Mexican Gems & Spanish Treasures

TICKETS

Tickets are available online and at the door.

Dr. Veronica Salinas, Conductor and ACO Music Director Finalist (biography)
Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, Flute (biography)
Drea Pacot, Flemenco Dancer

Join the Austin Civic Orchestra for a Sunday afternoon concert at St. Andrew’s Dell Fine Arts Center as guest conductor and ACO Music Director Finalist Dr. Veronica Salinas leads the Orchestra in a celebration of Hispanic culture.

Enjoy the Spanish tunes, dramatic storytelling and brilliant orchestration of De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat with featured Austin artist, Flamenco dancer Drea Pacot.

Be enchanted with the intense lyricism and melodic vulnerability of Grandos’ Intermezzo.

Champion new music as Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, an established prominent musician in North America performs the Texas premiere of D’Colonial Californiano for Flute and Orchestra by Gabriela Ortiz, one of the foremost composers in Mexico today.

Dance out of the hall after the lively Danzón No.2 by Arturo Márquez – one of the leading composers of contemporary Mexican art music.

Concert Repertoire:

• Manuel de Falla – The Three Cornered Hat: Suite 1 & 2
  featuring dancer Drea Pacot
• Enrique Granados – Goyescas: Intermezzo    
• Gabriela Ortiz – D’Colonial Californiano for Flute and Orchestra
  featuring Dr. Elizabeth Janzen, Flute
• Arturo Márquez – Danzón No.2

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