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Donald Vega Quartet at The Side Door
March 23 @ 8:30 pm
$25 – $45![](https://ctexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1649783147582_mobileLarge.jpg)
Donald Vega – Piano
Luques Curtis – Bass
Carly Maldonado – Percussion
Alvester Garnett – Drums
Donald Vega was trained classically in piano in his native Nicaragua. He emigrated to the United States at age 14 and found a musical home with the Colburn School of Performing Arts (CSPA). He began his studies there in classical piano with Teresa de Jong Pombo and Dr. Louis Lepley. Vega began learning the language of jazz from mentor Billy Higgins at The World Stage and continued at CSPA with Jeffrey Lavner, then later with bassist John Clayton at the University of Southern California.