Brazilian, Jazz and Latin – Classical Music

As a Jazz/Brazilian music performer, he has performed locally at the Regattabar, Scullers, Ryles, Berklee Performance Center and in jazz festivals in MA, NY, NH, NM and RI.

He leads the Fernando Brandão Septet, the groups Alma, Bohemia Carioca and the Brasilis Quartet. He currently performs with the groups Sergio Brandão & Manga-Rosa, Choro Democrático,Teresa Inês Quintet, Pablo Ablandedo Octet, Earthsound, Nando Michelin Sextet, and Bruno Räberg Nonet. He was the music director and arranger of Brasileirinho (Brazilian folk and contemporary) for six years, with performances in national and international festivals in Massachusetts and New Mexico.

Other groups:

Brasileirinho (from 1993 through 1998) - music director, composer, arranger, producer (Traditional and contemporary Brazilian music - all styles)

> Performances with the Marlborough Symphony Orchestra, with special guests Altamiro Carrilho, Luciana Souza and Teresa Inês and at venues like National Flute Association Festival in Boston, Lowell Folk Festival, First Night Boston, Berklee Performance Center, Regattabar, Ryles, University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, University of Massachussetts Dartmouth, Harvard University, and live performances at WGBH and WERS, Public Libraries, Aquarium.

> Brasileirinho as roster-member of Young Audiences ofMassachusetts (1995 through 2000).

Performances in several schools throughout Massachusetts

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Member of Sergio Brandão & Manga-Rosa (since 1989) - Brazilian jazz

> Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet/Soprano/Tenor Sax, Trumpet/Flugel, Guitar, Bass, Drums and Percussion

> Performances at White Mountains Jazz and Blues Festival (NH), Waterfront Jazz Festival in Providence (RI), 1st Upstate New York Jazz Festival, at Hatt Shell, First Night Boston, Regattabar, Scullers, Ryles, Earth Day Festival, and live performances at WGBH and WERS.

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COzoG19ItS0

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Member of Teresa Inês Quintet (since 2000 - Brazilian vocal music)> Vocal, Flute, Piano, Bass and Drums

> Performances at Berklee Performance Center, Ryles, Regattabar, Cafe Teatro Series at the Villa Victoria Cultural Center, First Night Boston, the Cambridge River Festival, UMass Dartmouth, live performances at WGBH.

Member of Manuel Santos & Bambule (since 1992 - Latin-American music)

> Vocal/Guitar, Guitar/Puerto Rican Cuatro, Flute, Bass and Percussion

> Performances at Lowell Folk Festival, First Night Boston, First Night in Worcester, First Night in Quincy, First Night in Gloucester, Charles Hotel Summer Series, Music of Latin America Festival at New England Conservatory, Ryles, Johnny D's, local festivals in New Hampshire and Ohio, and live performances at WERS.

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Other Side man and/or special guest performance

John Stein

Fernando Michelin Quintet

Bruno Räberg Nonet

Kris Adams Quartet

Jason Davis and Earthsound

Pablo Ablandedo Octet

Los Changos

Marta Gomez

Toninho Horta

Victor Mendoza

Aquiles Baez

Gilson Schachnik

Bill Pierce

George Garzone

Ernesto Klar

Jazz Composers Alliance

Tribute to Tom Jobim and Hermeto Pascoal

Nando Lauria

Lupa Santiago Group

Wanderley Pereira