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  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in Spanish

    St. Augustne College 1345 W. Argyle St, Chicago, IL, United States

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, two‐hour+ workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in Spanish. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The […]

    Free
  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in English

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, three‐hour workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in English. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The […]

    Free
  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in Spanish

    South Providence Library 441 Prairie Ave, Providence, RI

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in Spanish. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The corrido […]

    Free
  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in English

    Manchester City Library 405 Pine St., Manchester, NH

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, two‐hour+ workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in English. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The […]

    Free
  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in Spanish

    Greenlawn Cemetary 1000 Greenlawn Ave., Columbus, OH

    Day of the Dead Columbus 2022 Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in Spanish. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song […]

    Free
  • Mariachi Workshop at Northern Illinois University

    Northern Illinois University Music Building 400 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb,, IL

    A hands on workshop on instrumental techniques for mariachi music with Juan Dies and Irekani Ferreyra of Sones de Mexico Ensemble. Bring an instrument to play! The workshop is one of a series of lectures and workshops leading up to a free concert collaboration on November 19 between Sones de Mexico Ensemble and the Northern […]

    Free
  • CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in English

    National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, two‐hour+ workshop with Juan Díes, folklorist and co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. The workshop will be taught in English. By the end of this workshop the class will have written an original song in a corrido form. The […]

    Free
  • Bandas de Mexico Workshop (Part 1)

    Northern Illinois University Music Building 400 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb,, IL

    Sones de Mexico Ensemble music director, Victor Pichardo (arranger) and percussionist Eric Hines will lead a hands-on master class surveying distinct regional styles of "banda" music from Mexico, including Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Yucatan. Open to the public, especially brass, horn and percussion instrumentalists with intermediate/advanced music reading skills. Co-sponsored by Friends of the […]

    Free
  • Bandas de Mexico Workshop (Part 2)

    Northern Illinois University Music Building 400 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb,, IL

    This workshop will pick up where the previous one left off. Sones de Mexico Ensemble music director, Victor Pichardo (arranger) and percussionist Eric Hines will lead a hands-on master class suveying distinct regional styles of "banda" music from Mexico, including Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Yucatan. This workshop is open to the public, especially brass, […]

    Free
  • Bandas de Mexico: A Musical Geography of Mexico Lecture

    Founders Memorial Library 217 Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, DeKalb, IL

    Ethnomusicologist and Sones de Mexico Ensemble drummer Dr. Eric Hines will give a public lecture that will describe five different regional styles of traditional Mexican banda (wind orchestra) music from Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Morelos, Oaxaca and Yucatan, each with its own distinct instrumentation, repertoire and history. The workshop is one of a series of lectures and […]

    Free