YardWork Concerts
A non-profit organization established to present jazz concerts and other music events in support of professional jazz musicians and the local jazz music scene in the greater Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC area.
Fran Vielma Salsa Septet
Thu, Aug 14
|Takoma Station Tavern


Time & Location
Aug 14, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Takoma Station Tavern, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA
About the Event
Venezuelan native Fran Vielma is “a percussion colourist of great distinction… he leans heavily on his particular genius for counterpoint and most of important of all – his understanding of instrumental timbre...” –Raul Da Gama, Latin Jazz Network
Fran moved to the United States in the early 2000's and was awarded a scholarship for his Bachelor’s in Performance and Jazz Theory at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and a Master’s in Jazz Studies at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
He has toured around the Americas with his start-studded Venezuelan Jazz Collective; “Tendencias,” and his most recent album release includes Vielma’s original works and arrangements featuring world-renown Miguel Zenón, Michael Rodríguez, and Luis Perdomo. It was included in the Best Of lists by Downbeat, Latin Jazz Network, & NYC Jazz Record.
Vielma is currently on the Jazz Department faculty of Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in…
Tickets
Standard ticket
$25.00
Total
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