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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 8:30 PM
Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall :: 4544 N Lincoln Ave.
Los Maestros del Joropo Oriental
Free ticketed event. $5 suggested donation.
BOX OFFICE: 773.728.6000 for reservations
Join us for this special presentation of typical music from Eastern Venezuela. The “Joropo” is a style of music played in the plains area that is shared by Venezuela and Colombia. Joropo Oriental is a rare Venezuelan version of the genre that is characterized by an improvisational style of singing, a variety of stringed instruments such as the bandola, mandolin, guitar and cuatro plus a regionally distinct style of maraca that provides the only percussive element. This group represents the masters of this endangered Venezuelan art form. This program is made possible by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
There will also be a joropo workshop in the Thursday Workshop Series.
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