Photo credit: Mike Rowe

Piffaro, The Renaissance band

Nell Snaidas

Song and Dance in Early Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru

April 2012

with special guests, Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, Nell Snaidas

Following the Spanish conquest of the New World, the creation of new music flourished in both urban centers and rustic villages. Old world Iberian musical culture, dominated by the Catholic Church, met burgeoning indigenous practice within the new territories, giving rise to both cross-cultural struggles and collaborative musical expression. A rare opportunity to hear the combined forces of The Rose Ensemble with Renaissance wind instruments, this enlightening program of villancicos, motets, songs and dances unveils a world of culturally intertwined societies and musical traditions of the pious and the populace throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru.

(For information on March 30-April 1 performances in Greater Philadelphia, PA, please refer to "West Becomes East: Piffaro’s Journey, Part 2, Musical Sojourns in El Nuevo Mundo" or Concert 4 on Piffaro's website.)

Date	Tickets	Location
Fri Apr. 20, 2012 8:00pm	$37, $27, $15	Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church 1900 Wellesley Avenue St. Paul, MN
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7:00pm Pre-Concert Presentation
Sat Apr. 21, 2012 8:00pm	$37, $27, $15	The Basilica of Saint Mary 88 North 17th Street Minneapolis, MN
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7:00pm Pre-Concert Presentation
Sun Apr. 22, 2012 7:30pm		Mitchell Auditorium, CSS 1200 Kenwood Avenue Duluth, MN
6:30pm Pre-Concert Presentation (Single tickets are available through the College of Saint Scholastica Cambiata Concert Series box office: 218.723.6000)

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