Mexican Music
Fiesta Mexicana Family Concert
Des Moines Performing Arts 221 Walnut Street, De Moines, IAFiesta Mexicana Family Concert is a fun and engaging program based on the Parent's Choice Award-winning Sones de México Ensemble album "Fiesta Mexicana: Mexican Songs & Stories for Niños & Niñas and Their Mamas & Papas". It's an interactive show with music, dance and stories for the whole family. We'll be performing for local school […]
Cinco de Mayo Concert: Beyond the Music
Millennium Plaza 21 S. Stolp Ave., Aurora, ILSones de México Ensemble presents "Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico" for First Fridays Downtown Aurora on Cinco de Mayo! Experience a guided tour through Mexico's folk music regions with live (and lively!) demonstrations by the Ensemble. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Mexico's regional folk culture and music (but […]
Danza de Viejitos: Family Mask Making Workshop
Woodridge Public Library 3 Plaza Drive, Woodridge, IL, United StatesMembers of Sones de México Ensemble bring our popular children's educational program to the Woodridge Public Library. We'll teach children how to make a mask out of paper plates and tell them about the traditions of the Pur'hepecha people of Michoacan. At the conclusion, they'll lead everyone in the the dance of "old people" (viejitos), […]
Mole de Mayo Festival
18th Street, Pilsen 1400 W, 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesSones de México Ensemble returns to Mole de Mayo, an annual festival celebrating mole, the incredible culinary dish from Mexico. The fest takes place on 18th Street in Pilsen, the cultural heart of Chicago's Mexican community. We'll close the festival with a concert on the East Stage at the corner of 18th & Blue Island. […]
IAMS Fiesta Cultural 2017
Inter American Magnet School 851 W Waveland Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for a summer evening of Mexican son in the shadow of Wrigley Field at the Inter-American Magnet School. It's part of the school's 2017 Fiesta Cultural, which runs from 2 to 8pm. More details on the Festival are at http://www.iamschicago.com/news/fiesta-cultural-2017
Navy Pier Group Quinceañera Concert
Navy Pier 600 E. Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesNavy Pier is celebrating the quinceañeras of young ladies throughout the Chicagoland area with free professional group photos on the 15th of July. Navy Pier has teamed up with the National Museum of Mexican Art to host a photo shoot for 15-year-old birthday girls on the base of the Pier’s Wave Wall staircase on the […]
Juan Díes: Beyond the Music
More than a Cafe 7134 W. Higgins Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesJuan 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. Please RSVP to reserve your […]
Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico
Waukegan Public Library 128 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL, United StatesSones 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 StatesA 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 StatesNAIMA 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 […]