This is an email invitation I received last week from my friend Marie Laframboise.
There will be a fine concert of the Orquesta Axixic on Sat. Evening at 6 in the Cultural Centre. Admission is only 30 pesos. Two works are being done that I commissioned from a talented young music graduate from the University of Guadalajara, Eduardo Garcia, who is also playing cello. One is Cinema Paradiso and the other is Oblivion. They were commissioned as an arrangement for string quartet, piano, bass, and saxafone solo for students . We are playing it with Steve Caver on the sax and Larry and I in the group on viola and bass. The musicians are young talented Mexicans including the members of the famous Medeles family on violin, cello, bass, conducting and voice. Marie Claire Figadere will sing La Vie on Rose and many other talented singers will perform lovely Mexican songs. If you can come I am sure that you will be pleased and also, please let your friends know about this. The two sax solos will be played by Steve Caver who also will fill in on piano and Euphonium playing cello parts. Young Juan Pablo Medeles will perform a Czardas on violin accompanied by Rodrigo Martin, Emmanuel and Areli Medeles will be singing solos, as well as many others. You will hear many talented up and coming young Mexican musicians, many on scholarships.
How could I refuse, and I didn’t. I went with two friends and we thoroughly enjoyed the concert. I’ll be watching to see when and where this group is performing in the future. I’m sure Marie will let me know. The video below shows some of the pieces that were performed. My friend Marie is in the maroon shirt playing the viola and her husband Larry is off to the back right of the stage playing bass.
Could not get play but likely my small computer. Impressive what you are doing though.
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It’s quite a big video. I made it smaller than the HD version I have been doing, but it’s still pretty big.