GRAMMY NOMINATED Percussionist Wilson “Chembo” Corniel studied music at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York City, Pastore Music in New Jersey, and also attended La Escuela National de Arte (ENA) in Havana, Cuba in 1997 and 1999 under the direction of Chucho Valdez. Chembo is a member of the faculty at (more…)

RANDY SAX JOVEN SAXOFONISTA DE SANTIAGO RODRÍGUEZ TRABAJA EN UN PROYECTO MUSICAL EN EL QUE FUSIONARÁ LOS RITMOS DOMINICANOS CON LA MÚSICA ELECTRÓNICA FORMACIÓN Y EXPERIENCIA DEL JOVEN MÚSICO CIBAEÑO Estudios. Además de la escuela de música en Santiago Rodríguez, el Instituto de Cultura y Arte (ICA) de Santiago y el Conservatorio Nacional de Música (more…)

Alma Mía, a soul-fusion sextet from New York City, was born of a family heritage that always honored music. Three siblings grew up side by side learning harmony and intoning spirituals, foreshadowing what would one day be Alma Mía music. Their passion for music led them to seek out other musicians that would seemlessly become (more…)

Weaving the musical bridges connecting Cuban son, salsa, timba, and funk, Ola Fresca, in it’s first 10 years and two world acclaimed, award winning, original albums under the direction and creative energy of Jose Conde, has evolved a swinging, fearless tropical Latin sound directly from Brooklyn, New York. From their rustic Cuban roots tinged 2004 (more…)

  Special guest Paul O’Dette will direct TENET in a concert of music from Claudio Monteverdi’s  “Madrigals of War and Love” (Madrigali Guerreri ed Amorosi).  Published in 1638, this collection represents 30 years of Monteverdi’s work in the new stile concitato (“agitated style”), which is on full display. These works intimately connect the poetry of Petrarch, Tasso, (more…)