Young Flamencos Tour North America

Wednesday, September 10 2003 @ 03:00 AM EDT

Granada, Spain - Spanish flamenco ensemble Taller de Compás will be touring North America for the first time in September of 2003.  The band will be performing and holding workshops in Detroit (Michigan, USA), Chicago (Illinois, USA), Madison (Wisconsin, USA), Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and Bloomington (Indiana, USA).

Taller de Compás de Almanjáyar is more than just a percussion workshop. It arose out of a social cultural educational program, born as a direct result of a housing project on the street Molino Nuevo in Almanjáyar, Granada, to promote peaceful cultural co existence through music (the rhythms of flamenco alongside those of Cuba, Brazil and Africa).

The team of professionals who started the social project of intervention and renovation( Miguel, Reme, Puche and others) also began the music workshop, which over a period of four years has had wonderful results and achieved the aims of the cultural association not only musically but socially and culturally encouraging local participation of the community.

The group's CD is a reflection of all that work and charts the progress through the music, song after song, from the year 2000 when the children (at that time 11 and 12 years of age), recorded their first song until March 2002 when they finished the last track.

US - CANADA ITINERARY


Sat 13 SEPT
 

DETROIT        www.detroitfestival.com   

5 - 6.30     CONCERT (70-90 mins) Arts Festival of Detroit
CCS Stage, E Kirby Street @ John R Festival grounds

CHICAGO        http://www.clas.niu.edu/latino

5 PM CONCERT    Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115.


 

CHICAGO         http://www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic

12:30pm Border Books and Music, signing CDS and having a jam    
 

8:30pm CONCERT Old Town School of Folk Music   

 

9:00pm CONCERT Chicago Cultural Center  as a part of the building-wide 'World Music Open House'.  Eight other acts music ensembles will be performing that night

12:30pm Chicago Cultural Center  live radio broadcast 89.3FM. RADIO WNUR  

www.rogerspark.com
12.30 pm CONCERT Rogers park World Music festival

MADISON, WISCONSIN


12.00 am     CONCERT         Oasis Stage Willy Street Festival
7.00  pm    CONCERT         Oasis Stage Willy Street Festival

http://www.marquette-neighborhood.org/tallerdecompas.html

10 am    Workshop
5.00 pm    Workshop        O'Keeffe Middle School
7.30pm    CONCERT        Wil-Mar Center

Small World Festival http://www.smallworldmusic.com
 

9 pm CONCERT  Lula Lounge http://www.lula.ca
 

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA      
www.lotusfest.org    

9pm-10:15pm  CONCERT Convention Center
   
 

www.lotusfest.org

7:30-8:15pm       CONCERT Convention Center
10:45-11:30pm  CONCERT The InterArt Tent

The band's album Cale Calé is now available online through these stores:

http://www.cdbaby.com/taller
http://www.cdroots.com/taller-1.html

World Music Central
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20030909212229420