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  • IAMS Fiesta Cultural 2017

    Inter American Magnet School 851 W Waveland Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    Join 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 States

    Navy 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 […]

  • Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival

    Marquette Tourist Park Marquette, MI, United States

    The 39th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival presents Sones de Mexico Ensemble in concerts and workshops including a presentation of 'Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico' Marquette Tourist Park, 2145 Sugar Loaf Ave, Marquette, MI For festival tickets go to https://hiawathamusic.org/order-festival-tickets/ Admission to 'Beyond the Music' program is free. Full schedule coming soon! […]

  • Juan Díes: Beyond the Music

    More than a Cafe 7134 W. Higgins Avenue, Chicago, 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. Please RSVP to reserve your […]

    Free

  • 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 […]

  • Benefit for Casa Aztlán

    Citlalin Gallery 2005 S. Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

    Sones de México Ensemble returns to the Pilsen neighborhood for a benefit concert to support community organization Casa Aztlán. The theme of the event is “Re-imagining Casa Aztlan on 18th Street”. Acknowledging the strengths of Mexican families, Casa Aztlán seeks to sustain the strong cultural identity of the Pilsen community by organizing and educating residents […]

    $20

  • 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 […]

  • Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico

    Bensenville Community Public Library 200 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL, 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?   Experience a guided tour through Mexico's folk music regions with live demonstrations by the […]

    Free