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Beth Quist: Beth Quist is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer, who began playing piano at age 2. Her early musical influences were "Batman," "Star Trek," and "Dr. Zhivago." "I'm a Little Leopard Prowling Around in Sneakers" was her first musical composition at age 8. She has a 4-octave soprano voice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour (hammered dulcimer), dumbek, daff, guitar, flute, and various other toys that she can get her hands on. Her music combines influences from the Balkans, the Middle East, and India with her Western upbringing. She was lead soprano and instrumentalist for the creation band in Cirque du Soleil's "KA", and currently performs solo, with Sherefe, and sings with Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra. and Andy Skellenger: Andy Skellenger is a professional tabla player, multi-percussionist, and drum maker living in Crestone, CO. He performs and gives instruction on a variety of percussion instruments especially tabla, cajon, udu, and drum set. In his late teens, after studying percussion at Denver School of the Arts, he traveled in India where he began his 11 year study of Indian classical music and tabla performance. Back home he continued his studies under tabla maestro Aloke Dutta, while also building his career as a performing drummer and creating his company Nautilus Cajons which sells custom hand-made drums. He has extensive experience as a collaborator working with a number of bands, as well as artists working in film, dance and the visual arts. He also teaches classes and workshops to students of all ages. He currently performs with a number of prominent Denver/Boulder musicians including Roshan Jamal Bhartiya, the Matt Skellenger Quartet, Ron Miles, Kailin Yong, and Beth Quist. He also performs with his band, the Percussion Project, gives solo Tabla concerts, and plays tabla for Hindu sacred chanting at ceremonies and weddings. |
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