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CURRENT SEASON 2011-2012 CONCERTS FOR KIDS— Ensemble Tangata Ensemble Tangata will perform tango music for students. Ensemble Tangata performs regularly in the Chicago area as well as nationally and internationally. Performance venues include the American Tango Institute, the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Summerdance, the Old Town School of Folk Music, Millennium Park, Palmer House Hilton, the University of Chicago, and shows such as Tango Is My Shadow and Argentina Tango on Stage. Musicians include Mark Sonksen on bass, Victoria Moreira on violin, Hector Silva on bandoneon, and Leandro Lopez Varady on piano.
Chiara Mangiameli Ensemble—Flamenco Tablao
Chiara Mangiameli has been performing flamenco song and dance on national and international stages for nearly a decade. She has studied extensively in Seville, Spain and has collaborated with, among others, Las Guitarras de Espana, El Payo, and Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater. A sought-after teacher, Chiara is the owner of Studio Mangiameli in Chicago, where she teaches all levels of flamenco. Patricia Ortega creates vocal phrasing on the spot in many genres and has composed pieces for Las Guitarras de Espana. Patricia is also the co-founder of Urban Flamenco Arts Project, a music and dance company in which the flamenco arts are utilized as a prevention tool for mentoring at risk youth in Chicago. David Chiriboga has studied flamenco guitar in Seville, Granada, and Madrid. He currently plays with El Payo, Guitarra Azul and the Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bassist Mark Sonksen (right) has been the recipient of various grants and awards recognizing his talents as a composer; his works incorporate a wide variety of influences as a result of being involved in the Spanish language and culture for twenty years. 
Victoria Moreira's (left) musical roots extend back four generations from a family of musicians from Montevideo, Uruguay. With a master's degree in violin performance from DePaul University, Victoria has won multiple music competitions including the DePaul Concerto Competition in 2010 and the Augustin Carlevaro Tango Competition in 2002. 
Bandoneonist Hector Silva (right) has played, toured and recorded with many of the great tango orchestras and musicians. 
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist Leandro Lopez Varady (left) composes and arranges music and works as Music Director at Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church in Chicago.
Flamenco music combines el cante (singing), the percussive footwork of el baile (dance), and the instrumental music of la guitarra (guitar). EISMA brings these three elements together in performances by Chiara Mangiameli (flamenco dancer/singer), Patricia Ortega (vocalist/composer), and David Chiriboga (flamenco guitarist).