Performances in Havana: March and April 2009:
Pancho Terry, Sue Miller, ?, Guillermo Rubalcaba, Polo Tamayo
I guested with various veteran bands such as Charanga de Oro, Orquesta Sublime and Estrellas Cubanas as part of the International Danzón Festival. I also gave an invited lecture in Spanish on the history of Charanga de Norte and on my research into Cuban Charanga at the International Conference on Danzón organised by UNEAC. My performance with Orquesta Sublime on 6 April in the Cabaret Nacional was filmed for Cuban Television and video extracts are available on this site.
Performances in Havana as Guest Flautist 2006 & 2007:
Charanga de Oro, ‘Teatro America’, Havana matinee 25 March 2007
Charanga de Oro. Santa Cruz del Norte, evening 25 March 2007
Estrellas Cubanas, ‘Union Fraternal’, Habana Vieja 22 March 2007
Orquesta Sublime, ‘Cabaret Nacional’, Havana 9 April 2007
Orquesta Barbarito Diez, Bejucal 14 April 2007
Estrellas Cubanas in ‘Casa de la Cultura’, Vibora’, Habana 17 Feb 2006
La Sublime in ‘Associacion Artistica Gallega’, Habana Vieja 5 March 2006
Performance in New York as Guest Flautist 2007:
Orquesta Broadway, Mamoncillo Festival 15 July 2007
Salsa Performance 2010:
The Wardrobe, Leeds: A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri’s La Perfecta 5 February 2010
Charanga del Norte 2010
Seven Arts Centre, Seven Jazz, Leeds 13 May 2010
Charanga del Norte 2009
Lakes Alive Festival, Carlisle 24 May 2009
Victoria Park with Orquesta Aragon & Changui de Guantanamo 21 June 2009
Barbican, London 28 June 2009
Barnsley Civic Theatre 7 November 2009
Charanga del Norte 2008
Marsden Mechanics 1 March 2008
John Leggott College Scunthorpe 26 April 2008
York World Music Fiesta 5 May 2008
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield 3 August 2008
Colchester Arts Centre 23 August 2008
Charanga del Norte 2006/2007
Leeds Metropolitan University 13 September 2006
Sheffield University Concert Series 17 October 2006
College of St Johns, York 12th Night Salsa Extravaganza 5 January 2007
Instituto Cervantes, Manchester 21 February 2007
Instituto Cervantes, Leeds 22 February 2007
Richmond, Yorkshire 24 August 2007
The New Picket, Liverpool 13 October 2007
Charanga del Norte 2005/2006
Otley Courthouse Arts Centre 3 Dec 2005
Leeds Hi-Fi Club 24 April 2006
Colchester Arts Centre 24 June 2006
Park Lane College, Leeds 6 July 2006
Hull Jazz Festival 29 July 2006
Darlington Arts Centre 29 July 2006
Charanga del Norte Summer Tour 2005:
Darlington Arts Centre 28 May
Helmsley Arts Centre 4 June
The Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy, Fife 11 June
Sunderland Kite Festival (organised by Sage Gateshead) 3 July
Colchester Arts Centre 9 July
North Cornwall Arts, Bodmin Moor festival 22 July
Trowbridge festival 23 July
2003 Charanga del Norte UK Tour:
Wiltshire Music Centre 14 June
Queens Gardens, Hull 21 June
Bar Rumba, London 24 June
Colchester Arts Centre 28 June
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (supporting Eliades Ochoa) 2 July
Fiddlers, Bristol 4 July
Cheltenham Town Hall 8 July
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen 11 July
The Y Theatre, Leicester 18 July
Brampton Live Festival 19 July
Harrogate International Festival 20 July
Trowbridge Festival 27 July
Sidmouth Festival 1 August
Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, Leeds 27 August
Musicport Festival, Whitby 25 October
2001 Charanga del Norte UK Tour:
Manchester Streets Ahead Festival 13 May
Whitby Musicport (Pre-Festival) 28 May
Woodhouse Millennium Festival, Leeds 3 June
The Vale Centre, Todmorden 10 June
Heeley Festival, Sheffield 24 June
Kirkstall Festival, Leeds 8 July
The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth 28 July
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (‘Hola Mundo’ Festival) 3 August
Talking Heads, Southampton 25 August
Colchester Arts Centre 26 August
The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester 8 September
The Castle, Wellingborough 22 September
The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 23 September
Whitby Musicport Festival 30 September
1999 and 2000 Charanga del Norte performances included:
Casa Latina Leeds, Colchester Arts Centre, The Bridgewater Hall ‘Hola Cuba’ Festival, Hull Jazz Festival, Exeter Salsa Club, Westward Ho! Salsa Event, Window on the World Festival (North Shields), The Castle Arts Centre (Wellingborough), Hebden Bridge Trades Club and The Lawrence Batley Theatre (Huddersfield).
TEACHERS:
Richard Egües: Cuban Flute Improvisation (Havana)
Dr Luke Windsor: Supervisor for PhD, University of Leeds
Bill Kinghorn: Improvisation, Functional Harmony and Analysis (LCM)
Dharambir Singh: Indian Music (LCM)
Lis Parry: Classical Flute (LCM)
Nikki Iles: Jazz Piano (LCM)
Performances as Director of the 30-piece ‘Cuban Music Ensemble’: (Education Work)
Harrogate Festival (concerts in Kettlesing and Kirby Malzeard), July 2003
Brudenell Social Club (for Women’s Aid) 12 December 2003
Briggate, Leeds (for Refugee Week) 13 June 2004
HQ Club, Chapel Allerton Leeds (for Leeds Asylum Seekers) 17 June 2004
The Irish Centre, Leeds (for LGI and St James Infirmary staff) 20 December 2004
Brudenell Social Club (Leeds Cuba Solidarity ‘Moncada Rocks’) 3 June 2006
The Venue, Leeds College of Music 24 November 2006
Headingley Parish Hall (Cuban Descarga night) 10 December 2006
Leeds United Football Club (for Women’s Aid) 22 November 2007
Seven Arts Centre, Leeds 6 June 2008
The Venue, Leeds College of Music 6 May 2009
Seven Arts Centre, Leeds 12 July 2009