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About Paco Moreno

Bio

Paco Moreno, a native from the highlands of Ecuador, is an educator, musician, storyteller, and luthier/instrument maker. He is committed to promoting the musical and cultural heritage of the Andes of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. From an early age Paco learned to play a wide range of wind, string, and percussion instruments used in the Andes. Later on he began to build different kinds of instruments including guitars, charangos, panpipes, flutes, and drums using traditional techniques.

Since his arrival in the United States in 1991 Paco has worked with various groups as well as individually, performing in various colleges and universities, concert halls, museums, schools, libraries, festivals, and special events along the east coast of the US.


Paco who resides in Davie, Florida currently performs for children and families in Broward County. In his programs, he plays over a dozen different wind, percussion, and string instruments, tells native South American stories and actively engages his audience in dancing and playing musical instruments.

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What a job!

I might describe my job in a little more detail here. I'll write about what I do, what I like best about it, and even some of the frustrations. (A job with frustrations? Hard to believe, huh?)


Favorites

Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:

Jules and Jim, Manhattan, Breaking the Waves

Here's a list of some of my favorite music:

Nirvana, Frank Sinatra, Ibrahim Ferrer