Confluencia

Off the Hook Arts expands access to quality music education and electrifying live music.

Date: Sunday, April 18
Location: Magic Rat |The Elizabeth Hotel

Doors: 3:00PM
Concert: 4:00PM

General Admission Tickets: $32

All tickets include a complimentary glass of wine. 

Purchasing a ticket sustains our mission of providing quality, free music education and instruments for low-income kids.

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Confluencia

Off the Hook Arts welcomes the fourth installment of the 2027 Magic Sunset Series to the Magic Rat Lounge with Confluencia, a Colorado-based ensemble whose very name is the meeting point where distinct waters flow into one. That's exactly what this group does: bringing together classical training, jazz improvisation, and Latin American tradition into a single, flexible sound.

Confluencia features Javier Vinasco on clarinet, Dana Landry on piano, Jolie González on vocals and guitar, Erik Applegate on double bass, and Diego Da Silva on drums and percussion. Through Vinasco's original arrangements, the ensemble's repertoire moves freely among Latin American traditions, jazz, contemporary popular song, and concert music — a space where different musical languages meet, interact, and take on new forms.

Leading the group is clarinetist Javier Vinasco, whose international career sits at the intersection of contemporary concert music, Latin American traditions, and cultural advocacy. 

The Clarinet magazine has called him a virtuoso in every sense of the word — one whose technique always stays in service of the music itself. 

Alongside him, bassist Erik Applegate brings a résumé spanning jazz, Latin American styles, and classic American rock and roll; JazzReview.com summed him up simply as "a top-notch acoustic bass performer."

This is a rare chance to hear musicians who've performed across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia — and who've built one of the country's most respected Latinx music programs — in the intimate setting of the Magic Rat Lounge.

Settle in, as the sun goes down, and let Confluencia carry you across borders, genres, and generations.

Reserve your seat now — space in the Sunset Lounge is limited.

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About the Artists

Javier Vinasco is a Colombian clarinetist who has recorded more than 170 works by over 80 Latin American composers, with an album alongside pianist Edith Ruiz earning a Latin GRAMMY nomination. A former member of several Colombian orchestras, he holds a doctorate from UNAM and now serves as Associate Professor and Director of Latinx Music at the University of Northern Colorado, where he leads the nation's first Bachelor of Arts in Latinx Music.

Dana Landry, Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at UNC, has built one of the nation's most acclaimed collegiate jazz programs, earning 95 DownBeat Student Music Awards under his leadership. He was honored with DownBeat's 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Education and the 2025 KUVO Carlos Lando Educator of the Year award, and has performed with the Colorado Symphony for more than sixteen years.

Jolie González is a Colombian conductor, vocalist, guitarist, and multidisciplinary artist whose international career spans Colombia, Mexico, Chile, China, and the United States. A 2024–25 Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship mentee, she made her Colorado Symphony conducting debut in 2025 and has held music director and conductor-in-residence posts internationally.

Erik Applegate is a bassist, composer, vocalist, and songwriter whose debut recording, Red Skies, reached number two on the Roots Music Report. He performs frequently along Colorado's Front Range and serves as Associate Director of the School of Music at UNC.

Diego Da Silva, a Brazilian percussionist and Latin music specialist, was nominated as Kentucky's Best Latin Jazz Artist in both 2022 and 2023. At UNC, he directs a Latin jazz ensemble and teaches within the nation's first Bachelor of Arts program in Latinx Music.

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*Please note that all ticket purchases are final. We are unable to offer refunds or exchanges. Programs and artists are subject to change, and tickets are non-refundable due to weather or program adjustments.

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