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The day has arrived! Join us TONIGHT for our first concert of the year in Connecticut. It’s going to be an unforgettable night, and we’re beyond excited to kick off the season with all of you!

We wanted to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, the Fandango and Other Dances concert on January 19th will now take place at Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Ave, Parking lot off Academy St. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and greatly appreciate your understanding. We look forward to seeing you there!"

Free admission.

This concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Robbins Library

This program features Ibero-American dances and song-dances, including folias, jácaras, and fandangos, from the Renaissance to the present. The music spans from the early Spanish Cancioneros (songbooks) in old Iberia to contemporary folk and popular music from Venezuela and Mexico. Included are dances such as joropo from Venezuela and Colombia and fandanguito from Mexico. Performers will switch from the European viola da gamba and Renaissance guitar to the Venezuelan cuatro and harp, illustrating the similar yet distinctively different sonorities and rhythmic and harmonic connections between the two continents, underlining Africa’s influence on them. The program will also include an aria by Jose de Nebra praising the Fandango for relieving fears.

Music by Cascante, Coll, Encina, Murcia, Soler and others.

“Gutiérrez and her ensemble of virtuosos breathe essential life into compositions…spiritually satisfying and downright fun.” —The Boston Musical Intelligencer

Performers:

Salome Sandoval, soprano & guitar

Fausto Miro, tenor

Danilo Bonina, violin

Eduardo Betancourt, Venezuelan harp & percussion

Miguel Morales Lavado, percussion

Katherine Shao, keyboards

Kirsten Lamb, bass

Laury Gutierrez, viola da gamba & cuatro

For more information visit us at www.ladm.org

617-461-6973 || ladonna@ladm.org