Issues & Artists Series to Present Sones de México Ensemble
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Wilmington College will present a unique ensemble of seasoned Mexican folk musicians and educators known as Sones de México Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hugh G. Heiland Theatre.
The program, which is free of charge, is the third installment in WC’s 2010-11 Issues & Artists Series.
Members of Sones de México hail from Chicago, a city that boasts a Mexican community that is quickly nearing one million people.
The group formed in 1994 to keep the tradition of Mexican son (a term used to define a large family of regional music and dance styles) alive in its many regional forms, true to its roots and old masters, yet current and fresh at the same time.
The folk music ensemble features music in the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, and son jarocho, among others.
Also, some of its original work includes cross-cultural experimentation with symphonic, Irish, folk, country and western, jazz, and rock music, though never abandoning its roots in Mexican son. These ventures into uncharted waters resulted in Mexican folk “retoolings” of music ranging from Led Zeppelin’s “Four Sticks” to J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg 3-2.”
Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Folk Album of 2007 for its Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land) disc. The album also was nominated for a Grammy for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.
Their latest release is a children’s album titled Fiesta Mexicana: Mexican Songs & Stories for Niños & Niñas and their Papás & Mamás, which features ancient Aztec myths, cowboy mice and dancing iguanas.
Sones de Mexico consists of Victor Pichardo (music director), Juan Dies (CEO and producer), Zacbé Pichardo, Lorena Iñiguez, Javier Saume-Mazzei, and Juan Rivera.[[In-content Ad]]
The program, which is free of charge, is the third installment in WC’s 2010-11 Issues & Artists Series.
Members of Sones de México hail from Chicago, a city that boasts a Mexican community that is quickly nearing one million people.
The group formed in 1994 to keep the tradition of Mexican son (a term used to define a large family of regional music and dance styles) alive in its many regional forms, true to its roots and old masters, yet current and fresh at the same time.
The folk music ensemble features music in the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, and son jarocho, among others.
Also, some of its original work includes cross-cultural experimentation with symphonic, Irish, folk, country and western, jazz, and rock music, though never abandoning its roots in Mexican son. These ventures into uncharted waters resulted in Mexican folk “retoolings” of music ranging from Led Zeppelin’s “Four Sticks” to J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg 3-2.”
Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Folk Album of 2007 for its Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land) disc. The album also was nominated for a Grammy for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.
Their latest release is a children’s album titled Fiesta Mexicana: Mexican Songs & Stories for Niños & Niñas and their Papás & Mamás, which features ancient Aztec myths, cowboy mice and dancing iguanas.
Sones de Mexico consists of Victor Pichardo (music director), Juan Dies (CEO and producer), Zacbé Pichardo, Lorena Iñiguez, Javier Saume-Mazzei, and Juan Rivera.[[In-content Ad]]