others. She has entertained audiences in Japan, Europe, Mexico, and the United States, including performances at the Blue Note New York, Ronnie Scott's London, Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Los Angeles, San Jose Jazz Fest, East Hawaii Jazz & Blues Fest, Lucca Jazz Donna Festival Tuscany, and Takatsuki Jazz Street Festival Osaka, among others. Fred Benedetti Fred Benedetti is a Professor of Music Emeritus at Grossmont College, where he was Chair of Guitar Studies for thirty-eight years. He is currently a member of the guitar faculty at San Diego State University and is a 2023 Inductee for the San Diego Music Hall of Fame. Mr. Benedetti has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, England, Germany, the 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.
Andrés Bravo Andrés Bravo is a talented dancer, instructor, and choreographer who began dancing Argentine Tango at age eleven. He has studied with world-renowned Tango Masters such as Miguel Ángel Zotto, Martín Ojeda, Roberto Herrera, Julio Balmaceda, and Gabriel Misse. Career highlights include touring throughout Colombia with the Tango Festival Colombo Argentina, produced by impresario Walter Davis; performing as a member of the Tango company Una cita con el Tango, directed by Alexander Giraldo; a tour of the UAE and residency at Dubai’s Jumeirah Beach Hotel in the cast of Argentine Tango Show; and a number of awards including 2006 National Stage Tango Champion in Tangovia, 2009 winner of the National Stage Tango Competition in Bogotá, and Colombian representative at the eighth World Tango Summit. In addition to his achievements, Mr. Bravo has dedicated a great part of his career to teaching tango to people from all walks of life. During the past year, he taught and performed with the touring show Three to Tango with Jorge Nel and Milena Buitrago. As a choreographer, he is in high demand for his innovative and unique style of choreography, and in 2011, choreographed the show Por amor al Tango, directed and produced by Erskine Maytorena. In 2019, Mr. Bravo became the official US Tango Salon Champion and won first place in the SoCal Tango Championship. Mr. Bravo is currently based in New York City, where his personality and experience as a choreographer, instructor, and dancer of salon and stage Tango continue to lead him to great success. David Buckley David Buckley is an experienced chamber musician, soloist, and orchestral player. He is the Co-Concertmaster of the La Jolla Symphony and has been a featured soloist on several occasions. With Camarada, he has been featured during each of its twenty-eight seasons and is a member of the Tango Camarada Quartet. Dr. Buckley is the immediate past 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. 13
Gilad Cohen Gilad Cohen is an active composer, performer, and theorist in various genres including concert music, rock, and music for theatre. His music features influences from rock, impressionism, grunge, klezmer, Arabic music, and the avant-garde. Dr. Cohen has received commissions from the Barlow Endowment, Chamber Music America, ASCAP, and the Jerusalem Music Center, among others. His music has been performed around the world by artists such as the Israeli Chamber Project, Nash Ensemble of London, Brentano Quartet, Mivos Quartet, PUBLIQuartet, and principal players of both the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. His works have been released on Albany Records, Naxos/Delos, and Navona Records. Dr. Cohen’s notable awards include the Barlow Prize, the Israeli Prime Minister Award for Composers, and top prizes in international competitions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He has played piano, bass guitar, and guitar with various ensembles at venues in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Israel, including New York’s Merkin Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Symphony Space. An Associate Professor of Music at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Dr. Cohen holds a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University. His research on the music of Pink Floyd has resulted in publications in books and academic journals, lectures in the United States and Israel, and the first-ever academic conference devoted to the band, which he produced in 2014 at Princeton University in collaboration with composer Dave Molk. www.giladcohen.com Stefan Cwik Stefan Cwik began his musical studies in composition and guitar performance with composer/guitarist Dušan Bogdanović at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). He finished his undergraduate studies in composition at SFCM studying with David Conte and his graduate studies with John Corigliano at The Juilliard School. Mr. Cwik is dedicated to the collaborative process of composition. He held the post of Composer-In-Residence for San Francisco-based orchestra Symphony Parnassus, directed and conducted by Stephen Paulson. During his time working with Parnassus, Mr. Cwik composed and premiered five orchestral works. He has also worked with Camarada and Beth Ross Buckley on multiple occasions. The ensemble’s performance of his work, Eight Miniatures: Homage to Igor Stravinsky, received high praise in the 2022 Mosaics concert at Mingei Museum in San Diego. 14
Throughout his professional life, Mr. Cwik has received numerous awards including the 2010 Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition and the 2013 BMI Student composer award. He was the two time winner of the Juilliard Orchestral Composition Competition, and received honorable mention at the 2013 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. Recently, Mr. Cwik was commissioned by Brass Over Bridges to compose a new concerto for brass quintet and orchestra. This work premiered on June 11th of 2023 at Herbst’s Theatre with the San Francisco Civic Symphony. Mr. Cwik is a professor of Orchestration and Music Theory and Musicianship at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a member of ASCAP. Representative examples of his music can be found on his website, www.stefancwik.com Danny Green Over the past decade, jazz pianist and Origin Records recording artist Danny Green has earned recognition as a bandleader and as a composer with a gift for spinning lyrical, absorbing narratives. Mr. Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds – an enchanting mix of jazz, classical, and Brazilian rhythms – has captured the attention of critics around the world, including DownBeat Magazine, Jazziz, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Public Radio International. It’s no small wonder that Green has earned two San Diego Music Awards for Best Jazz Album and an additional award for Best Jazz Artist. His long-time trio includes bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm, noteworthy musicians in their own right, and together they have developed a nearly psychic connection as they perform both Green’s original compositions and jazz standards. Mr. Green takes listeners on a journey that is equal parts introspective and exuberant, but always compelling. His talents have taken him from the Blue Note in New York City to the Blue Whale in Los Angeles. According to JazzReview. com, “Danny Green is what evolution in jazz is all about, expressing the traits of those that came before him, with a style and panache that is all his own…an individual who expresses what is inside of him.”
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Lars Hoefs Lars Hoefs is a professor of cello and music history at São 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 Espírito Santo, Londrina, Sorocaba, and Valinhos. Dr. Hoefs has established himself as a leading expert on the cello repertoire of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, Dr. Hoefs earned his high school diploma at the North Carolina School of 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 Holly Hofmann spent evenings at age five playing standards on the flutophone with her father, a jazz guitarist. Today, Ms. Hofmann has made the flute a front-line instrument in jazz, earning praise for her bluesy, bebopbased improvisations. She studied with the Cleveland Orchestra’s principal flutist Maurice Sharp, and went on to earn her Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and her Master of Music from the University of Northern Colorado. Ms. Hofmann moved to San Diego in the late ‘80s, recording her first national CD in 1989 and booking her first of many jazz series at the Horton Grand Hotel. In the mid-‘90s, she began performing with pianist Bill Cunliffe, leading to several duo recordings including the critically acclaimed Live at Birdland with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Victor Lewis. Hofmann also toured throughout the U.S. and Europe as a guest artist with Brown’s trio. Hofmann and the highly respected pianist/arranger Mike Wofford married in 2001and began touring and recording together with Peter Washington and Victor Lewis, as well as with Flutology, an all-star sextet featuring Frank Wess, Ali Ryerson and Hofmann on flutes. Their recent recordings include 2013’s Turn Signal, featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, and 2015’s Low Life: The Alto Flute Project. Ms. Hofmann also teaches jazz and flute and conducts master classes around the country, and has been Music Director at the Oregon Coast Jazz Party for thirteen years. Carolina Jaurena With over 20 years of experience teaching and performing, Carolina Jaurena is a multifaceted talent, excelling not only as a dancer but also as a certified RYT Yoga Instructor and Mandala Dot Artist. Carolina’s career reached new
heights when she graced the screen as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts, directed by the legendary Sidney Pollack. Ms. Jaurena's performances include Eternal Tango, alongside Héctor del Curto, and the shows Tanguero and Tango! Soul and Heart, at the Kennedy Center with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, as well as the acclaimed off-Broadway production Tango House, produced by the renowned Juan Fabbri, and several seasons at the esteemed Thalia Spanish Theatre in New York. Ms. Jaurena's talent has been recognized internationally - she taught a special Tango workshop at the Canarias Tango Festival in Spain, performed at the Solis Theater in Uruguay in 100 años de Tango, and performed at prestigious German venues such as The Theaterhaus in Stuttgart and the Alte Synagoge in Hechingen. She also conducted workshops at the Landesakademie in Ochsenhausen. Ms. Jaurena’s prowess as a performer and instructor has earned her a well-deserved reputation for precision of movement, professionalism, and undeniable charisma. She has been an integral part of San Diego’s Tango Camarada Quartet for the past four years. Her journey is a testament to the power of passion, dedication, and a profound connection to the arts. Tasha Koontz Native Hawaiian soprano Tasha Hokuao Koontz has lent her “accurate, powerful voice” to a gallery of leading operatic ladies and has been recognized for her “secure silvery high notes.” In the 2022-23 season, she returned to San Diego Opera to perform the roles of Nella in Gianni Schicchi and Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica. A company favorite, Koontz has also performed as Annina in La Traviata, Edith in Pirates of Penzance, Frasquita in Carmen, and High Priestess in Aïda. She sang the role of Catrina in a 2019 workshop performance of El último sueño de Frida y Diego, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and Latin GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank. A frequent concert soloist, Ms. Koontz has sung with ensembles including the San Diego Symphony, California Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Arts Orchestra, and the orchestras of Newfoundland, Coeur d’Alene, and Spokane. She also performed the role of Violetta in La Traviata with the FF Collective, an organization Koontz co-founded in 2021 to create performance opportunities for women and artists from underrepresented communities in Southern California. She won the Musical Merit Foundation Awards competition and the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus Young Artist Competition, and has received awards and recognition from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony Competition, and the Bel Canto Foundation Competition, among others. Ms. Koontz earned her Master of Music from Indiana University, where she studied with acclaimed soprano Carol Vaness, and received her Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University. 17
Abe Liebhaber
Andrés Martín
Abe Liebhaber, from Santa Barbara, California, holds a tenured position with the Arizona Opera and enjoys performing chamber music at home and abroad. In addition to being a cellist, Mr. Liebhaber is a professional bowmaker and restorer of fine bows, with a successful business in San Diego on Adams Avenue.
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 the Eastman Strings Company, he is currently designing a new double bass tailored to his specifications that can serve as a modern solo instrument.
Mackenzie Leighton Mackenzie Leighton is a bassist, composer, and educator from San Diego, California. 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 Theatre, 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 Travis Maril is the String Area Coordinator at San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance, and the CoFounder of its String Academy for pre-college students. He is also an innovative online educator; through his online programs, he has worked with hundreds of violists worldwide. (www.travis-maril.com)
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A passionate chamber musician, Mr. Maril has been praised for his “persuasive, stylish ardor” (San Diego Reader) and was a winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. 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. Mr. Maril was a Trustee Scholar and Outstanding Graduate at the University of Southern California and earned his master’s degree at Rice University.
Elena Mashkovtseva 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 de 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 the University of San Diego, and she also maintains a private harp studio in San Diego.
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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 percussionist Tom Davis while playing with local jazz groups until he moved to San Diego in 1977.
Frank Renk is a clarinetist and bass clarinetist with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He is also the principal clarinetist of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, and was formerly the principal clarinetist of the Sacramento Philharmonic and the California Symphony. His performance history includes a number of movie and commercial soundtracks, mostly recorded at the famed Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. Mr. Renk continues to perform occasionally with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He also performs numerous chamber music concerts throughout the West Coast and has appeared as soloist on occasion. Music Festivals that Mr. Renk has attended include the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the La Jolla SummerFest chamber music festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, the “Music from Bear Valley” Music Festival, and the Cascade Music Festival of Oregon.
Over the last thirty years, he has performed and/or recorded with a number of national and local artists, including Gerald Albright, Mose Allison, Karrin Allyson, Ray Brown, Kenny Burrell, Joe Chambers, Billy Childs, Joe Farrell, Nnenna Freelon, Curtis Fuller, Mike Garson, Holly Hofmann, Rickie Lee Jones, Geoffrey Keezer, Steve Kujala, Kenny Loggins, Les McCann, Pat Metheny, Art Neville, Houston Person, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Bob Sheppard, Bobby Shew, Tom Scott, Peter Sprague, Tierney Sutton, Ernie Watts, and Mike Wofford. Mr. Moore also teaches students from his private percussion studio.
Mr. Renk completed his music education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco State University where he studied with Donald Carroll. He continued studying the clarinet with Rosario Mazzeo, formerly of the Boston Symphony. Mr. Renk teaches a large number of students in the San Diego area, and was profiled in the San Diego UnionTribune In November 2006. Richard Sellers Richard Sellers has been playing drums professionally for over thirty years and has performed with countless groups and ensembles in a variety of styles, including straight-ahead jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian, Latin, funk, and hip-hop. In addition, he has worked extensively as a teacher, applying his unique rhythmic approach and meticulous technical methods to his teaching. A native of Valencia, California, Mr. Sellers received early training from Stewart Fischer, Earl Palmer, and Joe Porcaro. The support of such greats prepared him for his move to San Diego, at which point he began to make frequent appearances in San Diego and gigged incessantly with the best professionals in town. This experience includes a lasting musical liaison with bassist Rob Thorsen and vocalist Ruby Presnell, forged while working on the release of Ruby Blue. Richard is now regarded as one of the premier drummers in Southern California, and has found himself sharing the stage with world-class artists such as Hubert Laws, Terell Stafford, Kenny Rankin, Kamau Kenyatta, Mike Wofford, Bob Magnusson, Marshall Hawkins, Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, Andy Simpkins, and Jackie and Roy. Mr. Sellers is respected by his colleagues for his uncanny talent with brushes, his undeniable energy, and his strict attention to dynamics and groove. He has also made high-profile appearances at the NAMM Show, an internationally recognized musical and technological convention.
Peter Sprague Peter Sprague is a highly acclaimed musician and composer. With thirtyplus 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 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, guitarist 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 Pop-Jazz 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. Rob Thorsen 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 bandleader, 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.”
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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 from the 1960s onward 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 Angela Xing has performed all around the globe. She was a prize winner of the Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition and semi-finalist of the Heida Hermanns International String Competition. Ms. Xing has worked as a professional violinist in the Rochester Philharmonic, Symphoria, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Chinese National Opera House Orchestra in Beijing. She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival and served as the concertmaster for the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, Ms. Xing has over seven years of teaching experience, encompassing a broad range of skills for a wide range of students. Born in Taiyuan, China, Ms. 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. During that time, she served as associate concertmaster of the Asian Youth Orchestra for three years, with which she toured Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul. Ms. Xing received her Master of Music from the University of Oklahoma, where she studied with 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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In Search of Time
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Premiering at
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Thelma and Dolores
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