BIOGRAPHY
"Music is something that elevates the soul like no other experience can. Creating music heightens that experience fully and remains in us eternally."
A native of Toronto, Marco De La Cruz has been playing professionally since the age of 12.
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A graduate of the Humber College Jazz and Commercial Music program with a B. Mus. in Music from Thompson Rivers University (British Columbia), Marco majored in piano performance, with a specialization in Latin, RnB and Jazz genres.
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Marco is the pianist for Toronto based SALSA/RNB band, Salseros with Attitude - SWA and soul/classic rock band The Salida Project. Mark also performs with many of Toronto's top salsa bands such as La Moda Eterna, Ricky Franco and the P-Crew Orchestra, Orquesta Fantasía, Salsotika, Son D'Aqui and Manny Cardenas. Together with SWA, Marco performs with Juno Award nominated singer Adonis Puentes.
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Marco is a professional arranger/composer and writes for many of Toronto's RnB and latin bands as well as for jazz big bands.
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In addition to his work in the music scene, Marco holds an honors degree in history from Western University and a degree in education from The University of Toronto/OISE. He currently teaches high school Music and English.
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On the weekends, Marco can be found praising the Lord as church pianist for St. Barnabas Roman Catholic Church.
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