Discography

ALBUMS/BANDS

GRUPO PACANDE

• Por El Sol – Juno nominee, Best Global Album
• La Verraquera

SOLO

• El Otro Lado

LIVE PERFORMANCE (selected)

• Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal
• Toronto International Jazz Festival, Toronto
• Pan American Games, Winnipeg
• Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg;
• Northern Lights Festival,  Sudbury
• Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Islands Folk Festival, Vancouver Island
• Ritmo y Color, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
• Toronto Winterfest, City of Toronto
• Toronto Street Festival, Toronto
• Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• Lula Lounge, Toronto
• Annapolis Royal Jazz Festival, Nova Scotia
• Festival De Verano Tony Reyes, Toronto
• Toronto Yonge Street Festival, Toronto
• The Bamboo Club, Toronto
• Center For Spanish Speaking Peoples Festival, Toronto
• Thunder Bay Multicultural Festival, Thunder Bay
• Niagara Folk Arts Festival, St. Catharines
• Aboriginal Voices Festival, Toronto
• Waterloo Park Music Festival, Waterloo
• Super Latin Fest, Mel Lastman Square, Toronto
• Ritmo Latino, Harbourfront, Toronto
• Winnipeg Latinorama Festival
• Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
• Dawson City Music Festival, Yukon
• Latin Festival, Burlington, Vermont USA
• Canada Council - Showcase of Culturally Diverse and First Peoples Music Artists                 
• JVC Jazz Festival,  “Por El Sol” CD Release.  Bamboo Club, Toronto
• Roots in the Rafters, CBC Radio concert recording. Durham, Ontario.
• Sunfest Festival, London, Ontario
• Three Fires Music Festival, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
• Guelph Spring Festival, Guelph, Ontario  
• Northern Lights Festival, Sudbury, Ontario
• Canadian Music Week, Bamboo Club; 
• Xango, Mambo Lounge, Toronto
• CJRT Radio, “Without Borders” Anniversary Party, Bravo Studios
• First Night, Main Stage, Harbourfront, Toronto
• Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
• Burlington Latino Festival, Burlington, Vermont, USA
• Metro Square, Toronto; 
• Africabeat, Harbourfront Centre
• Norwood Village Green Park Festival, Norwood, New York, USA
• Earthsong Festival, Hamilton;
• Between Cultures, Sunfest, London, Ontario
• du Maurier Theatre Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto – special performance
• Ritmo, Opera House, Toronto
• Folkrawl,  FolkAlliance, Toronto
• Chinese New Year’s,  International Centre, Mississauga
• First Night, Main Stage, Toronto
• Bluehouse Productions Western Tour, Calgary & Edmonton
• International Hispanic Fiesta, Molson Stage, Harbourfront Centre
• Le Spectrum, Montreal
• CD Release Party, BamBoo, Toronto
• BamBoo Club & Tranzac Club, Toronto
• International Hispanic Fiesta, Harbourfront Centre (plus press conference)
• Global Television, Toronto (press promo for Harbourfront)

Solo

• Nuits de la Colombie, Place des Arts, Montréal *Commissioned by the Colombian Consulate

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS

• Latin American Achievements Awards Canada Winner “Musician Of The Year” 2004

• Canadian Music Week Award Nominee - Best Global Album – ‘El Otro Lado’ 2001

• JUNO Award Nominee - Best Global Album - ‘Por El Sol’ 1999

• First Annual Festival for Peace and Democracy - Cartegena , Colombia
• Winner - First Prize for Musical Composition 1984

• “Between Midnight And The Rooster’s Crow” – original score.  documentary feature.
• Directed by Nadja Drost. 
• Produced by Rocinarte Productions with the assistance of the National Film Board of Canada
• 2005 Winner Best Canadian Documentary – Short to Mid-Length, Hot Docs Festival, Toronto . ;
• 2005 Winner Best Documentary, Festival de Cine de Bogotá , Colombia

• “Sanctuary”.- original score. documentary short.
• Directed by Jamie Escallon. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada . 
• Broadcast CBC Newsworld.

• ‘Nunavut Elders’ (working title) – Original music for 6-part television series
• Inuit Communications Systems.

LICENSED MUSIC

• TV series (Warner Brothes) - La Femme Nikita
• licensing of La Cumbia, La Cumbia & La Noche from La Verraquera

• TV series (Alliance-Atlantis/International) - Peter Benchley’s “Amazon”
• licensing of Amarillo & Con Tu Mano from Por El Sol

• TV series (CTV) – These Arms of Mine
• licensing of Benkos from Por El Sol

• TV series (W Network/ Dance with Sarina Inc) - The Barefoot Dancer
• licensing of title track Por El Sol

• Air Canada - Benkos from Por El Sol  and La Cumbia La Cumbia from La Verraquera selected
• for in-flight Star Alliance radio channel.

PERFORMANCE

• “Nuliajuk: Legends of the Sea Goddess”. 
• Original music for multi-media theatre performance. Qaggiq Theatre Company. 
•  Performed in Iqaluit , Nunavut .

• ”Agua” - dance performance.  Original music  (CLIP FROM DVD)
• Choreographer: Alejandro Ronceria.  A co-production of Earth In Motion and World Indigenous
• Dance.
• Perfomed at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto , ON . 
• Extended version performed at Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City .

•  “Rodeo del Sol”, composer/ arranger/ musical director.  CLIP FROM DVD
• One hour rodeo performance. Cozumel , Mexico .
• Indefinite run.  New Light Productions.

• “Toonik Tyme”. Original music for dance performance.
• Choreographer: Alejandro Ronceria.   A Quggiq Theatre Production.
• Performed at Nakasuk School . Iqaluit , Nunavut .

• “Story/Tale”. Original music for dance performance
• Choreographer Rodolfo Rivas.
• Performed at Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto
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• “Pigments”..Original music for dance performance 
• Choreographer Rodolfo Rivas. 
• Zaperoco performance produced by The Theatre Centre & Alejandro Ronceria, Toronto .