We are delighted to have Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana visiting the University of Texas at Austin. They will present three events during their time in Austin.
Event 1: Maestro Rubén Luengas visits Introduction to Music In World Cultures course
Date and time: Thursday, September 22nd, 9:30-11 AM
Location: MRH 2.608
Event 2: Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana Concert
Date and time: Thursday, September 22nd, 7-8 PM
Location: Auditorium of the Mexican American Center
Event 3: Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana Concert Lecture
Date and time: Friday, September 23rd, 4-5 PM
Location: Conference Room – Benson Library – Mexico Center LLILAS
About Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana
In 1933, when Carlos Chávez was director of the Department of Fine Arts of Mexico (1899-1978), he created the Orquesta Mexicana, an ensemble of traditional indigenous and mestizo instruments, which he conducted in 1940 as part of the Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art exhibition of the MoMA.
In 2013, Mixtec musician and researcher Rubén Luengas Pérez revived the Orquesta Mexicana with the Orquesta Pasatono (Oaxaca). In the repertoire composed for the Orquesta Mexicana, Pasatono discovered a unique set of rhythms, styles, and musical forms in the context of indigenous and mestizo instrumentation: Zapotec brass and wind band from Oaxaca, the ritual percussion of northwestern Mexico, and abstraction of pre-Hispanic percussion. This Pasatono Orquesta Mexicana program channels the diverse legacy of musical traditions encouraged by the initiative of Carlos Chávez.
Conducted by Rubén Luengas, the program will also feature special guests like the students of the Percussion Studio of Dr. Burrit and the Hispanic and Caribbean Ensemble of Dr. Moore of the Butler School of Music.