Originally from New England, Fred Hoadley studied music at Hampshire College and Berklee College of Music, where his teachers included Jaki Byard, Vishnu Wood, and Charlie Banacos. He founded the Seattle salsa band Bochinche in 1983, which reigned as The Northwest's favorite Salsa band throughout the 1980's, and produced the band’s first album, Ahora Bochinche.

After Bochinche, Fred toured nationally with the West African band, Kukrudu, and founded the Seattle based Afro-Cuban jazz band, Sonando, whose 1994 and 1998 releases received critical acclaim around the country. He helped anchor the rhythm section of Seattle's Expresión Latina from 1992-1997.

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Robert Jorgensen, pianist, gave his first solo piano recital at the age of nine, with the confidence and exuberance that have become the hallmark of his playing. Over the many intervening years, he has explored and performed not only a vast amount of piano solo, chamber music, and concerto repertoire, but most of the sonata and concerto literature for strings, woodwinds and brass.

Working with singers, he has become well-acquainted with art songs and operatic arias.
For many years, he has presented and participated in a number of concerts each season, enriching his community, and giving many younger musicians the chance to be heard and recognized. Read More

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