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  • Beyond the Music, A Musical Geography of Mexico

    Online Event

    Sones de Mexico Ensemble and Miami University Ohio present a special live stream version of our signature "Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico" program on Zoom. 5:00 PM central / 6:00 PM easten time. Experience a guided tour through Mexico’s folk music regions with music, narration, and multimedia. Different regions of the country […]

    Free

  • Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico

    Online Event

    The National Museum of Mexican Art presents “Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico” streamed live on the NMMA's Facebook & YouTube pages. In the midst of travel bans and sheltering in place, why not end 2020 with A VIRTUAL MUSICAL TRIP TO MEXICO, expertly guided by the GRAMMY™ nominated Sones de Mexico Ensemble, […]

    Free

  • 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

  • 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

  • Holiday Posada and Student Recital (Rogers Park)

    Centro Romero 6216 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois

    Come celebrate the holidays and enjoy the results of the work our wonderful Mexican Music School students in Rogers Park have put in over the last few months learning how to play guitar and violin along with some traditional Mexican Christmas songs. Sing along with us and bring a dish to share for our potluck! […]

    Free

  • Online Roundtable: The Black Music of Mexico II

    Online Event

    Roundtable Discussion: The Black Music of Mexico II Moderated by Dr. Eric Hines, DMA with Dr. Carol L Adams, PhD, an esteemed educator and cultural arts expert, formerly President & CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History. With her profound experience in merging art and education, especially in Chicago's museums and public schools, […]

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  • Beyond the Music: Foodways Edition

    Chicago History Museum 1601 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL

    Beyond the Music Foodways Edition: A Music and Culinary Geography of Mexico is a lively lecture/demo presentation that combines music and cuisine with a multi-media cultural history of Mexican regions to better understand the origins of the various musical styles and regional cuisines as well as their significance to the diverse peoples that make up […]

    Free

  • Corridos: Mexican Tragic Ballad Songwriting Workshop [online series in ENGLISH]

    Online Event

    Learn to write an authentic Mexican “corrido” in this free, three-part online workshop with Juan Díes, co-founder of the GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Nominated Sones de México Ensemble. Thursdays, Aug 28-Sep 11 at 6:30pm (in English) Aug 28 - Part 1: History and Definition of corrido Sep 04 - Part 2: The poetry and narrative […]