The "Música no Museu 2025" program presents the concert "Entre Ilhas e Canções" on November 6th. This musical event takes place within the scope of the 30th Anniversary of APCP (Associação Portuguesa de Cuidados Paliativos), the V Jornadas de Investigação da APCP, and the I Jornadas Internacionais de Cuidados Paliativos dos Açores.

The concert "Entre Ilhas e Canções" was born from the initiative of four nurses from the region. In addition to their professional activity, they dedicate themselves, as cultural agents, to the interpretation and dissemination of Portuguese and Azorean music.

The voices of Helena Oliveira, Raquel Dutra, Bárbara Moniz, and Maria João Branco will take the audience on a musical journey through the different islands of the Azores. This event was designed to pay tribute to the many authors who have contributed to the region's artistic and cultural landscape, from its settlement to recent decades.

The repertoire will include poems by Natália Correia, Antero de Quental, Armando Côrtes Rodrigues, António Melo Sousa, and Mário de Sá Carneiro. Themes by Aníbal Raposo, Carlos Frazão, Luís Alberto Bettencourt, Luís Gil Bettencourt, Manuel Medeiros Ferreira, and Zeca Medeiros, among others, will also be performed. The concert's mission is to convey "the expression of a people, the sonority of the islands, and the love for this land."

Performers and Musicians
Voices:

Helena Oliveira

Raquel Dutra

Bárbara Moniz

Maria João Branco

Project Concept and Production:

Helena Oliveira

Musical Accompaniment:

Carlos Frazão: Piano and Musical Direction

Mike Ross: Double Bass

Ricardo Melo: Viola da Terra

Biographies
- Helena Oliveira (Project Concept/Production/Voice, Ponta Delgada) Has musical and vocal training from the Conservatório de PDL and various training in performing arts. Her discography includes albums such as "Amanhã" (2001), "Helena Cant'Autores Açorianos" (2007), "Do nosso Canto" (2010), and "Cravos d'Aqui e d' Acolá" (2025). She participated in soundtracks for films like "A Viagem" and "A Antropóloga". She has performed duets with artists such as Nuno Bettencourt, Uxia, Vitorino, Zeca Medeiros, and Aníbal Raposo. She received the Açores Música 2006 award (best female voice of the RAA).

- Raquel Dutra (Voice, Ponta Delgada) Began her solo career in 2007 as a fado interpreter, focusing on the valorization of Azorean lyric and traditional music. She attended the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada for classical guitar (2000/2001). Since 2020, she has been developing her vocal training under the guidance of soprano Carmen Subica. She was part of the Estúdio de Ópera do CRPD. Currently, she is a soloist with the Orquestra Ligeira de Ponta Delgada and leads the Raquel Dutra musical quartet, dedicated to the Azorean songbook. Her discography includes "Cantos do Mar e da Terra" (2012).

- Bárbara Moniz (Voice, Ponta Delgada) Started singing at age 13 and began in fado in 1998, at private events and restaurants in São Miguel. She attended the Vocal Technique Course at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada (2001). She performed solo concerts at the Sanjoaninas festivals and participated in shows on various islands of the Azores, Madeira, Tenerife, and in Canada. She was invited to the projects "Perfume das Ilhas" and "Maquilhage". Currently, she is part of the fado singer cast at Casa do Bacalhau (Casa de Fado) in Ponta Delgada.

- Maria João Branco (Voice, Ponta Delgada) A native of Ponta Delgada, she began her musical studies in 2003 at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada, where she completed the 8th grade of Singing. She attended classes in Vocal Technique, Musical Training, Italian, Choir, and Jazz. She has collaborated with the Fundação do Gil, the Orquestra Ligeira da Lagoa, the Coro Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Coro Litúrgico do Coral de São José. In 2017, she participated as a soloist in the International Festival "Voices for Peace" in Assisi, Italy.

- Carlos Frazão (Musical Direction and Piano, Ponta Delgada) Began his piano studies at the Conservatório de Ponta Delgada, and also studied bass guitar. He composes soundtracks for various films and television series. He works in composition, orchestration, and artistic production for various albums and accompanies regional and national artists on piano.

- Michael Ross (Double Bass, Texas) A native of Texas, USA, he graduated from North Texas State University. He worked as a double bass player with the bandleader Stan Kenton (1974-75), performing in the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He has lived in Portugal since 1976 and in São Miguel since 1985. He was a tuba player for the Orquestra Sinfónica da Radiodifusão Portuguesa (1979-1985) and a teacher at the first Jazz School of the Hot Clube de Portugal. He was a teacher at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada. He currently plays with the Sinfonietta de Ponta Delgada.

- Ricardo Melo (Viola da Terra, Furnas) Began his musical studies at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada, where he completed courses in Musical Training and Viola da Terra. He completed his Master's degree in Music Education for Basic Education (2011). He is a tenured Music Education teacher at the Escola EBI de Capelas. He is currently on assignment at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada, where he teaches Viola da Terra.