COMMUNITY TANGO ENSEMBLE

Community Tango Ensemble can be any size up to 25 musicians, and welcomes musicians that play piano, upright bass, guitar, bandoneon, accordion, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, or saxophone. During a season, the ensemble rehearses at the Center For Performing Arts in Minneapolis on Wednesday nights. Our group works on 3-4 tangos each season, welcoming new vocalists each time, and performs them for both a seated concert and milonga (tango social dance) to celebrate at the end. CTE has become a center for meeting other enthusiasts, musicians, dancers, friends interested in tango music. We support the growth of outside tango projects through performance opportunity and resource sharing.

Musicians Winter 2024
Paul Lohman - Bandoneon
Mary Jane Setterberg - Bandoneon
Nancy Brass - Bandoneon
Shelby Setnikar - Accordion
Ingrid Radio - Violin
Maria Blaesing - Violin
Beth Henningson - Violin
Lisa Gibson - Violin
Gary Rauk - Violin
Aishwarya Varma - Viola
Natalie Kowalke - Cello
Uli Koester - Cello
Beth Davies - Flute
Elizabeth Cutter - Flute
Marisa Bhargava - Guitar
Isaac Marsolek - Guitar
Carlos Tolmasky - Guitar
Nick Aguilar - Piano
Kathya Dawe - Piano
Andre Phillips - Piano


Extended Family (played with us previously)
Amy Atzel - Violin
Stephanie Misono - Violin
Jen Wiseman - Flute
Miriam Gerberg - Flute
Dwight Christensen - Accordion
George Rosar - Accordion
Nicco Ibarra - Violin
Elise Steichen - Violin
Xander Herrmann - Violin
Marguerite Hanbery - Cello
Leon Reisman - Clarinet
David Wolf - Guitar
Manjinder Singh - Guitar
Gerry Babbitt-Girouard - Guitar
Dori DuSold - Piano
Bill Johnson - Piano
Robin Shurmur - Contrabass
Ann Person - Vocals
Anna Fu - Vocals
Shauna Dodge - Vocals
Raul Gallego - Vocals
Marco Tabacman - Vocals