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ECOS LATINOS presents Honduran Connection.
April 24 through April 29
FRIDAY, April 23 |
12:40pm |
Newman School, 1903 Jefferson Ave. NOLA |
| SATURDAY, April 24 |
3:00pm |
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,
Fairgrounds, Lagniappe Stage |
| TUESDAY, April 27 |
2:00pm |
New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park,
916 N. Peters |
| WEDNESDAY, April 28 |
10:00am |
Intercultural Charter School,
5075 Willowbrook Dr. New Orleans, LA |
| WEDNESDAY, April 28 |
8:00pm |
Taquero’s, 1432 St. Charles Ave. NOLA |
| THURSDAY, April 29 |
6:00pm |
City Park Botanical Gardens, New Orleans,
Thursdays at Twilight Series |
We will be having several visiting musicians from Honduras performing with us, including:
Angel Rios-violin
Bodoma Garifuna- lead singer/ percussionist
Milton Morales- backup singer/ percussionist
on the local scene, we will have:
Jose Roberto Moreira-guitar, (originally from Honduras)
Jose Dolmo- Garifuna percussion/dancer (originally from Honduras)
Gisella Ballestero-Garifuna dancer (originally from Honduras)
Edwin Gonzalez-Garifuna bass (originally from Guatemala)
Betsy Braud-flute,
Fran Comiskey-piano
Carlos Valladares-percussion (originally from Guatemala)
Charlie Miller-Trumpet
and myself, Patrice Fisher-Harp
Below is more info on myself and jazz fest visiting artists. Attached are pictures.
There is a large population of Hondurans here in New Orleans, the largest of any city outside Honduras.
We hope to continue to develop a network of musicians and foster the connection between New Orleans and Honduras.
See a video of Angel, Patrice and Garifunas at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=086pHev6xs8
CARLOS BODOMA NORALES
Carlos Norales is a humble & talented singer/drummer/composer of the Garifuna culture, who through his music, connects the youth with their ancestral traditions. In 1727, a group of Africans escaped from a slave ship in St. Lucia & settled on the Carribean coast, keeping their language, culture & music. Bodoma, a Garifuna, was born in November 1974, in La Ceiba, Honduras. At 13, he traveled to San Pedro Garifuna cultural activities, Sula to study. He became interested in like singing & playing for ceremonies like DUGU. He also began composing in the rhythms & style of Garifuna culture. He earned his cultural positionas a leader of youth. In 1999, Bodoma started touring Central America & Mexico. In 2000, he traveled to the United States to perform.
Bodoma recorded his first album entitled "Garifuna Emu Niumeila" & in 2005 had his second album called "Tenki Afrika." All of his works contain his original music, which is based on Garifuna traditions. In 2007, he performed in New Orleans & met Latin jazz composer, Patrice Fisher. They started an ongoing collaboration, involving Honduran, Garifuna & New Orleans musicians. They perform the music of both composers & create new compositions, based on Latin Jazz & Garifuna rhythms. A Cd documenting this collaboration is in the works.
ANGEL RIOS
Motivated by his mother, Angel Rios began his musical studies at the “School of Musical Applications.” He started learning the violin at the age of eight, with Maestro Benjamin Acevedo. Six months later, Angel wrote his first song for violin, named “Alas al Viento,” (Wings of the Wind). It was inspired by his father’s poetry. With the help of his teacher, Acevedo, who made the orchestra arrangements for the school, Angel presented and performed his composition. With the support of his father, Angel and his sister performed at many schools. They presented traditional Honduran folk melodies every time. Later, Angel continued his studies at the “Victoriano Lopez” music school with an emphasis on the violin. At the age of 13 years, Angel became a founding member of the National symphony Orchestra and at the age of 17, he became a member of the Central American Youth Orchestra. Angel has performed different concerts in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and San Salvador. Recently, Angel participated in the San Martin Symphony Orchestra in Madrid, Spain. At the present time, Angel
directs hiss own, Camay Orchestra and uses his classical training to arrange and compose music that expresses and shares the culture of his country, Honduras. As a part of his performances with his orchestra, he invites local folkloric musicians, like the Garifunas, to share the stage with him. His dream is to show the world the richness of his country through his music and culture.
PATRICE FISHER & ARPA
LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Latin jazz harpist & composer, Patrice Fisher, has been performing and recording her own compositions since 1980. She has recorded 11 albums of original music, including her latest CD, "Music of the Three Americas." She has performed at such international festivals as the Cancun Jazz Festival, the Jambalaya Jazz Festival in Ilhabela, Brazil, the Trova Jazz Festival in Guatemala and the Festi Jazz in La Paz, Bolivia. Patrice also performs Celtic music and is director of the New Orleans Celtic Harp Ensemble. “An unexpected delight!” raves David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine. Gene Scaramuzzo of Gambit newspaper says of Arpa "There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It's not unusual to see her play a staid classical gig in the morning and a smoky music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa."
You can see videos of Patrice Fisher’s original compositions at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMxQ4RHlUbs. You can hear music clips of patrice’s music at www.myspace.com/patricefisher. And read more about her at www.patricefisher.com.
This program is sponsored by Musicians for Music, Jefferson Parish Public School System, Pluma Productions of the Southern Dominican Province, New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, & supported in part by grants from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, further support from the Arts Council of New Orleans, Decentralized Arts Fund and Meet the Composer. Leadership Support for Meet the Composer''s MetLife Creative Connections program is generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is provided by Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, ASCAP ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc. Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Jerome Foundation, mediaThefoundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Council on the Arts,
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Rodgers and Hammerstain Foundation and Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.
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