Musical Sojourns in El Nuevo Mundo: Song and Dance in Early Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru with special guests Piffaro and The Renaissance Band

Musical Sojourns in El Nuevo Mundo: Song and Dance in Early Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia and Peru with special guests the Renaissance wind band Piffaro at Mitchell Auditorium. New World, the creation of new music, ­ flourished in both urban centers and rustic villages. Old world Iberian musical culture, dominated by the Catholic Church, met burgeoning indigenous practice within the new territories, giving rise to both cross-cultural struggles and collaborative musical expression. A rare opportunity to hear the combined forces of the Rose Ensemble, St. Paul’s award-winning early music specialists founded and directed by St. Scholastica alumnus Jordan Sramek, with Renaissance wind instruments, this enlightening program of villancicos, motets, songs and dances unveils a world of culturally intertwined societies and musical traditions of the pious and the populace throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru. For more details, go to www.css.edu/About/Spotlight-Arts-and-Lectures/Calendar.html.