LAMC to premiere new concert series

The Latin American Music Center will offer a series of concerts to focus on its repertoire of Latin chamber music. 

“Salón Latino” will kick start the series with an 8 p.m. concert  Friday at Auer Hall.
In past years, the LAMC offered multiple concerts each semester.

Until now, the concerts were never connected under the umbrella of a single series.  
Eric Carballo, interim director of the LAMC, said the chamber series has many benefits.

“The idea is to take advantage of the talent that we have in the Jacobs School (of Music) and combine it with the Latin American music repertoire that we have,” he said.
Carballo said the program for tonight’s concert fit with the LAMC’s goals.

“It goes right along with the objective of the Latin American Music Center,” he said. “That is, to foster Latin-American music in all of its manifestations.”

The concert will have music featuring a variety of composers from Brazil, Argentina, Cuba and Venezuela.

Yuriria Rodriguez, one of the performers for the concert, said she is eager to perform.  
Rodriguez described the beauty of one piece in particular, “Modinha” by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

“The melodies are very friendly to the ear,” she said. “They stay in your mind a lot.”

Students and music professionals will both perform in the concert.

The music school has awarded various scholarships to student performers in the concert.

Top students in the music school will perform, Rodriguez said.

Scholarships include the Anthony and Olimpia Babera Latin American Music Scholarship and the Barbara and David Jacobs Fellowship.

For more information about the LAMC and the performance, visit music.indiana.edu/lamc.