The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music is hosting Orquesta SinfÃŗnica Esperanza Azteca RevoluciÃŗn UACJ, a youth orchestra from Ciudad JuÃĄrez, Mexico, in a free concert Monday, Oct. 7.
âHope Through Music Across Bordersâ will feature the 60-member youth ensemble performing music by Mexican composers including JosÊ Pablo Moncayo, Juventino Rosas, Arturo MÃĄrquez and Manuel EnrÃquez. They also will perform traditional popular songs including âJarabe TapatÃo,â âCielito Lindo,â âJuan Coloradoâ and âMÊxico Lindo y Querido.â
JovÊ GarcÃa leads the group, which was founded in 2011 as an initiative to promote music to vulnerable and underprivileged young people in the border city of Ciudad JuÃĄrez. The hope was that the participants would find pathways to better opportunities.
SinfÃŗnica Esperanza now sponsors 62 symphony orchestras and choruses throughout Mexico, and has more than 17,000 children and young adults participating.
Admission to Mondayâs concert at Crowder Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road on the UA campus, is free. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
