Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff
Orquesta la Moderna Tradición is a Cuban orchestra based in San Francisco. This 11-piece group plays timba, danzon, and other popular Cuban dance music in the style of traditional Afro-Cuban charanga orchestras, combining violins and woodwinds with vibrant Afro-Cuban rhythms.
La Moderna Tradición has performed internationally and across the U.S. at venues including the Lincoln Center in New York, the Smithsonian Institution, Stern Grove Festival, the Telluride Jazz Festival, and many, many others — their tours have taken them from Alaska to El Paso and abroad.
Featuring the best of the Bay Area Cuban music scene, we’ll be performing with Félix Samuel and Eduardo Herrera on lead vocals, Michael and Remi Spiro on percussion, Marco Díaz on piano, Tregar Otton and Sandy Poindexter on violins, Ayla Dávila on bass, John Calloway on flute, Jeff Cressman on trombone, Sage Baggott on güiro and coros, Anthony Blea on violin and Maru Pérez-Viana and José Luis Herrera singing coros.
“Pertenecer: To Belong” at MACLA in San Jose
MACLA presents “Pertenecer: To Belong”,where six artists lean into their “Latinidad” as they investigate their intercultural identities and share their experiences of feeling othered across different spaces and social conditions.
Featuring works by @livingrelic @pilar.aguero.esparza @jtknoxroxs @kristinamicotti @rayos_magos @hectorfmunoz
MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
At 510 S 1st St San Jose, CA 95113. Now thru March 19, 2023. Wednesday – Friday 12-7 p.m., Saturday – Sunday 12-5 p.m., or by special Free admission.
San Francisco Symphony collaborative partner Claire Chase performs Marcos Balter’s Pan
On Friday, February 24, San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partner Claire Chase performs Marcos Balter’s Pan, an evening-length piece for flute, live electronics, and an ensemble of community performers.
The 70-minute piece tells the story of the mythological goat-god Pan, one of only two Greek deities said to have been put to death, in a series of staged episodes exploring the contradictions and betrayals in Pan’s relationships.
For this performance—which features a version of the piece specifically for her collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony—Chase and the Orchestra partner with Amateur Music Network, Openhouse, and other art, education, and community organizations who will perform the piece alongside Chase.
Following the February 24 performance, Chase joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony on its 2023 European Tour (March 9–17), performing Pan with members of the San Francisco Symphony and the Paris community on March 12 in the Cité de la Musique concert hall at the Philharmonie de Paris.
