Outstanding Albums That Won’t Win Grammys: Tito Puente Masterworks, Live!!!, Bobby Sanabria Conducting The Manhattan School Of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Updated: 2011-07-28 19:30:55
The first half of 2011 has resonated with two distinct themes: outstanding music and an unacceptable lack of respect for the artists that create it. On one side of the equation, some of the Latin Jazz world’s greatest musicians have released unforgettable albums. On the other side, the National Academy Of Arts And [...]
El lunes, 18 de julio de 2011, músicos de mariachi y miembros de la comunidad local se reunieron en la Plaza Garibaldi, México, DF, para llevar a cabo una protesta en contra de la apertura de una escuela de música que lleva por nombre Casa del Mariachi. Entre otras inconformidades, los manifestantes afirman que dicha escuela descaradamente subestima la música cuyo nombre ostenta— una música que le ha brindado fama mundial a la plaza en la que la Casa del Mariachi se encuentra ubicada.
On Monday, July 18, 2011, mariachi musicians and local community members gathered in Mexico City’s Plaza Garibaldi to protest the opening of a music school called Casa del Mariachi. Among other concerns, protesters claim this new school blatantly undervalues the music whose name it bears — the very music that has brought worldwide fame to the plaza in which the school is located.
California female vocalist, Susie Garcia, premieres in the Shakespeare play Measure for Measure currently showing in the Ashland, Oregon. She along with two other female mariachi musicians make up the group, Las Colibri, in a modern take of the Shakespeare play. Mary Alfaro, from Brownsville, TX, Vanessa Calderon, from La Puente, CA, and Susie Garcia are scheduled to perform 121 shows this year as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show. For more information about Las Colibri or to purchase their Measure for Measure soundtrack, visit http://lascolibri.wordpress.com/
San Antonio’s Mariachi Extravaganza winners will perform in Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show July 26-31. Mariachi Cascabel from Rio Grande City High School in Rio Grande City and Karenn Lazo from Roma will represent the Extravaganza. Mariachi Cascabel was selected as first place winners in the high school category, and Karenn Lazo as “Best Mariachi Vocalist in the U.S.,” by members of the internationally acclaimed and Mexico City based Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán. The 14 members of Mariachi Cascabel and Karenn Lazo will perform 4 thirty-five minute shows July 26-31 under the direction of Alex Rodriguez, director of Mariachi Cascabel.