Carlos Manuel Vargas will perform a selection of works by Chopin, Scriabin, Villa Lobos and Gershwin/Wild.

Mr. Vargas is an instructor of music at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He has given performances throughout the U.S., South America, and Europe, in venues such as Teatro El Círculo (Argentina), Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo (Colombia), Sala Eduardo Brito (Dominican Republic) and Wiener Saal (Austria), among others.

Mr. Vargas has a particular interest in developing programs that facilitate musical education for the underprivileged. A 2008 grant from the Boston Public Library allowed him to create a piano program through which dozens of children are able to receive free lessons in piano and theory.