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  • Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico

    Waukegan Public Library 128 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL, United States

    Sones de Mexico Ensemble’s "Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico" QUIZ: Where are Tapatíos, Jarochos, Regios, Chilangos, and Calentanos from? What is their music like, and how did it come to sound like that? Experience a guided tour through Mexico's folk music regions with live demonstrations by the Ensemble. Find out everything you […]

  • Beyond the Music: Solar Eclipse Concert

    Turley Park 101 N Glenview, Carbondale, IL, United States

    A rare total solar eclipse will pass directly over Carbondale, IL on the afternoon of August 21, so Sones de Mexico Ensemble is heading to the path of totality to present Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico  outdoors at Lemus Turley Park, 109 N Glenview in Carbondale. The total eclipse occurs at exactly […]

  • Mexico en el Corazón with Ballet Folklórico of Guadalajara

    Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    NAIMA and FEDEJAL is proud to present, in a Millennium Park premiere, directly from Jalisco, The Ballet Folklórico of Guadalajara. Sones de México Ensemble joins Ballet Folklórico de Guadalajara, Mariachi Juvenil Colotlan and Mariachi Herencia de Mexico at Pritzker Pavilion of Millennium Park for a celebration of the dances and music from Jalisco, the birthplace […]

  • Beyond the Music: Diego Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts

    Detroit Institute of the Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States

    Sones de México Ensemble celebrates Mexican Independence Day with a concert at the famous Diego Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. The Detroit Industry fresco cycle was conceived by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera as a tribute to the city's manufacturing base and labor force of the 1930s. Rivera completed the twenty-seven panel […]

  • Danza de Viejitos

    7th Annual Day of the Immigrant Concert & Workshop

    Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook, IL

    Sones de México Ensemble joins the 7th Annual Day of the Immigrant event sponsored by the Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project. The all-day event runs from 2 to 11PM. The band will perform an hour long concert beginning at 7PM. They will share the bill with the renowned Grupo Bryndis from Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico […]

  • The Mercado on Fifth (Moline, IL Farmers Market)

    Mercado on Fifth 1122 4th Ave, Moline, IL, United States

    Sones de México Ensemble travels to the Quad Cities for an outdoor public concert at the Mercado on Fifth. Mercado on Fifth is a night market that runs every Friday from 5 PM to 9 PM in the Floreciente neighborhood on 5th Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets in Moline. The open-air, multicultural market, features 30-plus food […]

  • Juan Díes: Beyond the Music

    Boys & Girls Club of the Mississippi Valley 338 6th St., Moline, IL, United States

    Juan Díes, ethnomusicologist and founding member of Sones de México Ensemble, presents a solo version of “Beyond the Music, A Musical Geography of Mexico.” Learn about the forms of music that comes from Mexico’s many regions and the cultures that created them in this lecture and demonstration that includes music. Free and open to the […]

  • Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico

    Beloit Public Library 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI, United States

    Do you know where Tapatíos, Jarochos, Regios, Chilangos, Calentanos and other regional styles of Mexican music come from? What are the people like who created them, and how did their music, dance and traditions come to be like that? Our Beyond the Music series holds the answers.   Experience a guided tour through Mexico’s folk […]

  • Día de los Muertos Concert (Evanston, IL)

    Levy Senior Center 300 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL, United States

    The Evanston Starlight Concert Series presents: Concert for the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) with Sones de México Ensemble and guest dancers. THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  • Juan Díes and Erendira Izguerra

    Back of the Yards Coffeehouse & Roastary 2059 W. 47th Street, Chicago, IL, United States

    Sones de México Ensemble members Juan Dies & Erendira Izguerra present a duet recital to show their work completed under their 2017 IACA Master/Apprentice Grant featuring Mexican folk music for violin, clarinet, guitars, and bass. Musician and Executive Director of Sones de Mexico Ensemble, Juan Dies (guitar/bass/voice), and musician Erendira Izguerra (violin/clarinet/voice), will perform selections […]