Performed live on May 13th, 2023 as part of Christopher Keach's first Doctoral Recital.

It Takes Two to Tango by Skye Hamilton-Carranza

Keach Hopkins Duo

Piano, Alex Shafirov

Program Notes:

Skye Hamilton-Carranza, born in 1997, is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer from Freeport, NY. He has released several pieces of contemporary jazz and electro-acoustic music and has written classical and contemporary works for various musicians and chamber groups, including Dr. Julianne Kirk Doyle, ThreeForm, and the Crane Wind Ensemble. It Takes Two to Tango is an exciting, dramatic piece allowing the two trumpet parts to perform as one, as if dancing. It Takes Two to Tango was written in 2023 and was commissioned by Christopher Keach and Margaret Hopkins.

This is the world premiere performance of Skye Hamilton-Carranza’s It Takes Two to Tango.