Panel 1 9:00 – 10:00: Ritual and lyrics
in the Son huasteco
Rosa Virginia Sánchez: “La lírica de los sones en México. Algunas consideraciones útiles para su comprensión y estudio”
Gonzalo Camacho: “Sones del maíz: música ritual en la Huasteca potosina”
Panel 2 10:15 – 12:00: La Canción Ranchera: nations, gender and immagined communities
Carolina Santamaría: “Solamente la mano de Dios podrá
separarnos: preliminary notes for the untold history
of Mexican ranchera’s hold in Colombian popular
culture”
Cándida Jáquez: “Las Grandes:
Engendering Ranchera Female Performance”
Sergio de la Mora: “Lucha Reyes:
The (Mis)adventures of La Reina del
Mariachi”
Recess
Panel 3 2:00 – 3:30: Tradition and
Innovation of the Son in California:
a view from the stage
Russell Rodríguez: “Transnational Dialogues: Intercambios Jarocha/os y Chicana/os”
Round table: Martha González, Quetzal Flores, César Castro, Russell Rodríguez
Alvaro Ochoa Serrano:
“María Cumbé baila La Negra: pasos para tocar una
pareja de sones de ascendencia afro en México”
Daniel Sheehy: “‘Hey, That’s
African Music!:’ In Search of the ‘African’ in the Son Jarocho”
Information
subject to change
Concert: Quetzal and Son de Madera,
Friday February 23
University Theatre, Riverside, 8 p.m.
Admission $22 general/$12 students and seniors. Parking: $5 in Lot 6 (no
fee with UC permit). Tickets 951 827 4331.
Quetzal. Proclaimed by
no less an authority than Los Lobos as ready to carry
the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community, Quetzal embody the soul and the
struggle at the heart of the Mexican-American legacy. Their mix of Mexican and
Afro-Cuban rhythms, Jazz, R&B, and Rock is supercharged by the dynamic
vocals of Martha Gonzalez. Their commitment to using art as a tool for social
change is informed and inspired by global grassroots movements.
Quetzal: Martha González, Quetzal Flores, César
Castro, Juan Pérez, Quincy McCrary, Andy Mendoza.
Son de Madera. Founded in 1992 and endowed with an enormous talent for musical arrangements and tradtion research, Son de Madera is heralded as one of the most innovative ensembles to delve into the rich son jarocho tradition, and one of the main exponents of the son jarocho movement in Veracruz, Mexico. Based in Xalapa, their repertoire comes mainly from the songs of the traditional fandango, the festivitiy that usually takes place around a tarima, or dance platform, in Southern Veracruz. Son de Madera's main goal is the diffusion of the son jarocho based on the research of the traditonal music and the incorporation of new sounds.
Son de Madera: Ramón Gutiérrez, Andrés Vega, Tereso Vega, Juan Pérez.