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Craig Winston is a classical guitarist and instructor in Denver, CO. He began as a heavy metal guitarist, but later fell in love with classical guitar after attending a recital in 2019. He holds a Master of Music degree in Guitar Performance from the Lamont School of Music, a BFA in Music Performance from New Mexico Highlands University, and a BA in English Literature from Lewis & Clark College. Craig has studied under the guidance of Dr. Jonathan Leathwood and Laura Husbands at Lamont School of Music, Dr. Patrick Sutton at New Mexico Highlands University, and Roger Harmon at Community College of Denver.
Poet Michael P. Hill is the author of three collections of poetry, Where That Leaves Us (Kelsay Books, 2024) Not Just Passing Through (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2022) and Junk Drawer (Kelsay Books, 2021), which was named an Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist. His poems have also appeared in Midwestern Gothic, Briar Cliff Review, Spillway, Gray’s Sporting Journal, Barstow & Grand, Opossum, Plainsongs, Jelly Bucket and Talking River Review, among others. Michael has worked as a journalist, toured and recorded with rock’n’roll bands, earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science, and wet a line in more rivers, lakes and streams than he can possibly remember. A near-native Midwesterner, he grew up in Wisconsin near the Minnesota border and spent a number of years in both Texas and Washington before settling in Colorado, where he lives with his wife, their two children and their dogs Harold and River.
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The Lorentz/Lopez duo is a Colorado based flute and guitar duo with a passion for creating new and exciting concert programs. Ethan Lorentz plays guitar while Kassandra Lopez plays flute. The duo strives to expand classical chamber music by playing modern works, creating new arrangements, and collaborating with composers. They also draw on influences from outside the classical sphere. Programs often fuse classical, jazz, Latin American, and pop influences, in unique arrangements of music ranging from Bach to Amy Winehouse. Between the two of them, Lorentz/Lopez hold six degrees from the Lamont School of Music, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Colorado Boulder, and have received multiple grants and awards for outstanding musicianship and academics.
Poet Michele Battiste is the 2026-28 Poet Laureate of Lafayette CO. She is the author of Waiting for the Wreck to Burn (Trio House, 2019), Uprising ( Black Lawrence, 2014), and Ink for an Odd Cartography ( Black Lawrence, 2009). She is also the author of several chapbooks, including Left: Letters to Strangers (Grey Book, 2014). Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Rumpus, Memorious, and Women's Studies Quarterly, among others.
Michele has taught poetry workshops for Wichita State University, the Prison Arts Program in Hutchinson, KS, Gotham Writers' Workshops, and Teen Ink. A finalist for the National Poetry Series, she has received grants and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, AWP, the Center for the American West, the Jerome Foundation, and the NY State Senate. She lives in Colorado where she works for The Nature Conservancy, raising money to save the planet.
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Chicago violinist Daniela Bisenius presents a concert of music from around the world, including music by Brahms, Piazzolla and Gypsy Jazz favorites.
This concert is made possible by a generous grant from the Henderson Foundation.
Daniela was born in 1965 in Bucharest, Romania. Her parents, both professional pianists, started her on violin at the age of five. Her talent was soon recognized and she was enrolled at the prestigious Music School George Enescu where she began studying with Dinu Cristea and later with Valeriu Rogacev.
After graduating in 1984 she joined her father and brother in Germany, where they were both employed with major symphony orchestras and major opera houses. At 19, she won the position with the Staatsphilharmonie Ludwigshafen making her the youngest person ever to win a position with that orchestra. A series of orchestral and solo engagements followed including Frankfurter Opera, Munick Philharmonic, Bayerisches Rundfunk and RTL Luxembourg. She continued her studies at the Musikhochschule Saarbrucken where she studied with Russian teacher Valerie Gradov. She also attended Violin Master Classes in Nice, France with Henrick Szering and Gerarld Poulet. In 1988 she came to US, where she was awarded full scholarship to University of Iowa and studied with Prof. Leopold La Fosse. Here she appeared in a televised Master Class with Issac Stern.
She then performed as an orchestra member with many professional orchestras including Naples Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony, Lyrics Opera of Chicago, etc.
Daniela is a very versatile musician. She has shared the stage with many great stars over the years such as Natalie Cole, Luther Vandross, Smokie Robinson, Kurt Elling, among, many others.
John Calderazzo is a former full-time freelance writer of essays and magazine and newspaper articles, Professor Calderazzo teaches nonfiction writing workshops and literature classes. His newest poetry collection, In the Soup was published last year by Middlecreek Publishing.
He writes about a wide variety of topics, including the nature of the personal essay, natural history, Asia, Buddhism, and the interrelationships of science and culture. His work has been cited in Best American Stories and Best American Essays and has appeared in Georgia Review, Audubon, Orion, Witness, and many other magazines. He is a winner of a Best CSU Teacher award and a creative writing fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts.
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“Synesthesia presents eclectic chamber music from Northern Colorado. Experience a ‘Union of Senses’ with this unique ensemble.
With Copper Ferreira, clarinet; 'Cille Lutsch, flute; Becky Kutz Osterberg, cello.
Poet George N. Wallace is a third generation Colorado Native. With his wife, Nancy Wallace and son David, he has owned and operated Soldias Farms in Larimer and Phillips Counties for over 55 years, raising kids, crops, livestock and restoring wildlife habitat. He started writing poetry and essays in his mid-seventies as a natural outgrowth of an interesting and diverse life which also includes university teaching and work with natural resource managers in the US and Latin America. He often writes about the rural West and hopes that some of that might contribute to closing what has been labeled the “rural-urban divide”. Wallace is the author of Township & Range, Fencelines and Enjoying the Work, all published by Fort Collins's Wolverine Press. He is frequently an invited artist at cowboy poetry gatherings, as well as celebrations and conferences related to conservation and agriculture around the West.
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Based in Denver, Colorado, the Zephyr Brass Collective is a bold new voice in brass chamber music, uniting technical mastery with a fresh, genre-blurring approach. This dynamic quintet thrives on reinvention—breathing new life into classical favorites, championing cutting-edge contemporary works, and reimagining modern pop and jazz with brass-driven ingenuity.
Collaboration lies at the heart of Zephyr’s mission. The ensemble works closely with composers to expand the brass quintet repertoire while engaging audiences through performances that radiate spontaneity and virtuosity. Deeply rooted in Colorado’s creative community, they balance artistic ambition with approachability, pairing riveting musicianship with workshops and outreach initiatives that inspire budding musicians and listeners alike.
From fiery premieres to inventive arrangements of today’s hits, the Zephyr Brass Collective crafts experiences that are both intimate and electrifying. With a commitment to originality and connection, they invite audiences to discover brass chamber music reimagined: vibrant, daring, and irresistibly alive.
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Poet Bryan Roth Bryan is a literary editor, writer, poet, manuscript consultant, and teacher. His poetry and prose have been published internationally; his poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, The Flying Island, Fringe, Paradigm, Southern Indiana Review, and other publications (including one in Romania). His prose has been published in the US, Canada, and Mexico. He has read his poetry at venues from New York City to San Francisco, and many places in between. He published three chapbooks in 2024: The Church of Beethoven, Triptych, and What You're Up Against.
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