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SUMMARY:Behind the Music: Josh Halpern\, cello
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultural Caravan’s Artistic Director Josh Halpern as he welcomes a lineup of dynamic artists for intimate evenings of live music\, personal stories\, and unscripted conversation. Get a rare glimpse into their creative process\, hear music you won’t experience anywhere else\, and bring your own questions about art\, inspiration\, and life. \n\nMeet Josh Halpern \nJosh Halpern has appeared on stages around the world as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and orchestral principal cellist. He has collaborated with artists including Jonathan Biss\, Anthony Roth Costanzo\, Roberto Díaz\, Viviane Hagner\, Gary Hoffman\, Kim Kashkashian\, Patricia Kopatchinskaja\, Anthony McGill\, Olli Mustonen\, and Itzhak Perlman. He has appeared at music festivals including the Ravinia Steans Institute\, Music@Menlo\, the Perlman Chamber Music Workshop\, the New York String Orchestra Seminar\, the Taos School of Music\, La Jolla Summerfest\, Musikiwest\, and Krzyzowa-Music. \nFrom 2021 to 2023\, Josh was a member of the Karajan Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker under the mentorship of principal cello Ludwig Quandt\, performing as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic. He has served as guest principal cello with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (2019) and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London (2023)\, and appeared as guest member cellist throughout the world with the Banff Competition-winning Rolston Quartet\, the Varian Fry Quartet\, the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic\, and the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. \nAn eager advocate of contemporary music\, Josh has worked personally with composers such as Bruce Adolphe\, Richard Danielpour\, Henrique Eisenmann\, Scott Ordway\, Kevin Puts\, Dai Wei\, Nick DiBerardino\, and Kaija Saariaho. In 2025\, he debuted In Real Time\, a project showcasing living composers through immersive programs that combine new commissioned works with the music\, literature\, art\, and contemporary sociopolitical circumstances that inspired them. The debut edition featured the premiere of Scott Ordway’s Letters to My Daughters for cello and piano\, reflecting on parenthood amid social and political uncertainty. \nJosh’s commitment to bringing music to unexpected places began with his 2018 solo tour across Colorado\, performing in venues including the state penitentiary\, small-town saloons\, and bicycle shops. This work led to his founding of the Cultural Caravan in 2021\, a Colorado-based organization that has since presented over 100 artists in coordination with over 60 local businesses and community organizations\, raising and reinvesting over $600\,000 into the community through vital year-round community programming. \nJosh completed his Artist Diploma at The Curtis Institute of Music\, where he studied with Carter Brey and Peter Wiley and served as principal cello of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. As an undergraduate at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music\, he studied with Desmond Hoebig and won the school’s concerto competition. As a teacher\, he has presented master classes throughout the United States and South America and served on faculty at Curtis Summerfest\, the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival\, and the Brooklyn School of Music. \nHe lives in Brooklyn\, New York\, and performs on a cello by Domenico Busan\, c. 1750\, previously owned by his teacher Desmond Hoebig\, provided on generous long-term loan from a member of the Stretton Society.
URL:https://centerformusicalarts.org/event/behind-the-music-josh-halpern-cello/
LOCATION:Center for Musical Arts\, 200 E Baseline Rd\, Lafayette\, CO\, 80026\, United States
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SUMMARY:Behind the Music: Salomé Songbird
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultural Caravan’s Artistic Director Josh Halpern as he welcomes a lineup of dynamic artists for intimate evenings of live music\, personal stories\, and unscripted conversation. Get a rare glimpse into their creative process\, hear music you won’t experience anywhere else\, and bring your own questions about art\, inspiration\, and life. \nMeet Salomé Songbird \nJoy Adams\, cello\, mandolin\, banjo\nBryan Dubrow\, guitar\nAriele Macadangdang\, violin \nSalomé Songbird has been honing their distinct take on acoustic music – self-described as scathing lullabies – for live audiences around Colorado. Band Members Ariele Macadangdang\, Joy Adams\, and Bryan Dubrow originally met in the mid-2010s and reunited in 2022 with ambitions to push themselves – and audiences – musically and emotionally.
URL:https://centerformusicalarts.org/event/behind-the-music-salome-songbird/
LOCATION:Center for Musical Arts\, 200 E Baseline Rd\, Lafayette\, CO\, 80026\, United States
CATEGORIES:CMA Events (show on homepage)
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SUMMARY:Behind the Music: Alejandro Castaño\, percussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultural Caravan’s Artistic Director Josh Halpern as he welcomes a lineup of dynamic artists for intimate evenings of live music\, personal stories\, and unscripted conversation. Get a rare glimpse into their creative process\, hear music you won’t experience anywhere else\, and bring your own questions about art\, inspiration\, and life. \nMeet Alejandro Castaño \nAlejandro Castaño is a jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer and percussionist in Denver\, Colorado. He is a first-generation Cuban and Colombian-American and draws inspiration from his culture into his music. Alejandro is an active performer and educator in the United States and abroad.  \nHighlights of his performance and recording credits include Chuchito Valdés\, Ron Miles\, Benny Benack III\, Gerardo Aguillón\, Raul Murciano\, Jonathan Powell\, Steve Turre\, Greg Gisbert\, Annie Booth\, and many others.  \nThroughout his career\, he has conducted numerous master classes at universities such as Cincinnati Conservatory of Music\, Truman State University\, University of Jamestown\, and University of Wyoming. Additionally\, he has been a guest artist and educator at the National University of Costa Rica since 2012. \nCurrently\, he is a lecturer at the University of Colorado at Boulder\, and an instructor at Front Range Community College and Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts\, teaching drumset\, percussion\, jazz history and music theory. Alejandro can frequently be seen performing at Denver’s local jazz venues\, festivals\, and beyond.
URL:https://centerformusicalarts.org/event/behind-the-music-alejandro-castano-percussion/
LOCATION:Center for Musical Arts\, 200 E Baseline Rd\, Lafayette\, CO\, 80026\, United States
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SUMMARY:Behind the Music: Hao Yang\, guitar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Cultural Caravan’s Behind the Music series in partnership with the Center for Musical Arts! Join Cultural Caravan’s Artistic Director Josh Halpern as he welcomes a lineup of dynamic artists for intimate evenings of live music\, personal stories\, and unscripted conversation. Get a rare glimpse into their creative process\, hear music you won’t experience anywhere else\, and bring your own questions about art\, inspiration\, and life. \n\nMeet Hao Yang \nHao Yang is a concert classical guitarist and Astral Artist from China. She actively engages in solo and chamber music performances. Yang has appeared as a soloist with the Chusachsische Philharmonie in Germany. She was guest soloist at the Cleveland\, Panama\, and Beijing International Guitar Festivals and has performed concerts in major venues such as the Carnegie Hall\, Kimmel Center\, New York Subculture\, Kimmel Center\, Miller Theatre at Columbia University\, and Princeton Sound Kitchen. \nAs a chamber music enthusiast\, Yang made her Carnegie Hall debut premiering guitar duo ‘Talking Guitars’ by renowned composer Paul Lansky with JIJI. She performed on the PCMS series as guest collaborator and was a guest artist at the Concordia Chamber Festival. As a recording artist\, Ms. Yang has worked with Grammy award winning label Bridge Records Inc. on multiple new chamber works by Paul Lansky and Poul Rouders. \nIn 2021\, Yang won the Astral Artists’ National Audition and her other competitive prizes include the top prizes at the Koblenz International Guitar Competition Hubert Käppel 2024\, 54th Markneukirchen International Instrumental competition in Germany\, second prize at the GFA International Concert Artist Competition\, first prizes at GFA International Youth Competition\, CSU International Guitar Competition\, and Andres Segovia 7th International Guitar Competition. She was a recipient of the Clifton Foundation’s Emerging Artists Award. Yang holds a BM from the Curtis Institute of Music\, MM from Lamont School of Music\, and is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Yale School of Music.
URL:https://centerformusicalarts.org/event/behind-the-music-hao-yang-guitar/
LOCATION:Center for Musical Arts\, 200 E Baseline Rd\, Lafayette\, CO\, 80026\, United States
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