# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Behind the Music: Alejandro Castaño, percussion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Behind the Music—the Cultural Caravan’s acclaimed concert-and-conversation series—heads to the Center for Musical Arts this season! Join Artistic Director Josh Halpern as he welcomes a lineup of dynamic MainStage artists for intimate evenings of live music, personal stories, and unscripted conversation. Get a rare glimpse into their creative process, hear music you won’t experience anywhere else, and bring your own questions about art, inspiration, and life.

Tickets available now! Pay what you wish, starting for $0 for adults, children/students FREE. 


Meet Alejandro Castaño:

Alejandro Castaño is a jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer and percussionist in Denver, Colorado. He is a first-generation Cuban and Colombian-American and draws inspiration from his culture into his music. Alejandro is an active performer and educator in the United States and abroad. 

Highlights of his performance and recording credits include Chuchito Valdés, Ron Miles, Benny Benack III, Gerardo Aguillón, Raul Murciano, Jonathan Powell, Steve Turre, Greg Gisbert, Annie Booth, and many others. 

Throughout his career, he has conducted numerous master classes at universities such as Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Truman State University, University of Jamestown, and University of Wyoming. Additionally, he has been a guest artist and educator at the National University of Costa Rica since 2012.

Currently, he is a lecturer at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an instructor at Front Range Community College and Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, teaching drumset, percussion, jazz history and music theory. Alejandro can frequently be seen performing at Denver’s local jazz venues, festivals, and beyond.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lafayette/behind-the-music-alejandro-castaño-percussion/200029149970906
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, art, performances, festivals, live-music, concerts, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.culturalcaravan.org/events-1/behind-the-music-alejandro-castano-percussion-2025-11-20-19-00?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=lafayette-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lafayette
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Center for Musical Arts
- **lat**: 39.99997
- **long**: -105.08906
- **full address**: Center for Musical Arts, 200 E Baseline Rd,Lafayette,CO,United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The Cultural Caravan (https://allevents.in/org/the-cultural-caravan/19629411)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Center for Musical Arts, 200 E Baseline Rd,Lafayette,CO,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Cultural Caravan
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, art, performances, festivals, live-music, concerts, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Behind the Music: Alejandro Castaño, percussion ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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