Horizon Trio

Horizon Trio

Anthony Fuoco, piano l Garrett Folger, trumpet l Carmen Castaldi, drums

"Horizon Trio performs an evening of original music in support of their newest release, OSCILLA, featuring a set of chamber‑leaning, improvisation‑forward compositions that explore resonance, pulse, and texture. The trio blends clarity of form with open improvisation, creating music that is both intimate and expansive."

Garrett Folger is a freelance composer, educator, and performer based in Cleveland, Ohio. A graduate of the conservatory of music at Baldwin-Wallace University, he has performed across the country including at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as internationally in Canada, Europe, and in numerous festivals across Cuba in 2023. Notable musical collaborations at home include performances with Sammy DeLeon y su Orquesta, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and Jazzworks. Garrett has released four recordings as a leader: DUO (2025) with Aidan Plank, its hard to know for sure what is happening but all you need to do is listen and be a part of it (2026) with Tyler Hawes, and two recordings with Horizon Trio, Horizon (2025) and Oscilla (2026)

A highly sought-after jazz pianist, Anthony Fuoco frequently performs in venues throughout Northeast Ohio. He is the pianist with Pulse, whose album was released in 2025 under New Focus Recordings/Panoramic Recordings. He is also the pianist with Horizon Trio (with Garrett Folger and Carmen Castaldi). Horizon Trio released their debut album in 2025. In 2020, he and vibraphonist William Wedmedyk released "Finding Home," a duo recording featuring their compositions and improvisations. 

Fuoco's collaboration extends to other well-known artists such as Joe Lovano, Jamey Haddad, John Fedchock and John Daversa. He also performs with ensembles such as the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and Jazzworks. In 2019, his live performance with Joe Lovano at the Bop Stop was recorded and featured on the NPR program Jazz Night in America. He also has significant experience performing the classical piano duo repertoire alongside his wife, Christine Fuoco.

A gifted jazz drummer, Cleveland's Carmen Castaldi emerged in the 1970s, and spent decades as a highly sought-after sideman, working on the West Coast with artists like longtime associate Joe Lovano, Frank Strazzeri, and Keely Smith. In 2019, he paired with Lovano and pianist Marilyn Crispell for Trio Tapestry. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Castaldi started playing jazz drums in his youth. After high school, he honed his skills at Boston's Berklee School of Music, where he attended alongside fellow Cleveland native, saxophonist Joe Lovano. There he studied with noted performer/instructors Joe Hunt, Alan Dawson, and Ed Bobick. Graduating in 1974, he moved to Las Vegas and spent much of the next decade working with artists like Keely Smith, Don Rickles, and Sonny Stitt. Relocating to Los Angeles, he continued to find performance opportunities, working with a bevy of West Coast luminaries including Teddy Edwards, Bill Perkins, Frank Strazzeri, and Herb Jeffries. During this period, he was also a member of the Bob Gail Orchestra.