Mexican Music
In Concert: World Music Festival Chicago
Humboldt Park Boathouse 1301 N. Humboldt Drive, Chicago, ILSones de México Ensemble opens World Music Festival Chicago's Global Peace Picnic with a performance on the ¡Súbelo! Stage. World Music Festival Chicago brings global grooves by award-winning artists from around the world to the citywide, multi-venue festival featuring more than 30 artists and ensembles representing 22 countries and regions of the world. The Global […]
CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in English
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MALearn 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 […]
CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in Spanish
South Providence Library 441 Prairie Ave, Providence, RILearn 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 […]
CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in Spanish
Greenlawn Cemetary 1000 Greenlawn Ave., Columbus, OHDay 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 […]
In Concert: Corridos Mexicanos
Greenlawn Cemetary 1000 Greenlawn Ave., Columbus, OHFolklorist and Sones de Mexico Ensemble co-founder Juan Dies presents a corrido recital for Day of the Dead Columbus 2022. The corrido is a 150‐year-old Mexican ballad tradition that narrates tragic tales based on true events and honors folk heroes. The performance follows a corrido writing workshop conducted by Juan Dies earlier in the day. […]
Mariachi Workshop at Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University Music Building 400 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb,, ILA 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 […]
Keep Hope Alive Benefit for Immigrant Justice
St. Ignatius Colege Prep 1076 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago, ILThe Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity Immigration Ministry invites you to join Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Jorge Ramirez and Reverend Clete Kiley for the premier benefit and celebration supporting the Archdiocese of Chicago’s local Immigration Ministry and National Pastoral Migratoria. VIP reception with Cardinal Blase J. Cupich begins at 6PM Main […]
CORRIDOS: Mexican Tragic Ballad Song Writing Workshop in English
National Portrait Gallery 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DCLearn 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 […]
Bandas de Mexico Workshop (Part 1)
Northern Illinois University Music Building 400 Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb,, ILSones 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 […]
Los San Patricios: The Irish Soldiers of Mexico (Chicago – North Side)
Irish American Hertage Center 4626 N Knox Ave., Chicago, ILLos San Patricios: The Irish Soldiers of Mexico is a joint concert of Sones de Mexico Ensemble with Sean Cleland and with memebers of the Kilgubbin Ensemble. Get your tickets today at sonesdemexico.link/tix In 1846-48, during the Mexican-American War, a group of gallant soldiers formed mostly by recent Irish immigrants to the United States, who […]