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DANIEL
CALVO [flute]
was on the faculty of one of the nation's leading preparatory schools:
St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. from '84-'98. He performs on saxophone,
flute, clarinet and congas with his own Top 40/general business group:
NIGHT RHYTHM. Daniel
received his degree from Berklee College of Music where he participated
in one of it's most prestigious ensembles the "INTERNATIONAL DUES BAND".
This ensemble appeared on the NBC Today Show, National Public Radio, and
in a Japanese television documentary. Daniel has performed extensively
on cruise ships (Carnival Cruise Lines), worked in full time pit orchestras
for shows including "Annie" and "Barnum", led high school clinics, recorded
for local entertainers, and backed up national stars including, Joan Rivers,
Tony award winner Linda Hopkins, and Kathryn Kiefer, host of Night Tracks
and VH-1. Daniel performed recently at the Capitol Center for the Arts
in a premiere production of "12 Moods for Jazz"; a tribute to Langston
Hughes produced by world renowned Baritone Rawn Spearman. He also appeared
Wednesday nights at the Charles Playhouse Bar appearing with the "Lit Land
Jazz Band." from August "98 to February "99.
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LISA
WASHINGTON CALVO [harp] performs
over 130 professional freelance engagements per year. Lisa began her harp
studies in the Richmond (VA) Public Schools Harp Program. She received
her bachelor's degree in Harp Performance at Oberlin College and a master's
degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. She studied during
the summer at the Salzedo Harp Colony (Camden, Maine) and also at the
Brevard Music Center (North Carolina). Her teaches have included Ann Williams,
Jackie Pates, Elizabeth Dechent, Alice Chalifoux and Ann Hobson Pilot.
Lisa served as full time harpist at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Boston for
over five years. While there, she was featured on the WCVB news program "Chronicle" as well as on National Public Radio in segments devoted to
the Ritz. She has played in many of the finer hotels in Boston and for
functions at the World Trade Center, JFK Library, African Meeting House,
Fogg Museum, and the Gardner Museum. Lisa has performed in many chamber
music concerts including a program for the African Meeting House in Boston
where she appeared with noted African American orchestral performers from
around the United States. The concert featured works by Composers William
Grant Still, Scott Joplin, and T.J. Anderson. Lisa recently performed for
the National Republican Governers Conference and for the inauguration of
Governor Shaheen of New Hampshire. In the spring of '98 she performed several
parties for Governor Cellucci's (in attendance) campaign. The Washington
Calvo Duo was formed when Daniel and Lisa married in 1987. This group has
performed at the opening party of the Boston Film Festival, and has appeared
on the same bill as the Count Basie Orchestra. They have been guest lecturers
on "African Americans in the Arts" at the University of Connecticut and
Brown University. The Duo has been featured for numerous chamber music
concerts in New England as well as performing hundreds of parties for
the Gilded Harps in the past 10 years.
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