Creole Choir of Cuba

Posted on Tuesday, August 23

 

World Music Festival: Chicago 2011

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Vibrant dancing, spectacular harmonies and undiscovered music of the Caribbean performed by a vocal and percussion ensemble little known outside of Cuba, The Creole Choir of Cuba have preserved musical treasures from Haiti, Dominica and Cuba within their rich descendant Cuban communities. Referred to as “Desandann” domestically, the group is composed from the descendants of several waves of Haitian migrants who escaped slavery at the end of the 18th century, or more recently came as laborers to work Cuba’s sugar plantations. Their repertoire consists of a wide range of choral arrangements with percussion accompaniment including Choucoune (a Haitian merengue), Gran Toumobile (a Creole Mazurka) and Doudou Moin (a Martinique merengue).

Creole Choir of Cuba (Cuba/Caribbean)
Tuesday, September 21
8:00 PM
$15 (All Ages)

Mayne Stage
1328 Morse Ave.
Presented by Sound Culture