PROGRAM

Flight of the Bumblebee (N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov [arr. M. Gormandy])

Ole Lady, Walk a Mile and a Half (calypso) (Lord Kitchener [arr. M. Gormandy])

Sambita (Carlos Silva)

Kendangan Manuk Rawa (Wayan Beratha [arr. M. Bakan])

Kecak (Balinese traditional [arr. M. Bakan])

Rumbamba (Michael Bakan)

Arabassk (Brian Hall, Michael Bakan)

Dis-Orient (Brian Hall)

Con Ritmo (Andean traditional [arr. C. Odria, C. Silva])

Festejo in G Major (Carlos Odria)

Tallahassee Rumba (Carlos Odria, Carlos Silva)

BIOGRAPHIES

Carlos Odria (guitar, cuatro) was born and raised in Lima, Peru, and now resides in Tallahassee, Florida. He holds a B.A. in Music with a Certificate in World Music and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in ethnomusicology at Florida State University, where he directs the university’s South American music ensemble, Aconcagua. Odria has recorded two albums with his world music trio Barkless Dogs and has performed with the Nazca Jazz Project (Peru), Tango Sur, Silviu Ciulei, Dale Olsen, and Carlos and Carlos (with Carlos Silva). He has studied with renowned artists including Venezuelan cuatro master Guillermo Rincon, Peruvian guitarist Pepe Torres, and American guitarists Richie Zellon and Leo Welch.

Carlos Silva (guitar, charango, vihuela, cajón), a native of Lima, Peru, grew up in Miami and now lives in Tallahassee. He has performed with leading Latin, jazz, and classical music artists and was a featured member of Aconcagua, the South American music ensemble at Florida State University, from 2004 to 2010. As a guitarist, composer, and arranger, Silva is well-versed in diverse musical styles of South, Central, and North America and the Caribbean. He has studied classical guitar with Bruce Holzman, Leo Welch, and Jose Adan, jazz guitar with Tom Lippincott, and jazz bass with Matt Bonnelli. He holds a B.A. in Music with a Certificate in World Music and is currently pursuing graduate studies in ethnomusicology at Florida State University.

Mia Gormandy was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on August 27th, 1988. She was exposed to a number of competitions and shows where musical excellence was the hallmark. Mia began playing the steelpan at age 5 and won her first competition at age 6. This led her to win many other competitions in Trinidad and Tobago, and all over the Caribbean. Mia has performed in several different countries all over the world including Australia, Austria, England, USA, Canada and the Caribbean. At age 15, she attained a full scholarship to attend Northern Illinois University (NIU) where she graduated in 2009 with her Bachelor’s Degree in Music (Full University Honors). At NIU, Mia became the first pannist to ever win the NIU Concerto Competition in 2008. Mia guest stared at different University Steelbands such as University of Akron Steel Drum Band, Northern Illinois University Steelband (Before she became a student there), and Humboldt State University Calypso Band. Mia has been awarded by several different committees over the years.  Her most recent achievement was being awarded One of NIU’s Most Outstanding Women of the Year 2011. Mia graduated in May of 2011 with her Master of Music Degree. She now attends Florida State University in hopes of attaining her PhD in Ethnomusicology.

Brian Hall (bass), Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Strings at Florida A&M University, received his B.M. degree in Jazz Performance from Georgia State University in 1998 and his M.M. in Jazz Studies/Performance from Florida State University in 2002. His professional experience has been wide-ranging and eclectic, encompassing associations with top Latin dance bands and Latin jazz ensembles throughout the southeast as well as regional symphony orchestras and world-renowned jazz artists. He has performed with Marcus Printup, Victor Goines, Ellis Marsalis, Kenny Werner, Christian Tamburr, Barry Greene, Winard Harper, Leon Anderson, Jr.,Von Barlow, and Longineu Parsons, among others, and is also active as a composer and arranger.

Michael Bakan (Latin/world percussion), Professor of Ethnomusicology and Head of Ethnomusicology and World Music at Florida State University (FSU), received his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA. As a percussionist, he has performed internationally with leading artists and musical organizations from the worlds of Latin, world, jazz, and Western art musics, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Players, Rudolf Serkin and the Marlboro Festival Orchestra, John Cage, Tito Puente, Airto Moreira, Uclatino, the Aman International Music and Dance Company (Los Angeles), A. J. Racy, Trichy Sankaran, I Ketut Gedé Asnawa, and several championship gamelan orchestras on the island of Bali, Indonesia. He is the director of the Sekaa Gong Hanuman Agung Balinese gamelan ensemble at FSU and is the author of two books, World Music: Traditions and Transformations (Second Edition: McGraw-Hill, 2011), which is used as a textbook at more than 100 universities nationwide and internationally, and Music of Death and New Creation (University of Chicago Press, 1999), which was reviewed as one of the two “most significant publications on Balinese music in almost half a century” in The Times (London). He is also the series editor for the Routledge Focus on World Music book series.