Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni
Accordion, Celtic Harp, Pedal Harp

• Evelyn is the Head of the Department of Veterinary Integrative Sciences and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
• She studied classical harp with Gayel Gibson at the University of Texas at El Paso and Laurie Buchanan at UT San Antonio.
• She was selected as Harper of the Day at three recent Scottish harp competitions:  the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games and the Ohio Scottish Games in 2004, as well as the Stone Mountain Highland Games in 2005.
• She has published numerous harp arrangements of traditional tunes with Afghan Press and is past President of the Scottish Harp Society of America.
• In addition to performing, Evelyn also writes and arranges the music for the group.

Joseph Castiglioni
Clarinet

• Joe is a psychiatrist practicing in College Station.
• He first picked up the clarinet in high school and played there for two years before moving on to other explorations. Years later, Joe dusted off his instrument and purchased a new reed, in part to woo a woman.
  
• Joe enjoys listening to and playing a broad range of musical styles, and tries to keep up with the fast Irish jigs. This sometimes requires letting one or two fingers dangle.
  
• When not playing with Jalapeño Honey, he consumes time and energy in sailing boats, riding bicycles, making photographs, and maintaining a rather large water garden.

Renata Myers
Guitar

• Renata is an ESL teacher with private students in College Station.
  
• She learned the guitar as a child in her native Brazil and learned a variety of music styles from the countries of South America.
• While living overseas for 25 years, Renata played with local and foreign musicians in Trinidad and Tobago and in Guinea, West Africa.
• She settled in College Station with her family in 2002. Besides playing with Jalapeño Honey, she performs with the Brazilian music trio Berimbau and a Latin American folk music quartet.
• Performing on rhythm guitar with Jalapeño Honey has been a greatly fulfilling experience for her.
  

Eden Schmeichel
Flute

• Eden is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice.
• Eden has been playing the flute for 26 years having studied early on with Ervin Monroe, Principal flutist with the Detroit Symphony, and later for a year at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
• For the past several years she has enjoyed playing casually and credits Jalapeño Honey with reviving a love of performance.

John Ivy
Fiddle, Mandolin

• John is a biologist currently working as a Research Development Officer in the Office of the Vice President for Research at Texas A&M University.
• During his youth, he studied viola and switched to fiddle in his 20s following his introduction to traditional music.
• He was instrumental in organizing and performing for New England Contra Dance series on Long Island, New York and Oahu, Hawaii.
• John also has played cittern and percussion with the medieval-Renaissance ensemble Heartsease.

Bryan-College Station TX

2009
January 10
March 7
June 6
2008
January 5
March 1
May 3
June 7
July 5
August 1
October 4
December 6
2007
January 13
February 10
March 10
June 9
August 11
October 13
December 8
2006
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16

Sam Houston Folk Life Festival
Huntsville TX
Museum, Scottish Stage, and Main Stage
May 2, 2009
May 3-4, 2008
April 21-22, 2007

Houston Highland Games
and Celtic Festival
Houston TX
May 13, 2007

Fayetteville Art Walk
Fayetteville TX
May 3, 2009
May 6, 2007

Brazos Valley Worldfest
Bryan TX
November 28, 2008
November 17, 2007

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