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NATALIA ARROYO ENSEMBLE

Mexican Folk, Jazz & Chamber Inspired Music 

Live performance, April 28, 2024, 2:30 pm EDT

World Artists Experiences (WAE) presents a live performance of the Natalia Arroyo Ensemble on April 28, 2024, 2:30 pm EDT, at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, 611 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, Severna Park, MD 2114. This event is offered free of charge.

The Arroyo Ensemble is directed by the violinist and composer Natalia Arroyo. The group performs traditional music from northern Mexico worldwide, consolidating their own sound in a fresh and innovative way. The original arrangements and compositions of the Ensemble repertoire fuse the roots of Mexican music with chamber music and jazz, with the improvisation and creativity displayed by each musician constituting another fundamental feature of the ensemble. The result is a blend of sounds that captures the ensemble's rich knowledge of the Mexican traditional music and the rhythms of northern Baja California.

Natalia Arroyo is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and composer from Mexico who performs at music festivals world-wide. Edwin Montes is an award-winning, classical-trained guitarist who has performed throughout Mexico, the U.S., and Italy. José Luis Rodríguez  is a double bass player from Mexico who has collaborated with many notable orchestras, ensembles, and performers.

Additional performances are scheduled as follows:

April  24.    Salisbury  University. Holloway Hall  Camden St. Salisbury MD. 7 PM
April  25.    Frostburg.  Mountain City Traditional Arts. 25 East Main St  Frostburg, MD 21532. 
April 29: Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC

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NATALIA ARROYO ENSEMBLE

Mexican Folk, Jazz & Chamber Inspired Music

The Arroyo Ensemble is directed by the award-winning violinist and composer Natalia Arroyo. The group performs tradi=onal music from northern Mexico worldwide, consolida=ng their own sound in a fresh and innova=ve way. Indeed, the original arrangements and composi=ons of the Ensemble repertoire fuse the roots of Mexican music with chamber music and jazz, with the improvisa=on and crea=vity displayed by each musician cons=tu=ng another fundamental feature of the ensemble. The result is a blend of sounds that captures the ensemble's rich knowledge of the Mexican tradi=onal music and the ever-changing rhythms of northern Baja California.

Reconnec=ng Roots (Reconectando Raíces) is the ensemble's first full-length album. It was supported by the Na=onal Endowment for Culture and Arts of Mexico (FONCA). The ensemble has performed in various venues including the Salisbury University and Frostburg University in Maryland, USA, the Mexican Cultural Ins=tute in Washington, D.C., USA, the Feria Internacional del Libro in Mexico, the program Foro Once of television network Canal Once in Mexico, among others. Their performance has been described as fresh, intense and innova=ve.

INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES

Natalia Arroyo, an award-winning mul=-instrumentalist and composer, was born near the Mexican northern border. She began playing violin from the age of 7. Later, she studied classical violin at the Conservatory de las Rosas in Morelia, Michoacán. Between 2003 and 2007, she went to Buenos Aires, Argen=na, to study Tango and Folklore. There, she was selected to be a member of the Tango Orchestra of Maestro Rodolfo Mederos.

She has ini=ated and has been involved in several music projects with different communi=es, such as the “Singing we get to know each other” music workshops in Na=ve Kumiai communi=es, the “Musical nest” project with Na=ve Mixtecan communi=es, and the “Cultural caravans for peace” ini=a=ve in Atoyac, Guerrero Mexico.

Natalia has contributed to environmental protec=on ac=vi=es for many years. For example, while working for the Mexico-based NGO Ecological Group GECI, she composed a Songbook to promote nature conserva=on in the Islands located off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. She developed music workshops with local communi=es and founded the “Isla Guadalupe fishing community choir”.

As a creator she has composed three albums, “La Vereda”, “Island’s songbook” and “Reconnec=ng with roots”. Her discography as an arranger and performer includes five albums. She has performed in important fes=vals around the world such as the Smithsonian Folk Fes=val in Washington, D.C., the Music Fes=val in Pretoria, South Africa, the Autumn Fes=val in Paris, France, the Verk&Verkhart fes=val in Austria, the Red Rock Folk Fes=val in northwestern Ontario, Canada, the Music Fes=val in Bogotá, Colombia, the Arts Fes=val in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; the Interna=onal Fes=val of Music in Buenos Aires, Argen=na, the Interna=onal Music Fes=val in San Jose, Costa Rica, and many more. She was

a resident at the OMI Interna=onal Ar=st Residence in New York, USA and a fellow of the Na=onal Arts Fund (México) for tradi=onal music crea=on.

Edwin Montes, an award-winning guitarist, is a classical trained guitarist with a bachelor’s degree in music from the Faculty of Arts of Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico. He has won regional and interna=onal guitar compe==ons. For example, he was the first-place winner at a Na=onal Guitar Compe==on during the Hispanic Guitar Fes=val in Tijuana, Mexico and he won the third-place prize at a Interna=onal Guitar Ensemble Fes=val in Taxco, Mexico.

He studied with interna=onally renowned guitarists, like Giulio Tampalini at the Brescia Guitar Academy in Italy, Freddie Bryant in New York City, and Thomas Muller and Pablo Garibai during the Instumenta Fes=val in Oaxaca, Mexico.

His crea=vity and passion for music are also expressed through his collabora=ons with other musicians. He has performed with various groups throughout Mexico, U.S.A., and Italy. He has collaborated with different ensembles such as: The Jacky Briion's band, Ruh Saahil (a Middle East music ensemble), the Ensenada Guitar Trio (classical guitar music for three guitars). He is ac=ve with the Pe=t Comite (New Orleans Jazz), the Ivan Trujillo Ensemble (contemporary jazz), the Trio Berimbau (Brazilian Jazz), and the Wilfrido Terrazas Sea Quintet.

Edwin is a guitar teacher at the Center of Musical Studies of the University of Baja California, Mexico, where he also directs the Guitar Orchestra. He also teaches at the Ins=tuto Contemporáneo de Música de Baja California in Ensenada.

José Luis Rodríguez, na=ve from Baja California, is a double bass player who likes to make music in a variety of styles like jazz, contemporary popular music and classical music.

He has a degree in Music with a specialty in double bass from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico. He studied with the interna=onally renowned double bass musician and composer Andres Mar=n and aiended technical and interpre=ve improvement music courses in Italy and Switzerland with Franco Petracchi, Mirella Vedeva and Alain Raux.

As a double bassist he has collaborated with different orchestras and ensembles such as: Natalia Arroyo Ensemble, Wilfrido Terrazas Jazz Quintet, Ivan Trujillo Ensemble, The Jacky Briion's band, Trio Berimbau, Baja California Orchestra, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Symphony Orchestra, and Ensenada Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to that, he has accompanied personalities such as Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, Nortec Collec=ve, Los Tigres del Norte, Fernando De la Mora, Mariachi Vargas, Mariachi Sol de México, Peter Ciegleris, Silvia Navarrete, GianFranco Bortolaio, among others. He has collaborated in the premieres of works by various composers such as José Pablo Moncayo, Leo Brower, Andrés Mar=n, Wilfrido Terrazas, Ignacio Baca Lobera, Fabian Coronado, Fernando Lomelí, Edgar Guzmán, among others. Likewise, he par=cipated in the recording of the film “Atardecer muriendo” by Amós Navarro and music for different composers and bands like Natalia Arroyo, John Boyle, Bucéfalo, and Ivan Trujillo.

Jose Luis is a Professor of Double Bass and Electric Bass at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, the Ins=tuto Contemporáneo de Música de Baja California, and the Forjadores del Sauzal Orchestra.

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FRIENDS, 

YOU are the heart and soul of World Artists Experiences!!!

YOU are…

  • fantastic audiences, young and old;
  • volunteers sharing your time, talent, and hearts; 
  • supporters giving donations generously. 

Together bringing experiences of welcoming, dialoguing, learning, presenting, caring for friends who come from all over the world…both live and virtually.

THANK YOU for giving of yourselves so thoughtfully and generously.

Our Friends from around the world wrote to YOU:

  • “WAE welcomed us from beginning to end. Our experience with WAE was the most wonderful we ever had in the US. We got to know the real people.” 
  • “Our experience with you was so unique and allowed us to dialogue freely. May we return in the future?” 
  • “Hosting our group gave us recognition and experiences which we will always be grateful.” 
  • “Sharing my culture provides an opportunity to work together toward understanding and peace. You make a difference.”
  • ”WAE is great organization which does wonderful work connecting our people and culture. I learned so much that I never knew while with you in the United States.”

 TOGETHER…We can make a difference in our tumultuous world.

We Hope you will consider:

  • continue to give us ideas for meeting the challenges using the arts as our international language; 
  • exploring new and better avenues to build mutual understanding, respect, trust, and peace; 
  • finding new caregivers to bridge the people and cultures of our world.

World Artists Experiences needs YOU!

 On behalf of all of us, may you have a beautiful and joyous holiday season, and your New Year be filled with joy, peace, and love,

Betty McGinnis, President

the Board of Directors ,World Artists Experiences

 

 

World Artists Experiences bridges people and cultures across the continents.

HOPEFULNESS….. Virtual platforms kept WAE alive AND opened new avenues.  Artists offered fresh ideas and gratitude for WAE. Audiences anticipate the human touch.  We are reminded by people everywhere of the great need to bridge our world. We hope that you will continue to support WAE with your time, talents and resources.  

GRATEFULNESS….. We express heartfelt gratitude to faithful, caring and committed volunteers, friends around the world for their encouragement, and to our generous donors for their financial and other support.                                               

THOUGHTFULNESS…..With your inspiration, ideas, kindness, and talents, the important work of bringing people and cultures closer by dialoguing, forming friends around the world, and dialoguing to build trust, respect and peace using the art as our bridge will continue.  

Thank you for your creativity, kindness, support and embracing World Artists Experiences. We, together, will continue to bridge our fragile world for mutual cultural understanding.  On behalf of all of us, may your holidays be filled with joy and beauty and your New Year with good health and peace. 

Betty McGinnis and

The Board of Directors

World Artists Experiences

 
World Artists Experiences (WAE) is a non-profit organization that builds bridges for international understanding through cultural and citizen diplomacy in communities, colleges, and schools in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and nearby states. Since 2003 WAE has partnered with over 125 countries to present diverse and rich cultures through a variety of experiences.
 
MAJOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES:
 
Ambassador Series: The Ambassador Series sponsors performances by renowned artists that represent their country and culture. Experiences include music, dance, poetry, visual arts, and other art forms. They are held in numerous communities. Each Community has a WAE Ambassador Team to organize the experience in a giving and receiving relationship in their communities, including welcoming, hosting, and presenting the artists. Ambassador Series events are free to the public.
 
Cultural Immersion Experiences: Cultural Immersions are day-long experiences designed to give an in-depth understanding of the people and cultures of a country or region of the world. Each day is filled with embassy visits, exhibitions, museum visits, concerts, and food from the country or region. The experiences are educational and are designed for schools, colleges, and organizations.
 
International Education: WAE coordinates with schools and colleges to provide professional development for educators to help them inspire their students to learn about the world, its cultures and its people.
Cultural Ambassadors in Schools. WAE provides opportunities and resources to educators for them to promote international understanding and global citizenship among their students.
Workshops. Workshops are conducted for educators and students to encourage creative writing on international and inter-cultural themes. Professional credits are often awarded.
Visual Dialogue and Cultural Exchanges. Students in the United States and other countries are encouraged to exchange artwork and open dialogues.
International Education Month. WAE promotes November as International Education Month with ideas and activities for communities, schools, and colleges. WAE works with Maryland’s Secretary of State to issue the Governor’s proclamation of International Education Month.
 
Bridges to the World Film Festival: Each February and March WAE screens films from five countries in communities throughout Maryland. The films are provided by the embassies. They are free to the public.
 
Advising and Consulting: Upon request, WAE advises and consults with organizations, schools, colleges, and others on cultural and citizen diplomacy.
 
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: WAE works with embassies in the United States. The embassies arrange for their country’s artists to perform in the United States through their cultural exchange programs. WAE may work directly with Ministries of Culture and Education and with International Organizations.
 
DATE FOUNDED: WAE was incorporated in the State of Maryland October 1, 2002. The first season was 2003-2004. Seasons run from July 1 to June 30 of the following year.
 
ORGANIZATION: WAE is an all-volunteer organization. There is no paid staff. The number of volunteers in a year varies from 500 to 3,000 depending on the needed activities. WAE has a core group of over 350 volunteers. WAE is governed by a Board of Directors.
 
FUNDING AND TAX STATUS: WAE receives donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, and businesses. WAE is an IRS Section 501(c)(3) Public Charity
 
CONTACT: World Artists Experiences, PO Box 9753, Arnold, MD 21012; phone: 410-647-4481; email:
wae@comcast.net; Webpage: www.WorldArtists.org.
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World Artists Experiences (WAE) is a non-profit organization that builds bridges for international understanding through cultural and citizen diplomacy in communities, colleges, and schools.   In its 12-year history, WAE has partnered with over one hundred fifteen countries around the world to present their diverse and rich culture through numerous experiences.

 

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