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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDENTS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY AND CELEBRATE LATINIDAD THROUGH CULTURAL SHOWCASE

ANN ARBOR, MI – As the theme, Solidaridad implies, the 11th Annual Latin@ Culture Show seeks to unite the campus community and greater Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti community at large by celebrating Latino culture through different musical and theatrical performances. The Latin@ Culture Show will feature demographically and ethnically diverse performances ranging from music, dance, song, spoken word, and even theater. In addition to the vast amount of student talent that will showcased, there will also be live performances by the Alberto Rojo Trio, featuring Grammy award winning artist Alberto Rojo, as well as University of Michigan Associate Professor of Music Michael Gould. The 11th annual Latin@ Culture Show core intends to build this year’s production on the grounds of Solidarity, hence the theme, Solidaridad. Our goal is to create the space and opportunity for the Latin@ community at the University of Michigan to work as a collective in an attempt to educate others about one of our many identities. In doing this, we hope to further contribute to the ongoing efforts of the University of Michigan to diversify the perspectives of its staff, faculty and students, to build cross-cultural partnerships and coalitions and to, in turn, elevate the campus community as a whole.
The 11th Annual Latin@ Culture Show will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the Michigan League located on 911 N. University Avenue in Ann Arbor, MI. Doors will open at 6:30pm and the show will begin at 7:00pm. Pre-sale tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the Michigan Union Ticket Office [MUTO] on 503 S. State Street. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $10.

For more information please contact us at lcscore11@umich.edu.

Alberto Rojo Trio

11th Annual Latin@ culture Show featured band


Alberto Rojo Trio

Members: ....Alberto Rojo- Guitar and Vocals, Professor Michael Gould-Drum set, Shakers, Vibes, Guiro, Castanets, Pandero and other assorted crazy percussion and Andrew Kratzat -Double Bass and Mbira.

The Alberto Rojo Trio focuses on both traditional Argentinean folk songs and styles and new compositions and arrangements. These include styles such as the Tango and Chacarera as well as jazz standards that have been arranged by the trio with a South American flare. The trio consists of Alberto Rojo on guitar and vocals, Michael Gould, percussion, and Andrew Kratzat on bass. Grammy award winning artist Alberto Rojo was born in Tucumán, Argentina. He started playing the piano at the age of six and picked up the guitar as a teenager. He studied at the Conservatorio Provincial de Música in Tucumán and later won a scholarship to study guitar with Eduardo Frasson in the Camping Musical Bariloche. Rojo is both an accomplished performer and composer. His music has been performed by Mercedes Sosa, Argentinean rock idol Charly Garcia, Victor Villadangos, Dorian recording artist Berta Rojas and Carmina Cannavino. Mercedes Sosa, having declared herself his “number one fan”, invited Rojo in 2005 to record two duets in her album Coraózn Libre. The album won a grammy award for best Folk album and included one of Rojo's compositons.

Andrew Kratzat.. is the winner of the Downbeat Best Soloist Award and the International Society of Bassists Jazz Award. He has recorded and played with such prominent jazz artists as Hank Jones, Ari Hoenig, and Jeremy Kittel. Andrew is currently the regular bassist for three-time Detroit Music Award Winner Jesse Palter.

Michael Gould is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has received international recognition as a performer and scholar in the field of drumset, contemporary percussion performance and pedagogy. Besides having spent several years as a percussion specialist at Huis Ten Bosch European resort in Nagasaki, Japan, Micheal has performed with international ensembles such as the Dallas Brass, Miles Osland, and Pauline Oliveros just to name a few.

11th Annual Latin@ Culture Show: Solidaridad

The 11th Annual Latin@ Culture Show: Solidaridad

April 13th 2011

@ the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, Michigan League

Doors Open @ 6:30pm

Tickets on sale NOW! at the Michigan Union Ticket Office or ticketmaster.com

$7 Pre-sale, $10 @ the door