Carolina is currently a member of the Cleveland based ensembles Sororii and Kombilesa Asé
She is a new directions cellist, Afro Colombian cantaora, educator and composer that has gathered her eclectic experience from collaborating with folk fusion and world music bands, interdisciplinary groups of artists, dance companies, chamber music ensembles and orchestras.
Carolina holds a masters degree in Cello Performance Pedagogy from Ohio University. She is a Fulbright, Martin Luther King Jr. and the United States of America State Department Fellow, among other distinctions.
Carolina is the founder and director of the Afro Colombian Strings Scholarship and the Tutti Music Program.
MORE ABOUT CAROLINA
Leader
(2021-Current) Sororii-Female led world music ensemble
(2017-Current) Kombilesa Asé - Music inspired in the African Diaspora ensemble
(2019) La Villa Hispana Orgullo Latinx-Short Music Film
(2019) Kadara(Destinies United) with Kombilesa Asé -Album
(2013) Latin American Music Ensemble-Ohio University
Collaborator
(2020- 2021) Reparaciones short animated film
(2017- 2021) Cellocentric - Classically Infused Folk and Jazz band
(2020) Cellocentric Artist Residency- Dubuque Arts Council
(2019) Inferno with Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
(2019) Free Form with Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
(2014-2015) La Magdalena-Hispanic Folk Fusion Band
(2015) El Detalle Que Faltaba-Session Cellist
Discography
(2019) Kadara(Destinies United) released with Kombilesa Asé
(2013) MLEN Música Latinoamericana y Espirituales Negros- Cello Solo----LAMNE Latin American Music and Negro Spirituals-Solo Cello
Commissions
(2019-2020) Music for the short animation Reparaciones
Awards
(2006) Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
(2011) Fulbright Scholarship-Cultural Studies for Afro Colombian and Indigenous Communities
(2020) Best Music Videography+ Best Mid Short Made in Ohio for La Villa hispana Orgullo Latinx with Kombilesa Asé
(2021) New Music Music USA Music Creator Development Fund
Nominations
(2021) Recognition of Excellence Award Fulbright Colombia
