CD Release Coming November 9th, 2024
Listen to sample selections from Raíces.
2. Vidala
5. Canción al árbol del olvido
6. Otoño en Mendoza
8. Dorotea, la cautiva
9. El clavel del aire blanco
10. Por una cabeza
11. El día que me quieras
12. Zamba de Usted
13. Volveré siempre a San Juan
14. Témpanos mecidos por las olas
16. Crepúsculo vespertino en Ushuaia
Piano: Fernanda Nieto
Clarinet: Gregory L. Dufford
Executive Producer: Fernanda Nieto
Producer: RJ Miller
Co-producer: Fernanda Nieto
Arranger: RJ Miller
Recording Engineer: Steve Avedis
Mastering Engineer: Tom Capek
Recorded at Colorado Sound Recording Studios, Westminster, Colorado
Artwork by: Fernando Guillermo Nieto
Graphic Design: Rosie Harris
Special thanks for Gregory Dufford, RJ Miller, and Colorado Sound Recording Studios.
Fernanda Nieto
Dr. Fernanda Nieto was born in Mendoza, Argentina, where she studied under the direction of Lucía Thomé de Guisasola and was recognized by the Argentinean Federation of College Women for her outstanding academic work. In 2009, she received the Yamaha in-Residence Fellowship. During this one-year program she developed an engagement program with local schools in Colorado to promote Argentinean music. Her career as a collaborator, performer and clinician includes working with renowned composers, conductors and soloists. She has served as a pianist for the Colorado Symphony Chorus, the Colorado Children’s Chorale and performed with artists in Argentina, Chile, the United States and Europe. She currently serves as director of education and community engagement for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, curating and performing educational programs for audiences of all ages. She is passionate about her family, her cultural roots and her community.
Gregory Dufford
As clarinetist/bass clarinetist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra from 1980 to 1998, Gregory Dufford performed with many of the world’s finest opera singers. His performing experience went well beyond the opera stage to include 13 years as Principal Clarinetist of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. During that period, the group produced seven CD’s on various labels, and premiered works by Elliott Carter, John Cage, John Harbison and others. Gregory also performed with and was a founding member of several other chamber music ensembles in the San Francisco area, such as the Anchor Chamber Players, the Stanford Woodwind Quintet and the Beaumont Ensemble. He also held teaching positions at Stanford and San Francisco State Universities. After moving to Evergreen, Colorado, in 1998, he taught full-time at Metropolitan State College and coached chamber music for the Evergreen Chamber Orchestra and at various schools.