Encinitas Guitar Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra’s Chamber Ensemble will perform a program titled “Bossa Nova and more Latin Influences.” The Ensemble includes seventeen guitarists and one bass player chosen from the larger forty member Encinitas Guitar Orchestra. Guest percussionist-drummer Kevin Koch leader of the internationally acclaimed smooth jazz band “Fattburger” and member of the Peter Pupping Band will join the ensemble. The concert will feature music by Brazilian composers Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. The ensemble will also perform music by American composers Carlos Santana and Michael Hedges. Song titles include Afro Cuban Lullaby, Agua de Beber, Bossa Dorado, Once I Loved, Mahna de Carnaval, Wave, El Condor Pasa, and more.