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Gerardo Calderon is a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist born in Mexico City. He grew up surrounded by music, dance, and culture. While living in Mexico, Gerardo studied classical guitar at the Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico City. He also studied music theory at Portland Community College in Oregon, and later he studied music therapy for three years at Marylhurst University, OR, before the school closed its doors for good.
Gerardo is the musical director of Grupo Condor and Nuestro Canto and has pursued his interest in traditional Mexican music, Latin American folk music, and Pre-Columbian music. Gerardo has performed with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada, New England, and the Pacific Northwest, and he has also toured with choir and world music ensembles throughout the USA and Europe. He has composed music and designed sound for ballet companies, documentaries, short films, commercials, theater companies, and cultural organizations. Gerardo has been a teaching artist for 27 years and has continuously served the northwest community through "Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington," "Multnomah County Library System," and other cultural organizations. For the last 8 years, Gerardo has been playing therapeutic music for elder facilities, from retirement centers to intensive care facilities. Gerardo had the honor of being part of the Circus Project company as Musical Director. As a parallel activity to performance, teaching, and studying, Gerardo is an instrument artisan; he makes custom pan flutes, rainsticks, water drums, turtle boxes, and bombos (bass drums).
Gerardo plays his own instrumental compositions, where he blends Latin American folk rhythms, jazz, and contemporary rhythms from the Americas. He also combines different instruments from Latin America, such as string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments, creating a unique musical sound.
Gerardo is the musical director of Grupo Condor and Nuestro Canto and has pursued his interest in traditional Mexican music, Latin American folk music, and Pre-Columbian music. Gerardo has performed with folk ensembles in Mexico, Canada, New England, and the Pacific Northwest, and he has also toured with choir and world music ensembles throughout the USA and Europe. He has composed music and designed sound for ballet companies, documentaries, short films, commercials, theater companies, and cultural organizations. Gerardo has been a teaching artist for 27 years and has continuously served the northwest community through "Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington," "Multnomah County Library System," and other cultural organizations. For the last 8 years, Gerardo has been playing therapeutic music for elder facilities, from retirement centers to intensive care facilities. Gerardo had the honor of being part of the Circus Project company as Musical Director. As a parallel activity to performance, teaching, and studying, Gerardo is an instrument artisan; he makes custom pan flutes, rainsticks, water drums, turtle boxes, and bombos (bass drums).
Gerardo plays his own instrumental compositions, where he blends Latin American folk rhythms, jazz, and contemporary rhythms from the Americas. He also combines different instruments from Latin America, such as string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments, creating a unique musical sound.
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