Caliente!

We are a Kamloops-based Latin ensemble.


Nela and Cindy  
 

We are:

Nela Mora, lead vocals, percussion (left)

Cindy Friedman, keyboard, backing vocals (right)

 Marcin Haladaj, percussion (not shown)


 
 
 
 

 

Upcoming Events:



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Contact:

Nela Mora - phone: (250) 828-5442; e-mail: nmora@tru.ca
or
Cindy (Ross) Friedman- cross@tru.ca
 


Brief Bios:
Nela - Nela is a Latina from Cuba, and has been in Canada since 1997.   She was the lead singer for a renowned Latin band in Halifax, where she somehow also found the time to complete her Ph.D. in computational chemistry.  She is now an Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, BC, although her lifelong passion remains music and singing.

Cindy - Cindy is from Winnipeg, where she was involved with music throughout her entire life ever since she picked out the "Meow Mix" song on a piano at the age of 3.  She has played and recorded with several Winnipeg-based bands of many styles and in various capacities as keyboardest, lead singer, songwriter, and sax player.  She had never tried Latin music before Caliente.  She is also an Associate Professor in Biological Sciences at TRU, and a member of another musical group, "The Constant Variables".

Marcin - Marcin has yet to be given the opportunity to provide a bio or a picture.  Nonetheless, we can tell you that Marcin is a super guy, who was born and raised in Poland.  His interest in drums started not with rhythm but with drum making and design: his talents as a percussionist were cultivated as a result of this facination with construction.  He has played with several musical groups, and has most recently been working alongside notable Kamloops musician, Trevor Caswell.  Marcin does something highly technical with computers and geographic information systems for the province of BC. 


  

Special thanks to our recording engineer, Patrick Walton.

Thanks to:  Raul Alcantara, one hell of a drummer; Doug Baleshta, the original troublemaker; Alex Bell, a very gifted musician and a good friend; Heather Fast, Claudette & Sandy, who helped us out "big time"; Tom and Benjamin Friedman, our unofficial roadies; Trevor Hust, an excellent fellow who played bass and guitar with us, Larry Read, who "discovered" us; Joanne and Myron Rosvick for "technical support"; Brian Swail "one heck of a guy"; Mairi MacKay, who televises us "in house"; and Donna Mason, who started it all.