Upcoming Events
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Mar 09, 2020
March 9th - 12th
Alturas Duo on Tour with Juniata College Choir | Chile
Chile
Alturas Duo and Juniata College Concert Choir embark on a collaborative tour around Pucón and Lake Villarica in Chile’s Araucania region. The concert programs feature contemporary Chilean composer Javier Farías’ Caderas de las Islas under the direction of Russell Shelley.
Mar 25, 2020
11:00 am
“Bridges” with violinist Saúl Bitrán | Holyoke, MA
Leslie Phillips Theater
Holyoke Community College
30 Homestead Ave Holyoke, MA
Connecting traditions and styles, Alturas Duo performs with violinist Saúl Bitrán in a program bridging western European and new world cultures. Featured are works such as Sérgio Assad’s “Winter Impressions,” Ronald Pearl’s “Cantilena,” Gwyneth Walker’s “Close to Home,” which was written for Alturas Duo and made possible through a New Music USA 2018 project grant, and a signature Alturas Duo “Suite” of Chilean folk music. Paganini's solo violin caprices with guitar and Venezuelan cuatro added in for good measure!
This is a free concert open to the public as well as the HCC community sponsored by the HCC Latinx & Language Studies department and Student Engagement funding.
Mar 29, 2020
4:00 pm
Scott Hill with flutist Melanie Chirignan | Southbury, CT
The Watermark at East Hill
611 East Hill Rd Southbury, CT
Alturas Duo guitarist Scott Hill joins flutist Melanie Chirignan for a late afternoon concert that includes music by Poulenc, Goya, Farías, Pearl, and Giuliani. Come enjoy some of the classics along with great new music!
Apr 02, 2020
7:00 pm
"Songs of the Americas" with Choirs of Joyful Noise | Hartford, CT
Capital Community College
Centinel Hall (11th floor)
950 Main Street Hartford, CT
Alturas Duo with flutist Gonazlo Cortés again collaborate with internationally acclaimed Chorus Angelicus & Gaudeamus and Artistic Director Dr. Gabriel Löfvall. Paying homage to the past while looking to the future in an exploration of the musical genre of the cantata, the program guides the listener from the beginnings of the cantata, as perfected by J.S. Bach, to the present with Chilean composer Luis Advis’ La cantata Santa María de Iquique, which pays homage to a tragic episode in Chile’s history through poignant music and piercing poetry. The concert also premieres a cantata, especially commissioned for this program, by American composer Joshua Hummel. The new work,The American Sound, delves into themes of diversity, unity, and multiculturalism, all aspects of being citizens on the American continents.
Apr 04, 2020
4:00 pm
"Songs of the Americas" with Choirs of Joyful Noise | Torrington, CT
Trinity Episcopal Church
220 Prospect St Torrington, CT
Alturas Duo with flutist Gonazlo Cortés again collaborate with internationally acclaimed Chorus Angelicus & Gaudeamus and Artistic Director Dr. Gabriel Löfvall. Paying homage to the past while looking to the future in an exploration of the musical genre of the cantata, the program guides the listener from the beginnings of the cantata, as perfected by J.S. Bach, to the present with Chilean composer Luis Advis’ La cantata Santa María de Iquique, which pays homage to a tragic episode in Chile’s history through poignant music and piercing poetry. The concert also premieres a cantata, especially commissioned for this program, by American composer Joshua Hummel. The new work,The American Sound, delves into themes of diversity, unity, and multiculturalism, all aspects of being citizens on the American continents.
Apr 05, 2020
4:00 pm
"Canciones por la Paz" (Songs for Peace) | Providence, RI
International House of Rhode Island
8 Stimson Ave Providence, RI
Alturas Duo is joined by renowned Chilean/Spanish tenor and flutist, Ignacio Ugarte to perform works by Victor Jara, César Isella, Sérgio Assad, Ernesto Cavour, and Violeta Parra. A rare opportunity to hear beautiful music from the Andean oral tradition, classical elegance, and songs for peace in this world!
Apr 25, 2020
4:00 pm
"Electrifying" with Greenwich Choral Society | Norwalk, CT
Norwalk Concert Hall
125 East Ave Norwalk, CT
Rounding out the Greenwich Choral Society’s exhilarating program featuring Bobbi Fisher’s Missa Latina which combines Argentinian tangos, Caribbean rhythm, and Latin jazz into one captivating work, Alturas Duo performs some of its favorite folk music of Latin America.
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Feb 04, 2020
February 4th - 8th
Alturas Duo joins Opera Nova for "Monkey See, Monkey Do" | VA
Opera Nova
Gunston Middle School
Arlington, VA
Alturas Duo joins Opera Nova in Arlington, VA for a week of in-school performances of Monkey See, Monkey Do, the delightful 35 minute, six character chamber opera for children based on a traditional Mexican folk tale, and culminating in a public performance on Saturday morning.
Written by Roberto Xavier Rodríguez, Monkey See, Monkey Do is presented in both Spanish and English. This “captivating and energetic work”* was created for family audiences and weaves Mexican folk melodies into Rodríguez’s own musical texture, among them a variation of the popular "Chapanecas" (Mexican Clapping Dance) and two strains from the celebrated "El Jarabe Tapatio" (Mexican Hat Dance). Audiences of all ages will be eagerly rooting for the underdog to become the hero!
Interested in this type of program for your community? Click here.
Feb 02, 2020
4:00 pm
"Thanksgivings for Life & Love" | Great Barrington, MA
Lakeville United Methodist Church
319 Main St Lakeville, CT
Alturas Duo and Gonzalo A. Cortés (quena, zampoña and percussion) join the Crescendo Vocal Ensemble led by Artistic Director Christine Gevert for a program of 16th century Spanish polyphony and contemporary Latin American folk music titled “Thanksgiving for Life and Love.”
The concepts of Thanksgiving, The Dove, The Dew, Mary, Weeping and Remembrance are portrayed in Hispanic works of two different eras and styles. Featured are motets for four to six voices by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero and Antonio Lobo—some of the most remarkable composers of 16th century Spanish polyphony. Works include Victoria’s Te Deum, Guerrero’s Maria Magdalena, and Lobos' Versa est in luctum, among others. In contrast, choral and instrumental arrangements of Latin American folk melodies of the 20th and 21st centuries by Carlos Guastavino (Argentina), Violeta Parra and Victor Jara (Chile), and others are celebrated as Canto Nuevo (The New Song). Some of the most famous are Parra’s Gracias a la vida, and Guastavino’s Se equivocó la paloma. The poetry of these newer works includes texts by Nobel Prize winner Gabriela Mistral and Rafael Alberti, one of the greatest literary figures of the Silver Age of Spanish literature.
Feb 01, 2020
4:00 pm
"Thanksgivings for Life & Love" | Great Barrington, MA
Saint James Place
352 Main St Great Barrington, MA
Alturas Duo and Gonzalo A. Cortés (quena, zampoña and percussion) join the Crescendo Vocal Ensemble led by Artistic Director Christine Gevert for a performance of the "Thanksgiving for Life and Love" program featuring 16th century Spanish polyphony and contemporary Latin American folk music for Connecticut audiences.
Jan 15, 2020
January 15th - 16th, January 22nd - 23rd
Alturas Duo, Artist Residency | Simsbury, CT
Simsbury High School
Simsbury, CT
In a four day residency, Alturas Duo introduces high school students to the music of South America. With its Origins of South American Folk Music program, Alturas Duo delves into how European, Native South American and African music have converged to influence South American Folk Music through time. Through interactive discussion and musical examples, the various instruments and rhythms that make this music it is today and highlights the similarities and differences of the three cultural influences.
Interested in this type of program for your school? Click here.
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