Workshop from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tickets are $20
RSVP Required. Please Email brian@brianmoranmusic.com
Since 2001, Brian has dedicated much of his time to the study of 7 string jazz guitar, Spanish and Brazilian guitar, Brazilian cavaquinho and bandolim; and includes classical, Brazilian music, and flamenco in his diverse repertoire. He was nominated as a "Latin Jazz Guitarist of the Year" in 2011 by Latin Jazz Corner. He is a founding member of the Bay Area's "Grupo Falso Baiano", a project dedicated to Brazilian choro and samba music, and is the band leader/arranger for "Oakland Samba Revue" - a Brazilian gafieira band.
He has traveled to Spain and Brazil three times studying with Choro Rasgado guitarist Alessandro Penezzi and Marco Bertaglia, author of O Violao de 7 Cordas. In Feb of 2007 and Feb of 2008, Brian attended the 3rd and 4th annual Festival Nacional do Choro in Sao Paulo state, where he studied with some of the top choro musicians from Rio and Sao Paulo, including Mauricio Carrilho, Luciana Rabello, Pedro Amorim and more.
Brian was a 2014 and 2017 faculty member of The California Brazil Camp, a 2012 faculty member at JazzCamp West, and a faculty member of Oakland Feather River Camp since 2016. He has given workshops at the South Bay Guitar Society's annual Guitar Festivals on the subject of Brazilian choro guitar styles, and has taught choro ensemble classes and workshops at the JazzSchool in Berkeley CA. Grupo Falso Baiano — the choro ensemble he co-founded — was twice awarded a grants by the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music to help produce their second CD "Simplicidade: Live at Yoshi's" and 3rd CD "Depois"
