The Legends of Canyon Country

In The Mood For California

Today we’ll feel and experience Canyon Country featuring an interview with amazing Catina DeLuna! Catina DeLuna has been enjoying a successful and varied musical career since beginning to play the piano and sing at a young age. After completing a B.A. in Brazilian Popular Music at the prestigious UNICAMP University in São Paulo, Brazil, she founded two award winning groups: the vocal group Arirê, in which she was responsible for arranging, playing piano, and singing, and the group Serenata Brasileira, playing classic Brazilian songs from the 1920’s and 30’s, in full authentic costume and style. She currently has three independent released CDs available, Na Era de Ouro, from Serenata Brasileira, and Brazilian Accent, her solo debut featuring classic Bossa Nova standards released in Brazil in 2006. In 2015 Catina released her first album in the USA (“Catina DeLuna & lado B Brazilian Project featuring Otmaro Ruiz’) which was nominated for the 58th GRAMMY AWARDS. Additionally, she has recorded many commercial jingles and narrations for national radio and television in Brazil. Since she moved to the United States, she served as visiting scholar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UofI), was offered a tuition waiver to pursue her Masters Degree in Music at Northern Illinois University and was awarded a grant from the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at NIU to carry out research on maracatu in Brazil in 2008. After completing her Masters Degree in 2008, Catina moved to Los Angeles where she had the opportunity to teach at several music schools, including Piano-Play Music Systems, USC (University of Southern California), SilverLake Conservatory and LACM(Los Angeles Music Academy). Catina has coached many jazz singers for Brazilian repertoire recording sessions, including internationally acclaimed Kurt Elling. Catina was invited by internationally renowned drummer Peter Erskine to be part of his book The Musician’s Lifeline released in 2019. www.inthemoodforcalifornia.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.korpacheva.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthemoodforcalifornia/ Twitter: @InTheMoodForCA