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Ted Falcon is a bi-lingual (English/ Portuguese) professional musician and music educator with over 25 years of experience instructing a wide range of students. Ted made his primary residence in Brasília, Brazil from 2008– 2016, where he studied Brazilian music extensively, writing several choro books and teaching workshops. In 2016, he returned to Los Angeles and was an Adjunct Professor of Music at Whittier College, teaching World Music, Latin Music and the Music of the Caribbean. He is a long-time string teacher at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit school co-founded by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Falcon is known as an accomplished multi- instrumentalist who performs and records regularly on the violin, guitar, piano and mandolin. He is recognized by his peers as a leader and catalyst of the Brazilian Choro movement in the U.S, regularly teaching at summer camps around the country and leading a monthly jam session for several years at Ernest Debs Park with the LA Choro Club. Recently he started a forró project called Ted Falcon and the Forrozeiros that perfoms monthly in Eagle Rock at the Harmony Room.
As a performing artist, Ted Falcon has independently released eleven albums and has published five books. He has traveled the world as a headlining musician, performing in Japan, Europe, Brazil and throughout the U.S. He has toured as a featured violinist and mandolinist with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ringling Bros’ Kaleidoscape and most recently, the Brazilian Strings Trio.
Ted has played with David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Rod Stewart, Hermeto Pascoal and has recorded with Ben E. King, Suzanne Vega and Terry Gibbs. As a studio musician, he has played on many string quartet tribute recordings for Weezer, the Cure and Linkin Park and appeared on national television programs including Young Sheldon, Judging Amy, Charmed and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
www.tedfalcon.com
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Special Guest Deejay Veesh keeping the Forró going with lots of Baião, Xote & Xaxado!
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Bissap Baobab Village/ Little Baobab, 2243 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110-1811, United States,San Francisco, California
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