Latin IS America
Edmar Castañeda Trio
CONCERT
Edmar Castañeda Trio
Saturday, April 25, 8:00 p.m., Cook Recital Hall, Music Building
Tickets: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, free for students
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Edmar Castañeda is a virtuoso folk harpist hailing from Bogatá, Colombia. His one-of-a-kind trio, featuring Marshall Gilkes on trombone and Dave Sillman on drums, offers an exciting blend of Columbian music and Latin jazz that has engaged audiences and received critical acclaim around the world!
This concert features original music by Edmar Castañeda. His writing is influenced by many different styles including flamenco, jazz, Colombian, Cuban and Brazilian music. He will showcase the Colombian Llanera Harp, a virtuosic instrument, taking on a variety of roles within the ensemble.
WORKSHOP
Edmar Castañeda Trio
Saturday, April 25, 3:00 p.m. Room 120, Music Building
Free and open to the public
Group provides their perspectives on Colombian music and jazz and work with MSU College of Music students.
Edmar Castaneda is a virtuoso folk harpist hailing from Bogatá, Colombia. His one of a kind trio featuring Marshall Gilkes on trombone and David Sillman on drums creates an exciting and unique sound that has engaged audiences and received critical acclaim around the world!
Artist Biographies
Lead member of the trio, Edmar Castañeda, is a virtuoso folk harpist hailing from Bogatá, Colombia. His one-of-a-kind trio, featuring Marshall Gilkes on trombone and David Sillman on drums, creates an exciting blend of Columbian music and Latin jazz that has engaged audiences and received critical acclaim around the world! When Castañeda moved to the United States in 1994, he quite literally took New York and the world stage by storm with the sheer force of his virtuosic command of the harp. In addition to his acclaimed performing career as an instrumentalist, which has included features at D’Rivera’s Carnegie Hall tribute, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and the 10th annual World Harp Congress, he has also played with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, John Scofield, Marcos Miller, John Patitucci, and Chico O’Farrill’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band. Castañeda has also gained recognition as a composer.
Trombonist Marshall Gilkes often joins Castañeda, a well-known collaborator. Simply considering the range of music that Gilkes has played over the course of his career, it would be easy to assume that the trombonist/composer is a musical chameleon, able to alter his sound to fit into whatever situation he finds himself. Gilkes combines the spontaneous invention of jazz with the elegant architecture of classical composition, straight-ahead swing with adventurous modernism, and virtuosic technique with passionate emotion.
The third member of the ensemble, drummer Dave Sillman, is known for his versatility. His first studies were in the classical field, studying snare drum, xylophone, and timpani. Later studies exposed him to jazz, Latin jazz, Brazilian, and funk music. Highlights of his past work include concert tours with Al DiMeola, Cassandra Wilson, and Leslie Uggams. He also performed with Aretha Franklin in New York, and is featured on the VH1 Divas 2001 concert.
