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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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico
Bensenville Community Public Library 200 S. Church Road, Bensenville, IL, United StatesDo 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 […]
Beyond the Music: A Musical Geography of Mexico
Kankakee Public Library 201 E. Merchant St., Kankakee, 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 our lively and informative multimedia performance presentation. Find out […]
7th Annual Day of the Immigrant Concert & Workshop
Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center 375 W. Briarcliff, Bolingbrook, ILSones 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 […]
Juan Díes: Beyond the Music
Chicano Resource Center 4837 E. 3rd Street, East Los Angeles, CA, 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. Free and open to the […]
The Mercado on Fifth (Moline, IL Farmers Market)
Mercado on Fifth 1122 4th Ave, Moline, IL, United StatesSones 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 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. Free and open to the […]