CLAS ¡Spring Fiesta!
Join CLAS for an afternoon of food, drinks, and live son jarocho music by DíaPa'Son!
More about the band:
DíaPaSon (thee-ah pah sohn) translation= “Day for Son (Son Day)” and “Fret board”
DíaPaSon is a collective of artists who are practitioners of Mexican folk music and dance, particularly the son jarocho, in the interest of promoting and preserving these cultural treasures. Gathered by María de la Rosa, these artists are active in the rich sonero community of the Bay Area and have collectively and individually studied the son art form with internationally renowned master artists of son jarocho and recently collaborated with them to create new repertoire. DíaPaSon often enjoys the privilege of having master artists from Mexico perform as guests in its programs. Each experience of DíaPaSon is a polyrhythmic delight of lyric and melodic improvisation. Voices accompanied by primarily stringed and percussive handmade instruments of natural materials create a dynamic, rustic sound that tells tales of love (including courtship), happiness and the beauties of life as well as injustice, loss and death. Hundreds of years old, the son jarocho is a living, contemporary art form that continues to evolve with time and under the influences of trans-cultural exchange and inter-generational dialogue. In the course of four years, DíaPaSon (at one time known as SonRisas) has appeared on stages throughout California and in Mexico including: Oakland Museum of CA, DeYoung Museum, Mexican Heritage Plaza, La Peña Cultural Center and others including opening for Son de Madera at the 2nd annual San Francisco Son Jarocho Festival at the Brava Theater. Be prepared to get up and dance, be invited to sing a coro, or just simply sit back and enjoy a sonorous trip to Mexico!
More about son jarocho:
Son jarocho is a lively traditional art form from the Caribbean Mexican state of Veracruz. It is an improvised, lyrical, and danceable music genre that formed in the melding of three cultures: Arabic-Spanish, African and indigenous Mexican. It is at the same time highly improvised and highly structured—filled with complex poly-rhythms and musical dialogue in its dance, song, poetry and music. It continues to be practiced in the context of the fandango in communities throughout Veracruz as well as the world.