Tlen Huicani brings music of Mexico to Southeastern Minnesota

at: Mayo Civic Center - Presentation Hall

3/3/2007 7:30 PM

ROCHESTER, MN - Riverside Concerts, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council and KAAL TV-6 present traditional Mexican folk music from Tlen Huicani on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Mayo Civic Center - Presentation Hall.



Tlen Huicani remains one of the most faithful interpreters of the traditional folk music of Veracruz, Mexico and most of Latin America. Since 1973, their music and international achievements have earned the honor of ?Best Folk Group in Mexico? by the Union of Music and Theater Critics.



Tlen Huicani, which means ?the singers? in the indigenous Indian language of Nahuatl, makes the beautiful ?harpa jarocha? or folk harp, the centerpiece of their music. Maestro Alberto de la Rosa, is respected for his musicianship throughout Mexico and considered among the most outstanding folk harpists in the world. Along with their traditional costumes and instruments, a concert with Tlen Huicani is like taking a journey of Mexico?s music and history.



In celebration of National Music In The Schools Month, Tlen Huicani will spend the week of February 26 through March 2 in our local and surrounding elementary schools as part of Riverside Concerts? Artist-In-the-Schools Residency program. They will also embark on a 3-city FREE Concert Preview library tour of Southeastern Minnesota, courtesy of Riverside Concerts, made possible by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. The tour itinerary is as follows:



MINI-CONCERT SCHEDULE


Monday, February 26
10:15 AM - Rushford-Peterson Elementary
1:20 PM - Sunset Terrace Elementary ( Rochester )



Tuesday, February 27
10:00 AM - Bamber Valley ( Rochester )
1:00 PM - Jefferson Elementary ( Rochester )
7:00 PM - Harmony Public Library



Wednesday, February 28
9:00 AM - Southgate Elementary ( Austin )
1:15 PM - Central Intermediate (Stewartville)



Thursday, March 1
9:30 AM - Resurrection Lutheran ( Rochester )
1:30 PM - Gage Elementary ( Rochester )
7:00 PM - Lanesboro Public Library



Friday, March 2
9:00 AM - Spring Grove Elementary
1:10 PM - Franklin Elementary ( Rochester )
7:00 PM - Cannon Falls Public Library



Saturday, March 3
7:30 PM - Full Concert at the Mayo Civic Center




This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.