Tue Feb 20 House Concert: Canta, Violino!

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

Our Downtown Soundz house concert series continues with a terrific Brazilian trio (and there's still room for Corwin & Grace this Sunday at 5pm):

                                         Tuesday, Feb 20  7:30pm
            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro

Details below.  The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

Upcoming shows in our series:

     Thu, Mar 7:     Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music

     Tue, Mar 26:   Dmitri Gaskin & Zoë Aqua: Klezmer, Transylvanian, Polish music

     Fri, Apr 12:      Genticorum: Québecois fiddle music & song

     Thu, May 2:     Alum Ridge Boys: Traditional Country music

     Fri, May 17:     Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro quartet

     Fri, May 24:     Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion

 

Other musical events of interest:

     Sun, Feb 25, 7pm:  Appony Quartet   Donation: $25

                   String quartets by Haydn & composers inspired by Russian & Hungarian traditional music

                   220 Spring St, Santa Cruz   Reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>

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            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro
                                         Tuesday, Feb 20  7:30pm

   “It’s nice to see fresh, young musicians carrying on the traditions of Brazilian music.
     Finn Magill displays a love and authenticity that can fool you into thinking he is from Brazil.
     His style is playful and light, yet soulful and passionate.”
                                                   - Airto Moreira (Miles Davis, Weather Report, Chick Corea)

Canta, Violino! is the brainchild of American violinist Andrew Finn Magill who has been

featured on NPR, PBS, and MTV.  Choro was the first popular Brazilian music, emerging in

the 1870s, and is the precursor to samba, bossa nova and modern popular Brazilian music.

Renowned for its virtuosic musicianship and diverse rhythmic palette, it is one of the most

exciting instrumental genres on the planet.

Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira says of Finn:

          "He can fool you into thinking he is from Brazil!"

Andrew Finn Magill:  violin

   Finn grew up studying Irish, old-time, and bluegrass with dozens of the best fiddlers in the
world every summer at The Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville, NC.  In 2005, he debuted a

collection of traditional and original Irish music with Drive & Lift. In 2009, Finn was awarded

a Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship to spend a year in Malawi co-writing and co-producing a concept

album about HIV/AIDS with Malawi pop icon Peter Mawanga. The result, Stories of AIDS:

Mau a Malawi, is a soundscape of traditional Irish and Malawian sounds reimagined with an

Afro-pop production and a riveting message of social justice. It was the inspiration for a

multimedia show of the same name Finn wrote and co-directed with Jon Haas and Joseph

Megel, and which debuted at the University of North Carolina’s Memorial Hall in October 2011.

He moved to Brazil in 2014 to immerse himself in Brazilian choro music. Returning to the U.S.

in 2017, Magill was signed to Ropeadope Records to produce "Canta, Violino!" in 2018 and

"Festa!" in 2021.

     “Andrew Finn Magill is an extraordinary violin virtuoso who has taken a super deep dive into

      Brazilian music and culture. Check out his “muito calor” original tunes —they have all the

      energy and groove of Rio, with a healthy helping of American spin and improvisation! Meu Deus!!!!!"

                       -Matt Glaser, Artistic Director American Roots Music Program Berklee College of Music

Cesar Garabini:  7-string guitar
   Brazilian-born Cesar Garabini moved to New York City in 2011 to expand his musical

knowledge. Since then, he has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz Standard, Birdland,

Columbia University, and the Museum of Modern Art. He has worked with Anat Cohen, Olli

Soikkeli, Leny Andrade, and Marcos Sacramento among others, and has been featured on

NPR, NBC and Brazil's national TV network Globo.

Ami Molinelli:  percussion

   Ami is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and

Latin percussion, especially the pandeiro. She is the co-leader of the Brazilian

choro and jazz ensemble, Grupo Falso Baiano. Ami received her MFA from the

California Institute of the Arts and has studied at the Universidade Federal da

Bahia in Salvador. She has studied with master percussionists Michael Spiro, John

Bergamo, Randy Gloss, and Guello to name a few. Her extensive performance

and recording credits include theater, television (NBC) and live performances with

artists such as Luciana Souza, Jovino Santos-Neto, Los Angeles Symphonic Orchestra,

Allessandro Penezzi, Mike Marshall, Hamilton de Holanda, Teka, and John Santos.

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We have lots of room at this Tuesday's Brazilian Choro concert.  Come on out to hear these talented musicians and support Live Music!

                                         Tuesday, Feb 20  7:30pm
            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro

Details below.  The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

Upcoming shows in our series:

     Thu, Mar 7:     Countercurrent: contradance fiddle music

     Tue, Mar 26:   Dmitri Gaskin & Zoë Aqua: Klezmer, Transylvanian, Polish music

     Fri, Apr 12:      Genticorum: Québecois fiddle music & song

     Thu, May 2:     Alum Ridge Boys: Traditional Country music

     Fri, May 17:     Berkeley Choro Ensemble: Brazilian choro quartet

     Fri, May 24:     Larry & Joe: Venezuelan / Appalachian fusion

 

Other musical events of interest:

     Fri, Mar 1, 7pm:  Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell   Donation: $25

                   American Acoustic Music: fiddle, banjo, bass

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We're starting 2026 with a great lineup for the Downtown Soundz house concert series, beginning with a terrific Brazilian trio:

                                         Tuesday, Feb 3  7:30pm

            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro

Details below.  The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

Upcoming shows in our series:

     Tue, Feb 24:   Alasdair White & Ross Martin: Scottish fiddle music

     Thu, Mar 5:     Bruce Molsky: Appalachian Old-Time fiddle/guitar/banjo

     Thu, Mar 12:   Tawja Numarg : Moroccan Tamazight music

     Fri, Mar 13:     Evie Ladin Band: Neo-Traditional Roots music

     Fri, Apr 10:      Alessandro Pennezi & Mike Marshall: Brazilian choro

     Thu, Apr 30:    Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton: Celtic roots tunes & songs 

 

Other musical events of interest:

     Sun, Jan 25, 7pm:  Bayside Rounders   Donation: $30

                   All-stars of Bluegrass: Jesse Appelman, Brandon Godman, and more!

                   220 Spring St, Santa Cruz   Reservations: email <herr...@ucsc.edu>

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            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro

                                         Tuesday, Feb 3  7:30pm

Nando Duarte:  7-string guitar

   Nando, a Rio de Janeiro native, started his musical career at a young age
playing electric guitar on tour with pop bands in Brazil. Moving to the seven-string

acoustic guitar he became one of the catalysts of Brazil’s popular music

re-awakening with Dino 7 cordas as his mentor and Luiz Otávio Braga, Hélio Delmiro

among others as his professors.  His career as a seven-string guitarist led him to

play, record, and/or produce some of the biggest names in Brazilian music, including

Elza Soares, Gal Costa, Zélia Duncan, João Bosco, Nicolas Krassik, Yamandú Costa,

Martnália, Moska, Maria Gadú, Adriana Calcanhoto, Walter Alfaiate, Zeca Pagodinho,

Soraya Ravenle, Ney Matogrosso, Moyses Marques, Diogo Nogueira, among others.

Clarice Cast: percussion

    Clarice Cast is a Grammy nominated multi percussionist from São Paulo, Brazil. She is

an active performer, recording artist, and composer in Los Angeles, and is a regular

clinician at colleges, universities, and percussion festivals, including the Percussive Arts

Society International Convention, California Brazil Camp, and Choro Camp New England.

   Clarice is heavily influenced by her native Brazilian culture, and it has been her driving

force to learn, perform, write, and teach these styles. She teaches World Percussion at

College of the Canyons.

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

There are still plenty of seats avilable for this terrific Brazilian trio:

                                         Tuesday, Feb 3  7:30pm
            Canta, Violino!, featuring Andrew Finn Magill Band: Brazilian choro

Details below.  The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

Upcoming shows in our series:

     Tue, Feb 24:   Alasdair White & Ross Martin: Scottish fiddle music

     Thu, Mar 5:     Bruce Molsky: Appalachian Old-Time fiddle/guitar/banjo

     Thu, Mar 12:   Tawja Numarg : Moroccan Tamazight music

     Fri, Mar 13:     Evie Ladin Band: Neo-Traditional Roots music

     Fri, Apr 10:      Alessandro Pennezi & Mike Marshall: Brazilian choro

     Thu, Apr 30:    Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton: Celtic roots tunes & songs 

 

Other musical events of interest:

     Tonight 1/28, 7:30pm:  World Harmony Chorus  (free)

                Mid-season concert. London Nelson Center, Rm 3

[Santa Cruz House Concerts]

We're co-hosting our next show with the Monterey Bay Celtic Society:

                                  Tuesday, Feb 24  7:30pm

              Alasdair White & Ross Martin: Scottish fiddle music

Details below.  The concert will be held indoors, with masks optional.

Please stay at home if you have cold/flu symptoms, or mask if you're not sure.

Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale.

To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.

Be sure to include the total in your party.

Upcoming shows in our series:

     Thu, Mar 5:     Bruce Molsky: Appalachian Old-Time fiddle/guitar/banjo

     Thu, Mar 12:   Tawja N Umarg : Moroccan Tamazight music

     Fri, Mar 13:     Evie Ladin Band: Neo-Traditional Roots music

     Fri, Apr 10:      Alessandro Pennezi & Mike Marshall: Brazilian choro

     Thu, Apr 30:    Jackson, Cotter, Clarridge & Colliton: Celtic roots tunes & songs 

 

Other musical events of interest:

     Sat, Feb 14:  7-10pm  Palo Alto Contradance, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto

                             featuring Rodney Miller, Paul Kotapish, Daniel & Ezra Steinberg

                             Sarah Trop calling

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              Alasdair White & Ross Martin: Scottish fiddle music

                                  Tuesday, Feb 24  7:30pm

   Two of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians, Alasdair White and Ross Martin, join

for a rare West Coast duo tour. Though they live on opposite sides of the Atlantic -

White in New York City and Martin in Lochaber - their music is deeply rooted in the

powerful and timeless traditions of the Scottish West coast. As two fifths of Gaelic

supergroup, Dàimh (pronounced ‘Dive’), they bring the same ethos of ’straight in the

eye Highland music’ to a duo setting.  Together, they create an expansive musical

partnership that thrives in a live setting - with driving dance tunes and resonant

Gaelic airs that capture the spirit of the Highlands and Islands.

Alasdair White: fiddle

   Widely regarded as one of the leading exponents of Scottish music, Alasdair's deeply

rooted yet wide-ranging musicality reflects his Isle of Lewis birthplace, current New York

City home, and over 20 years globe-trotting with some of the best known names in

traditional music including Dàimh and the Battlefield Band.

Ross Martin: guitar
   From Arisaig in the West Highlands, renowned guitarist, Ross Martin is probably on

your favorite Scottish album. His distinctive approach to accompaniment - rhythmic,

driving, and full of nuance - has made him a sought-after collaborator and a backbone

of contemporary Scottish traditional music.