Performances & Events

March 6, 2025, 7:30 PM ET

Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall

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Tito Muñoz, Conductor

Clarice Assad, Vocals and Electronics

Edmar Castañeda, Harp

Harlem Samba, Percussion

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PROGRAM

Clarice Assad: The Evolution of AI (ACO Commission/World Premiere)

Edmar Castañeda: Bordones (ACO Commission, developed via EarShot CoLABoratory/World Premiere)

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda: Going Home, arr. Curtis Stewart (World Premiere Arrangement)

Tania León, Ácana

Tomàs Peire Serrate: Wayfarer (ACO Commission/World Premiere)

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Latin American, Afro-Caribbean, and United States culture have been interconnected for centuries by the effects of colonization and the musics transported and transformed overseas as a result. This program features music from various parts of Latin America and its influence on jazz and “Classical” music in the United States. Conductor Tito Muñoz leads ACO in the performance of works by Clarice Assad, Edmar Castañeda, Alice Coltrane, Tania León, and Tomàs Peire Serrate. Guest artists Clarice Assad (vocals and electronics), Edmar Castañeda (harp), and percussion ensemble Harlem Samba join ACO onstage.

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Mil Mundos Books is a bilingual bookstore and community center located in Brooklyn, NY whose curation celebrates Black, Latinx, and Indigenous heritage. Founder and Co-Director of Mil Mundos, Maria Herron worked to create a suggested reading list that compliments ACO's Hello, America: Transatlantic program.

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Tania Leon's Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life - Alejandro L. Madrid

Rites, Rights & Rhythms: A Genealogy of Musical Meaning in Colombia's Black Pacific - Michael Birenbaum Quintero

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America - Juan Gonzalez

An African American and Latinx History of the United States - Paul Ortiz

Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane - Franya J. Berkman

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