Choro Famoso
Mike Marshall, mandolin
Andy Connell, clarinet and saxophone
Colin Walker, 7-string guitar
Brian Rice, pandeiro and UC Davis lecturer in music
Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso bring a bright energy and
virtuosity to their concerts, maybe matched only by the
Brazilians themselves. Choro is an important musical tradition
of Brazil with characteristic Afro-Brazilian rhythms and
European popular dance tunes. Mike—already known throughout the
world for pushing on the boundaries of many music genres—became
smitten with Choro on his first adventure in Brazil.
In addition to performing works by our own graduate student
composers on this program, PinkNoise—known for its contemporary
improvisational performance practice—will perform its own
program, featuring the open-instrumentation work “Black as a
Hack for Cyborgification” by Jessie Cox, alongside other works,
on Friday, April 14th, at 5:00 pm.
