September 2018
Clases de Guitarra para Niños – Nivel I (Pilsen)
ESPAÑOL ------------ CLASES DE GUITARRA (NIVEL I) para niños y sus papás Ahora los niños de 9 - 14 años pueden aprender a tocar guitarra y a conocer la cultura mexicana con uno de los músicos fundadores del grupo Sones de México Ensemble. ¡Y los padres también se pueden inscribir y aprender sobre la música y la cultura de México junto con sus hijos! Las clases de guitarra para principiantes son los sábados a las 12pm en la Iglesia de…
Find out more »Clases de Guitarra para Niños – Nivel I (Rogers Park)
ESPAÑOL --------------- CLASES DE GUITARRA (NIVEL I) para niños y sus papás Ahora los niños de 9 - 14 años pueden aprender a tocar guitarra y a conocer la cultura mexicana con uno de los músicos fundadores del grupo Sones de México Ensemble. ¡Y los padres también se pueden inscribir y aprender sobre la música y la cultura de México junto con sus hijos! Las clases de guitarra para principiantes son los sábados a las 3pm en el Centro Romero…
Find out more »¡Que Viva México! Film with live music by Sones de México
Presented by the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Mexican Consulate in Detroit in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. Director Sergei Eisenstein's restored silent film masterpiece "¡Que Viva México!" with live musical accompaniment by Sones de México Ensemble. On a 1927 visit to the Soviet Union to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Diego Rivera met Sergei Eisenstein, a giant of early film making and the director of the groundbreaking silent film "The Battleship Potemkin". Rivera was impressed…
Find out more »El Grito: Mexican Independence Day in Indianapolis
Sones de México Ensemble will headline the official Indianapolis Mexican Independence Day ceremony. Celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day by coming to Garfield Park for food, crafts and music. Enjoy a traditional celebration which includes the glorious “Grito” (shout) that Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla once used to garner support of the people to rise and take arms against their European oppressors, which signaled the beginning of Mexico's war for Independence. The event is sponsored by the Mexican Consulate in Indianapolis. Sones de…
Find out more »Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico
The Bensenville Community Public Library presents our musical lecture demonstration Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico. Experience a guided tour through Mexico’s folk music regions with our lively and informative multimedia performance presentation. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Mexico’s regional folk culture and music. THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAM IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Find out more »Corridos: Mexican Ballad Songwriting & Guitar Workshop
CORRIDOS: MEXICAN TRAGIC BALLAD SONGWRITING & GUITAR WORKSHOP Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, two‐hour workshop with Juan Díes, co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. Those who own guitars may bring them for a quick lesson on how to play corridos on your guitar. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The corrido is a 150‐year-old Mexican ballad tradition…
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