Gonzalo Teppa, Origins is the newest project led by Grammy-nominated Venezuelan bassist and composer Gonzalo Teppa. Origins performs original music that draws from the musical wells of Latin American roots (Venezuelan, Brazilian, Argentinian, and Afro-Cuban), ballads, Jazz and more. Each composition and arrangement written by Gonzalo is inspired in the origins of each of his bandmembers, as well as his native country Venezuela. Origins features singer Josefina Mendez (Argentina), guitarist Gabriel Santiago (Brazil), drummer Alejandro Castaño (Colombia-Cuba), and bassist Gonzalo Teppa (Venezuela).

Teppa has performed with Jeff “Tain” Watts, Matt Wilson, Ed Simon, Chris Potter, Tom Harrell, Bobby Shew, Ron Miles, Art Lande, Slide Hampton, Don Byron, Jeremy Pelt, Ben Goldberg, among others. Some of Gonzalo Teppa’s awards include “Pathways to Jazz Grant-2018”, “Best Jazz Soloist Award” (2004, 2005, & 2006) from Downbeat Magazine, two Latin Grammy nominations, and more. Teppa has released six albums: “Designios”, “Travesias”, “Serpentina", “CONtrabajos de Aldemaro”, “Sinergia”, and “Away from Home”. Currently, Gonzalo Teppa is a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley and the University of Colorado at Denver.

Five-time Emmy winning and Grammy nominated composer/singer-songwriter/producer Mark Oblinger brings his soulful, eclectic blend of indie/folk/pop to the stage, featuring powerful, vocal forward arrangements of his two latest releases, “High Water Line,” and “The River,” - PLUS a new EP scheduled to drop in January of 2025! Mark’s national performing roots include stints with chart topping country rock stalwarts Pure Prairie League (“Amie”) and 8 years with Firefall (“Cinderella,” “You Are the Woman”). Mark will be joined by former Surrender Dorothy keyboardist/vocalist Linda Lawson, eTown drummer/singer Christian Teele, bassist Chris Engleman, multi-instrumentalist Eric Moon on lap steel and accordion, and featured special guest vocalist, Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson has shared the stage with Bob Hope, Stevie Wonder, Angela Brown, Stan Getz, Robert Cray, Joyce Kennedy, Jeffery Osborne and many more. Robert was named Best Male Vocalist in the Denver Post’s Readers Poll, Best Jazz Vocalist by the Colorado Black Artists Association, was honored as Colorado’s Best Male Singer by the News and Radio Media and Best Male Vocalist by the Colorado Songwriters Association.

The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra is a five piece chamber ensemble (piano, violin, cello, clarinet, and cornet) that revives the repertoire of silent film orchestras. Using historic libraries of music, and selecting and fitting a piece of music for each scene in the film, Mont Alto compiles vibrant and emotional scores using the original techniques of silent film orchestras. “The results are often breathtakingly beautiful and always in the strict service of the film on the screen.” (Dave Kehr, The New York Times.)

Mont Alto was formed in Colorado in 1989, and has scored over 125 silent films, recording over 40 film scores for releases on DVD, Blu-Ray, and for showings on Turner Classic Movies. The Mont Alto Orchestra appears regularly at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the TCM Classic Film Festival, the Denver Silent Film Festival, the Chautauqua Auditorium film series, and the Kansas Silent Film Festival. They have toured the country from Films at Lincoln Center in New York to Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Their most recent release is “Entreaty,” a CD of silent film compositions for romantic scenes. 

Cóisir brings together three of Colorado’s top Irish music talents: Jessie Burns on Fiddle, Pete Strickler on tenor banjo, and Marty Smith on bouzouki and vocals. They will be joined by special guest Johnny ?? on accordion (?) Cóisir, pronounced much like the word “kosher”, means “Party” in Irish. And the music is a party, too! Cóisir performs traditional dance music from Ireland, intertwined with haunting songs and original tunes.