News Release
September 2000
(Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania) – The Moravian College Music Institute presents
"Inca Son – Music and Dance of the Andes" on Thursday,
October 5, at 7 pm in Foy Hall. Inca Son presents traditional music
and dance of the Andes Mountains of Peru and Latin America in authentic
and colorful Inca attire. Every song and dance has a special importance,
meaning or background in Andean folklore, and thus each is briefly described
before being performed.
Inca Son plays music from the Andes of Peru, and of all
Latin America. The group performs traditional songs, which the musicians
rearrange to create a unique style, as well as original compositions.
Several of the songs from their last three recordings -- including "Ascope,
Tierra del Amanecer," "Cholita Tania," "El Abuelito,"
and "Inti Libertad" by Cesar Villalobos -- are hits in Peru.
The instruments that are used, with the exception of the stringed instruments,
are made by the musicians themselves.
Inca Son launched The Year of the World Indigenous People
at the United Nations in New York in December of 1992. In 1993 &
1995 the Boston Music Awards nominated the group for its outstanding
accomplishments. In 1994, Inca Son provided the official entertainment
for1994 World Cup Soccer events. In 1995 the National Press Advisors
of Peru (ANAP) bestowed the honorary title of "Cultural Ambassador"
to the director of the group. In 1996, Inca Son was part of the official
entertainment for the Olympics in Atlanta, and received the Certificate
of Distinction for its outstanding performance at the "Festival
Mondial de Folklore, Drummondville," Quebec. And, for the last
five years Inca Son has been elected "The Best Andean Band of New
England" by the Harvard Square Business Association.
The group has shared the stage with many professional
performers, including Tito Puente, and has performed at International
Festivals in all the United States, in Canada, Europe and Peru; at fund-raisers
for non-profit organizations such as Oxfam America, Amnesty International,
the Genesis Foundation, Walk for AIDS, Earth Day, WGBH, etc.; at Symphony
Hall for the National Governors' Conference, attended by President Bill
Clinton; at the Human Rights Awards, attended by former President Jimmy
Carter; at Boston's Hatch Shell for the Quintencenial Powwow since European
colonization; at numerous museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston;
and at Carnegie Hall, the World Trade Center & the Lincoln Center.
Inca Son also contributed music for the PBS program Columbus and the
Age of Discovery, a series which aired worldwide.
General admission is $15 and $10 senior citizens and students.
Foy Hall is located at Moravian College’s Church Street Campus
at Church and Main streets in Historic Bethlehem. Inca Son’s performance
is sponsored in partnership with HISPA-Lucent Technologies (Hispanic
Association of Lucent Technologies Employees). For more call the Moravian
College Music Institute at 610-861-1650.
