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Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven Courses
"From appetizer to dessert, a Latino musicoculinary, multi-sensory mix of music, images, and
flavors." (21 words)
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Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven
Courses
From appetizer to dessert, a Latino musicoculinary, multi-sensory mix of music, images and
flavor! Stunning visual images accompany
composer/guitarist Brian Amador’s new seven-song suite of diverse
Latin rhythms where each movement is a "dish" in an imaginary meal.
Featuring Rosi Amador’s crystalline vocals. (54 words)
Quotes about Rosi & Brian Amador:
“Brian Amador is a Spanish modernist poet, in the guise of a musician... Together,
Rosi and Brian Amador create a musical marriage made in heaven." –Boston
Phoenix
“Rosi has a voice like clean spring water: It’s smooth, it’s clean and, somehow,
you come to believe that it’s necessary for life.” –Boston Globe
Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven Courses
A seven song, multi-media suite for Latin ensemble and string
quartet all about food featuring Rosi Amador’s crystalline vocals and
composer/guitarist Brian Amador’s newest Latin composition. The
songs explore issues of identity, immigration, nostalgia, the joy of
cooking, hunger, and of course, chocolate! Huge, sumptuous foodrelated photos are projected above the musicians, expanding on the
stories told by the music. (57 words)
Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven Courses
Join acclaimed Latin music veterans Sol y Canto with special guests,
Sweet Plantain String Quartet! Sabor y Memoria (Flavor and
Memory) is a seven song, multi-media suite for Latin ensemble and
string quartet all about food. The songs explore issues of
identity, immigration, nostalgia, the joy of cooking, hunger, and of
course, chocolate! Huge, sumptuous food-related photos are
projected above the musicians, expanding on the stories told by the
music. Sabor features Rosi Amador’s crystalline vocals and
composer/guitarist Brian Amador’s newest Latin composition. (87
words)
Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven Courses
Guitarist/Composer Brian Amador's newest suite for Latin ensemble
and string quartet, "SABOR Y MEMORIA: a Musical Feast in Seven
Courses" is performed by acclaimed Latin music veterans Sol y
Canto with genre-bending ensemble, Sweet Plantain String Quartet.
Brian was awarded a fellowship at the MacDowell Artist Colony in
2009 to compose the work, where each movement is a "dish" in an
imaginary meal; it's all about food in various aspects: health, cultural
identification, immigration, hunger, the joy of cooking, and of course,
chocolate! Sabor features Rosi Amador’s crystalline vocals. (87
words)
Sabor y Memoria: A Musical Feast in Seven Courses
Guitarist/Composer Brian Amador's newest suite for Latin ensemble
and string quartet, "SABOR Y MEMORIA: a Musical Feast in Seven
Courses" is performed by acclaimed Latin music veterans Sol y
Canto, featuring the crystalline vocals of Rosi Amador, with the
genre-bending ensemble, Sweet Plantain String Quartet. Brian was
awarded a 2009 fellowship at the MacDowell Artist Colony to
compose the work, where each movement is a "dish" in an imaginary
meal. It's all about food in various aspects: health, cultural
identification, immigration, hunger, the joy of cooking, and of course,
chocolate! (97 words)
Join us as Three-Time Boston Music Award winners
Sol y Canto sextet perform an exciting new work
together with the genre-bending multicultural
string quartet Sweet Plantain. Composed by Sol y
Canto guitarist/musical director Brian Amador,
SABOR Y MEMORIA: a Musical Feast in Seven Courses
is a multi-media musical suite all about Latin
food! Combining Sol y Canto's driving, pan-Latin
groove, Rosi Amador’s crystalline vocals with
intricate string harmonies in rhythms from Puerto
Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and
Panama, this work blends diverse musical genres in
much the same way that flavors are blended in the
cuisine of a new land. The lyrics address the
culinary and cultural importance of food from many
angles, touching on issues of identity, nostalgia,
immigration, agricultural sustainability, and
hunger. Stunning visual images will be projected
above singers, Latin rhythm section, and string
quartet as they engage in a celebration of the
diversity of Latin cultures and cooking. (154
words)
"SABOR y MEMORIA (Flavor and Memory): A musical
Feast in Seven Courses," - From appetizer to
dessert, A Latino musico- culinary, multi-sensory
mix of music, images and flavors.
This new, multi-media suite for Latin ensemble and
string quartet was composed by guitarist, composer
and Sol y Canto musical director Brian Amador,
MacDowell Artist Colony Fellow, who describes it
this way: "Nothing ties us more firmly to our
origins than food and music. The deepest, most
distant memories can be triggered by a cooking
aroma, an instant reminder of home. Sabor y
Memoria explores the connections between music,
food, and identity, combining Latin genres in much
the same way that flavors are blended in the
cuisine of a new land. The lyrics address issues
such as slow food, immigration, nostalgia for one's
home country, hunger, the joy of cooking and
sharing food, and of course, chocolate!"
The concert features three-time Boston Music Award
winners Rosi & Brian Amador with Sol y Canto’s
crackerjack Latin musical sextet and special guests
genre-bending Sweet Plantain String Quartet, from
NYC, accompanied by a backdrop of stunning food
photographs projected on a giant screen behind the
musicians.
Combining Sol y Canto's driving, pan-Latin groove,
featuring Rosi Amador's crystalline, passionate
vocals with intricate string harmonies in rhythms
from Puerto Rico, Perú, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina,
Venezuela, and Panama, this work blends diverse
musical genres in much the same way that flavors
are blended in the cuisine of a new land.
The first half of this concert program is a
selection of pan-Latin, jazz-infused acoustic roots
songs from Sol y Canto, interspersed with
contemporary string quartet music from their
special guests, Sweet Plantain String Quartet. Sol
y Canto plays material from their latest CD, Cada
día un regalo (Each Day a Gift), featuring original
compositions by Brian Amador on themes of life,
living in the present, social justice and love.
Sweet Plantain performs genre-bending original
compositions and arrangements, as well as
contemporary works by Latin American composers, in
a unique style fusing Latin, classical, jazz, and
improvisational forms. Song selections will be
announced from the stage by each ensemble.
The second half of the concert will feature both
musical ensembles performing together in "SABOR Y
MEMORIA: A musical Feast in Seven Courses,"
accompanied by visual imagery highlighting the
themes of the suite. (384 words)
Spanish Copy
Sabor y Memoria: Un Banquete Musical en Siete Platos
Del aperitivo hasta el postre, una mezcla músico-culinaria,
multi-sensorial de música, imágenes y sabor.
Una suite de siete canciones para ensamble latino y
cuarteto de cuerdas que se trata de la comida. Junto con
suntuosas fotos proyectadas en una enorme pantalla, las
canciones, exploran identidad, inmigración, nostalgia, la
alegría de cocinar, el hambre y, por supuesto, ¡el chocolate!
(67 words)
SABOR Y MEMORIA:
Un banquete musical en siete platos
Suite para Ensamble Latino
y Cuarteto de Cuerdas
Compositor: Brian Amador
de Sol y Canto con el Cuarteto
Sweet Plantain String Quartet
Todo aquel oriundo de otro sitio y radicado
lejos del mismo, sabe muy bien que los recuerdos
más profundos y lejanos de ese hogar pueden ser
disparados súbitamente por un aroma, un sonido o un
sabor. La música y la comida son dos de las mayores
expresiones culturales de nuestras raíces,
ligándonos a nuestros orígenes por caminos mucho
más profundos y directos que los pensamientos
concientes.
Sabor y memoria explora el proceso de
interacción en el cual las personas, influenciadas
por el nuevo lugar en el que viven, al mismo tiempo
lo influencian. Temas como la nostalgia, la
identidad, el orgullo, la dicha de vivir, y por
supuesto la comida son el hilo de conducción de los
movimientos musicales. Desde el aperitivo hasta el
postre, la suite combina y expone géneros musicales
latinos clásicos y modernos tal como lo hace la
cocina del nuevo hogar de los inmigrantes. Los
ritmos incluidos provienen de Cuba, México, Puerto
Rico, Venezuela y Argentina, Panamá, entre otros.
Los cantantes, la sección rítmica latina y la
orquesta, constituirán las voces de un diálogo que
celebra la diversidad de culturas latinas y el modo
en que ellas se complementan e inspiran entre sí.
La cantante y percusionista
puertorriqueña/argentina Rosi Amador y el
guitarrista de Nuevo Mexico Brian Amador, han
tenido la dicha de compartir mas de dos decadas
componiendo, arreglando y ejecutando musica que
emociona y moviliza a la gente. Canciones que
combinan letras poeticas, con mensajes sociales y
el “sabor” bailable de la musica latina. Cantar en
pos de la paz y el medio ambiente, al amor y a los
seres queridos que se van, o celebrando el
tradicional “Dia de los muertos” de Mexico, los ha
relacionado con una unnumerable cantidad de gente
que comparte con ellos las penas y las dichas de la
cultura latina como asi tambien el universal
lenguage humano de la musica, la poesia y la
ideologia que componen su musica.
Sol y Canto es el resultado de una visión
musical que ha obtenido en tres oportunidades el
Boston Music Award en su categoria Latina. La
cristalina voz de Rosi, la intensa y emotiva
guitarra de Brian y la colaboración de virtuosos
músicos latinos (Uruguay, Perú, Panamá, Argentina)
en piano, bajo, percusion y vientos, son las bases
de la prestigiosa popularidad de Sol y Canto,
iniciada en 1994 en escenarios como el Kennedy
Center, la Casa Blanca, la Sinfónica de Boston,
Festival de Musica Mundial de California, Getty
Center y el Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
Programa de Sabor y Memoria
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Fas fud – son cubano
Cosas verdes – merengue venezuelano
Olor a chiles – huapango mexicano
Alquimia –milonga argentina
Hambre (Hunger) –zamba argentina
El tamal (The tamal) – landó afro-peruano
Chocolate – tamborito panameño/bomba puertorriqueña
(495 words)
La voz de Rosi parece ser la de un angel… es como el agua pura de un
manantial… es suave, clara, y de alguna manera llegas a creer que es
necesaria para la misma vida.”–Boston Globe
Jorge Medina de “Cantar América” WRTU-FM, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
dijo que “Sol y Canto nos ofrece un delicioso sancocho de ritmos, canciones
y sabrosuras para el deleite de todos los públicos. Le auguramos grandes
éxitos en Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos e Hispanoamérica”.