The first one was on Thursday morning at the Municipal Palace, (city hall) at 10 AM, we were going to go to this; but when we woke up on Thursday morning it was foggy and cold, well cold for us anyway. We decided not to go, in other words we wimped out. The next performance was on Friday night at the Casa de la Cultura at 7 PM. We did manage to make this one.
The six band members on violins and wind instruments accompanied by the teacher, (on keyboard), and the choir are, as far as I know, trained in the courses given at the Casa de la Cultura. I see the various members of the band there having classes when I go for my classes and I think the choir also meets there and trains.
The concert started a bit late as when they tried to begin the amp. was not picking up the keyboard so they had to switch keyboards and wires around a bit before everything was a go.
There were unfortunately very few people in attendance, perhaps 30? and from some remarks that the maestro made I think he was disappointed in the lack of support from the people of the city.
Personally, I also think it is a shame that the people do not support the events put on by the Casa de la Cultura by attending in greater numbers. The majority of the performances are free and open to all. The staff put in long hours and an enormous amount of work in hosting events all over the city for every festival, etc.. We always enjoy anything we go to there and appreciate all the effort they put into everything they do.
I take classes there at times and enjoy them. This was the last week of my art class and at our Monday evening class the maestro asked us to come to class at 3:30 PM until 7 PM on Tues, Wed., and Thurs., usually our classes would be on Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 PM until 7 PM; but several of the people in the class had not finished their painting and he wanted to give them an opportunity to do so in class. What more could you ask of a teacher??
He will be having another class starting in February utilizing oil paints so I intend to attend that one also.
We have been told to have our finished projects at the Casa de la Cultura by a certain date in January so that they can be put on exhibit during the FAOT festival.
Anyway there is a photo of the choir and orchestra below and several videos of poor quality that give you some idea of their sound.
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