Madera Dulce

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  Bronwyn

  Bass Clarinet, Soprano Clarinets

  Bronwyn has performed with many ensembles internationally; United States, Mexico, Canada, and Asia. She also works in recording studios, playing a variety of styles, and is the original founder of Madera Dulce.

  When performing in the Los Angeles area, Bronwyn has freelanced with many acclaimed orchestras, and played under the direction of such famous names as John Williams, Maurice Jarre, Herbie Hancock, and Elmer Bernstein.

  In addition, she has been a featured soloist with acclaimed ensembles such as the Grand Piano Symphony, and performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto as a guest artist with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Hollywood Pops Orchestra, she had the opportunity to perform a concert tour of Taiwan.

  Bronwyn studied Bass Clarinet and Soprano Clarinet with; Gary Bovyer of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, David Howard of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hanoch Tel-Oren of the Jerusalem Symphony, Cris Inguanti of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and David Shifrin of the American Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Symphony. She has also participated in Master classes with Georgina Dobrée of the Royal Academy of London, and Larry Combs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

  
  
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  Derek

  Fretted & Fretless 6-stringContrabass Guitars

  Derek is an instrumentalist with a varied background in many styles of music. Playing and performing professionally for over 35 years, he has been involved in numerous generes of musical performance; from big band, swing, and jazz to afro/cuban, blues and pop, from rock music to classical chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras.

  In addition to instrumental performance, Derek has been a composer in various idioms for many years. The music collection of Madera Dulce contains some of his original compositions and he has also created the arrangements for most of their repertoire.

  As well as being half of Madera Dulce, Derek has performed chamber music with the woodwind quintet Ofiralane, the clarinet quartet Dalbergia, the Whatcom Ensemble, Classical Revolution PDX and Classical Revolution Colorado.

  He has had the opportunity to perform live and on record for many artists and groups as both a permanent member and as a freelance artist over the years in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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