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La Vida Dominican heritage celebration and concert.
Music written by and representing Hispanic heritage for National Hispanic Heritage Month. Music from composer and friend of Friction, Nicolás Lell Benavides, and arrangements of mariachi music. This concert features mezzo-soprano, Melinda Martinez Becker, who also completed the arrangements for string quartet and vocalist.
Included in this program is a Friction Quartet commission from the Friction Commissioning Initiative.
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Nicolás Lell Benavides -
Selections from Canto Caló (for string quartet and vocalist)
Selections from El Correcaminos (for string quartet)
Raymundo Pérez y Soto (1908-1991) - La Cigarra
Gilberto Parra Paz (1913-2000) - Por Un Amor
Buena Vista Social Club - Veinte Anos
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Melinda Martinez Becker, mezzo-soprano
Friction Quartet
Otis Harriel, violin
Kevin Rogers, violin
Mitso Floor, viola
Doug Machiz, cello
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