SPECIAL GUESTS
December 2nd | 2023
Verania Luken | Singer
Instagram: @verania.luken
Bandcamp: www.bandcam.com/album/djangoliday
Email: veraniega1@gmail.com
Verania Luken is a young jazz singer who started her artistic education at Arts and Humanities CEDART school to complete her Scenic Arts and Drama Degree.
Ten years ago, her professional career as singer began sharing the stage with great musicians such as Armando Manzanero, Chacho Gaytán and Alex Mercado; she´s been a soloist for the Joe Déttiene´s Big Band and Zinco Big Band. Also, she has been part of important music festivals like Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, The Border Project (The U of A), Django Jazz Festival and she has participated as TED Talk speaker.
December 15th | 2023
Maya Burns | Singer
Maya Burns is a 25-year-old bilingual (English and Spanish) singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (piano, guitar and saxophone) born in Monterey California and raised in Ensenada México. She combines influences of Folk and Rock she heard at music festivals (where her parents sell handmade tie dyes) with Ranchero and Bolero she learned attending Mexican public school.
During her youth she excelled in music on both sides of the border. She was personally invited to open a concert for Linda Ronstadt and then selected by the Governor of Baja to sing for the president of Mexico. She has worked with the legendary music director; Steve Binder, and in 2016 Maya was hired by The Rubicon Theatre as a musical director and composer for the play eXtras starring the Bichir brothers that won the LA Times critics choice award with her original music.
At 18 Maya moved to Mexico City to write music for plays at Foro Shakespeare and was offered residencies at the prestigious night clubs; Parker and Lenox and Jazzatlán Capital. She has been a main stage solo act at major music festivals such as: Whole Earth, Live Oak, Lake Irvine Fest in California and headlined Mexico Now in NYC.
He was born in Mexico City, bassist with a bachelor Jazz Degree; educator, producer, promoter, arranger and composer. He has performed at various Festivals in Mexico, Cuba and the United States, accompanying prominent personalities such as: Dave Pike, Paul McCandless, Othello Molineaux, Lila Downs, Magos Herrera, Karrin Allison, Art Lande, Erik Alexander, Sarah Reich, among others.Website