This year all of our ensembles - from Jazz to Mariachi, and in all of our orchestras - will be learning and performing music that includes and uplifts works by women, and people of color. In the Winter Series entitled Vital Voices, we featured musical works by women. Our annual Music for Everyone Showcase Concert is Musical Roots: featuring music from Africa and the Americas. We close the season with our Spring series, Gathering Voices, featuring music composed by Black, Indigenous and People of Color. As our programs are set, more
details of repertoire and composers will be available.

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VITAL VOICES

DEC. 6-8 // DRISCOLL AUDITORIUM AND SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
DEC. 14 // CON VIVO CHAMBER MUSIC @ UNITED CHURCH OF SANTA FE

A series of five concerts: Jazz, Mariachi, Orchestra and Chamber music ensembles celebrating music composed by women. Composers include Soon Hee Newbold, Susan H. Day, Maragaret Bonds, Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Maria Grever and Consuelo Velasquez.

MUSICAL ROOTS

MARCH 29, 2020, 4PM // LENSIC THEATER

Our fourth annual Music for Everyone concert will feature music from Africa and the Americas, including guest soloist Brahim Fribgane playing the Gimbre, and a new work arranged by Ryan Finn, Jeremy Bleich and Christopher Ishee taking us on a tour of different musical styles from around Africa. This fundraising event will showcase our ensembles in Jazz, Mariachi, Orchestra and Chamber Music individually and in collaborative performances sharing music that has come from a lineage of cultures across the world..

GATHERING VOICES

MAY 1-3, 2020 // ST. FRANCIS AUDITORIUM
MAY 9, 2020 // CON VIVO CHAMBER MUSIC @ SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL

Our final concert series of the year continues our theme of representing and uplifting music from marginalized composers. In spring we celebrate music composed by Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Our conductors and artistic staff are at work researching composers and finding music that is appropriate for each ensemble’s instrumentation and skill level.