Philadelphia Brass is pleased to announce that we have been invited to perform at the prestigious International Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music, Misiones de Chiquitos, set in the historic Jesuit Missions of Bolivia. We will play for the opening concert of the Festival on April 24th, 2008, which will be broadcast on International Television from the San Roque Cathedral in the city of Santa Cruz, featuring Philadelphia Brass in music of J.S. Bach, Handel and Susato, and a fascinating Motet, "Caima, Iyai Jesus", an anonymous original 18th century Bolivian baroque composition. This piece, found in the archives of Moxos, gives ample evidence of the sophisticated, thriving musical culture that existed in the jungle far from the courts of Seville and Vienna.
Under the joint sponsorship of the Cultural Affairs Section of the US Embassy in La Paz and APAC, the Asociacion Pro Arte y Cultura based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Philadelphia Brass will teach and perform in the cities of La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz, San Javier and Concepcion, from April 20th to the 28th. This will be the second tour of Bolivia for our ensemble which visited previously in April of 2006. In a recent communique to Philadelphia Brass, Father Piotr Nawrot, Artistic Director for the APAC Festival remarked, "I love this program - great musicians performing great music - thank you!!" Please visit our website, www.philadelphiabrass.com, which will feature a daily blog of our trip. For more information contact Scott Mendoker at philadelphiabrass@mac.com .
