Consuelo Candelaria-Barry

Consuelo Candelaria-Barry is a pianist, composer, and educator whose compositionally driven post-bop jazz is defined by lyrical expression, rhythmic vitality, and dynamic musical interplay.

She has performed and recorded with acclaimed artists including Ron Savage, Billy Pierce, Bobby Broom, Curtis Fuller, Don Braden, Walter Smith III, Jason Palmer, Harvey Mason, Lewis Nash, Louis Hayes, Billy Hart, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Paula Cole. Career highlights include performances at the Panama Jazz Festival and the Cambridge Jazz Festival with the Ron Savage Trio featuring Billy Pierce and Bobby Broom.

As a bandleader, Candelaria-Barry has released several recordings centered on her original compositions, including Last Sunday Morning, named one of the Boston Globe's Top 10 Jazz Albums, as well as When They Danced and In the Moment. She has also appeared on Paula Cole's Ballads and PBS's Unresolved with Jason Palmer.

Her international career has taken her throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean, including performances with the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, recorded by Abbey Road Studios, and appearances for the President of Costa Rica.

A grand prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (jazz category) for her composition "En Tiempos Pasados," Candelaria continues to perform, compose, and mentor the next generation of artists as a professor at Berklee College of Music.