Fabián Gallón with Diego Bahamón Serrato

The Roxbury Arts Group is ecstatic to present a captivating concert of Colombian folk music with Fabián Gallón and Diego Bahamón Serrato at the Headwaters Arts Center on Friday, April 12 at 7:30. Originally from the Colombian Andes, Fabián Gallón and Diego Bahamón Serrato are two masters of the tiple, a descendant of the guitar. The performance is free and reservations are not required. For more information, visit roxburyartsgroup.org or call 607.214.6040.

Considered the national instrument of Colombia, the tiple is a three quarters-sized, twelve string relative of the guitar. Its sound is unique, but will be familiar to fans of classical and other global folk guitar traditions. 

Eduaro Carrizoa, former conductor of the National Orchestra of Colombia says: ”Tiple has in Fabián Gallón its best passionate and knowledgeable interpreter. In his hands lay the responsibility of keeping the path of the development of the technique and interpretation of the instrument.” In 2018, Fabián Gallón was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in the Traditional Arts.

Diego Bahamón Serrato impressive live performances have earned him countrywide acclaim as both a solo performer and bandleader. He received top honors at the Festival Mono Nuñez (2014), where he won Best Solo Performer, as well as at Performing Music Contest of Bogota (2011).

This night of free music will bring the culture of the Andes mountains home to the Catskills at Headwaters Art Center, 66 Main St, Stamford, NY 12167. Doors open at 7:00 /  performance at 7:30, Friday, April 12. Limited folding chairs will be available, but audience members are encouraged to bring their own chairs or blankets for the floor. For more information, please contact the Headwaters Arts Center at headwaters@roxburyartsgroup.org or call 607.214.6040

All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, the Tianaderrah Foundation, The Delaware National Bank of Delhi, and by the generosity of business sponsors and individual donors like you.