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Early bird registration for the 2026 CU Tango Music Workshop ends tomorrow, April 30! Come play tango with us in an immersive week of music learning! Open to amateur through professional vocalists, string players, bandoneonists, pianists, guitarists, and more. Sign up today! Questions? Email [email protected] #cutangomusic #cutangomusicworkshop #2026cutangomusicworkshop #comeplaytangowithus

Learn how to play tango music at the 2026 CU Tango Music Festival Tango Music Workshop! Early bird for paid events closes April 12: /tickets Are you a string player curious about tango music? Explore the origins of the music of Astor Piazzolla. This free workshop led by tango cellist Maxfield Wollam-Fisher is an introduction to how to make a tango sound like tango. Open to all levels. Co-sponsored by the Community Center for the Arts Full festival information: /cu-tango-music-festival Sponsors: Urbana Dance Company Community Center for the Arts Krannert Center for the Performing Arts WEFT #cutangomusic #cutangomusicfestival #2026cutangomusicfestival #tangodance #tangomusic #livetango

Join us for a celebration of tango music, dance, and culture in the heart of Champaign-Urbana! The 2026 CU Tango Music Festival brings world-class musicians and dancers, inspiring concerts, milongas, performances, workshops, and community gatherings together for an unforgettable experience. Whether you’re new to tango or a seasoned tanguero, there’s something for everyone. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit /cu-tango-music-festival 2026 Artists Rodrigo Avalos, bandoneon Heyni Solera, bandoneon Maxfield Wollam-Fisher, cello La Siembra Tango Bandoneon Massacre and guests Julia Driscoll, Ben Medina, Jessie Stark, Craig Herrington, and Pablo Zavattieri Daniela Roig and Hernán Prieto, dance performers and instructors Paloma Berrios and Maximiliano Alvarado, dance performers and instructors Mariano Bejarano, DJ Gosia Konwerska, DJ Sponsors Urbana Dance Company Community Center for the Arts Krannert Center for the Performing Arts WEFT

Curious about the what happens at the CU Tango Music Workshop and want to find out more? Join cello/bass faculty Maxfield Wollam-Fisher for one of our Zoom Info Sessions! Info Session 1: Sunday, March 29, 4-4:30 pm CT Info Session 2: Wednesday, April 8, 9-9:30 pm CT Register to receive Zoom link: /workshop#sdDgfY

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Besides being known for his fun and informative pedagogy, Maxfield Wollam-Fisher highlights the best part of the CU Tango Music Workshop. This workshop fosters a strong sense of community, where the lifelong friends are made and new projects are formed. Register here: /workshop #tango #lowstrings #workshop #register #champaignurbana

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Meet the artists at the 2026 CU Tango Music Festival, April 16-19 in Urbana, IL! Information about our artists, schedule, and tickets is available at /cu-tango-music-festival (link in bio) Early bird bundles available until Sunday, April 12 at 11:59 pm. Register now and save: /tickets Maxfield Wollam-Fisher Cello Maxfield Wollam Fisher is a cellist, producer, and educator. As a musician who revels in versatility, Maxfield enjoys collaborating in every genre from the traditional to avant garde, and folk to pop. Recently he could be found on Becky G’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Miss Lauryn Hill’s concert at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, and performing and recording tango in Argentina and around the United States. As a tango musician for nearly fifteen years, Maxfield has performed with the likes of Julián Peralta, Ramiro Boero, Stratos Achlatis, Victor LaVallen, Pablo Ziegler and many others. Over this time he directed a number of projects including the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, Orquesta Tipica Loca, and the Mad City Live Tango Festival. Along with presenting workshops for both tango musicians and dancers, Maxfield is an advocate for cello and contemporary tango and recently wrote and recorded a series of tango arrangements for solo cello in Buenos Aires. Currently, Maxfield works with bandoneonist Heyni Solera in their duo Arco y Aire. Their arrangement of “La Bordona” won Best Latin Song for the 2022 Wammie awards, which can be found in their EP Overture. The duo released their album of new commissions from contemporary tango composers, Una Noche Entre Sueños, in 2024. Since 2018, Maxfield is also co-host of “Bienvenido al Tango” with Phil Jones on Takoma Radio 94.3 FM in Takoma, Maryland. Currently Max plays with La Poesia Cello Quartet and indie folk trio The Timber Bridges. A dedicated teacher, he serves as chair of the strings department at Levine Music in Washington, DC where he coaches chamber music, teaches in the Suzuki and strings departments, directs the Marlin-Engel Solo and Cogen Concerto Competitions, and leads the Levine Tango Orchestra. #cutangomusic #cutangomusicfestival #tangodance

Learn more about the 2026 CU Tango Music Workshop at our live Zoom info sessions March 29 and April 8. More details at cutangomusic.org/workshop

Meet the faculty of the 2026 CU Tango Music Workshop Early bird registration opens February 1, 2026 cutangomusic.org/workshop Maxfield Wollam-Fisher is a cellist, producer, and educator. A musician who revels in versatility, Maxfield can be found recently on Becky G’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Miss Lauryn Hill’s concert at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, and performing and recording tango in Argentina and around the United States. A tango musician for nearly fifteen years, Maxfield has performed with the likes of Julián Peralta, Ramiro Boero, Stratos Achlatis, Victor LaVallen, Pablo Ziegler and many others. He has directed a number of projects including the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, Orquesta Tipica Loca, and the Mad City Live Tango Festival. Along with presenting workshops for both tango musicians and dancers, Maxfield is an advocate for cello and contemporary tango. Currently, Maxfield works with bandoneonist Heyni Solera in their duo Arco y Aire. Their arrangement of “La Bordona” won Best Latin Song for the 2022 Wammie awards. In 2024 the duo released their album of new commissions from contemporary tango composers, Una Noche Entre Sueños. Since 2018, Maxfield co-hosts “Bienvenido al Tango” with Phil Jones on Takoma Radio 94.3 FM in Takoma, Maryland. Maxfield has worked with postmodern choreographer Sally Gross of the Judson Dance Project, Klezmer musician Michael Alpert, opera singer Sylvia McNair, IN Series Opera Company, and arrangement and music direction of the Rite of Spring with Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company. Currently he plays with La Poesia Cello Quartet and indie folk trio The Timber Bridges. Maxfield holds performance degrees from Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin and has studied with Sharon Robinson, Peter Howard, Tanya and Uri Vardi. Maxfield is on faculty at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC where he has served as chair of the strings department, he coaches chamber music, teaches in the Suzuki and strings departments, and leads the Levine Tango Orchestra. Maxfield's 2025 EP Max. Cello. Tango. is available for streaming on all platforms.

Hi friends! @maxfieldwf and I need a favor TODAY. Today is the last day to vote for me and Max for DC's Wammie awards. We would greatly appreciate it if you guys would vote for us here: /entry/vote/VoYyQRgr? (Link in bio) In the following categories: Latin: Best Traditional Latin Artist-Group World/Global: Best World/Global Album, Best Wold/Global Artist-Group, and Best World/Global Song You do need to create an account to vote. Thank you so much! #heynibando #bandoneon #cello #tango #contemporarytango

We would love your help winning the 2026 Wammies! It just takes 2 minutes to vote for Arco & Aire, The Timber Bridges, and Maxfield Wollam-Fisher by Thursday night. Check out all the other cool musicians on the site and then go listen to some good local music! Thanks!