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El Puerto Rico, Victory Players in concert at UMass Fine Arts Center

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024


Time: 3:00 PM


Venue: Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall, UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center


Tickets: General $30 - $40, Five College students & Youth -17 $15



MIFA Victory Theatre in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center presents “El Puerto Rico (The Rich Port)” Victory Players in concert, featuring local dance and music group Bomba de Aquí.

 

“El Puerto Rico” is part of an ongoing exploration of the musical heritage, rich history, and culture of the island of Puerto Rico. The concert will include original MIFA commissioned works by composers; Johanny Navarro, Ivan Enrique Rodriguez, Carlos Carillo, Armando Bayolo, Omar Surillo, and Jose Javier Pena-Aguayo. Stay after the concert and join Bomba de Aquí for a Bomba party with Puerto Rican food!

 

Victory Players Ensemble

Nathan Ben-Yehuda, Piano

Linda Hwang, Cello

Giovanni Pérez, Flute

Eric Schultz, Clarinet

Elly Toyoda, Violin

Robert Rocheteau, Percussion

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Tianhui Ng, Music Director

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Composers and Commissions

 

Johanny Navarro - "Belén: Un canto sagrado a mis ancestros" (A sacred chant to my ancestors)

 

Ivan Enrique Rodriguez - "Transmutación Inerte" (Inert Transmutation)

 

Carlos Carillo - “Y dicen que cuando Guabancex se encoleriza…” (And they say that when Guabancex gets angry)

 

Armando Bayolo - “Nadie puede dar que no lo tiene” (Nobody can give what they don't have)

 

Omar Surillo - “Pitorro”


Jose Javier Pena-Aguayo - “Prints of Lost Breath” with a special guest appearance by Bomba de Aquí: Brendaliz Cepeda (Dancer), Saul Penaloza, Gerardo Tapia Rosario, and Xeimy Burgos (Bomba Drummers).


“It's the first time that we'll be performing this program in Western Mass, and I'm excited that the region that gave birth to the project will finally get a chance to hear it and watch it live!” - Tian Hui Ng Victory Players Music Director

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