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- Thursday, May 3
- Martin Espino presents 2 Assemblies at a migrant school
- 8:30 am – 11:30 am
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Elementary School in Kern County (2 assemblies), Private, Bakersfield, CA, USA
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- Almost every year for the last 15 years I have visited this school and presented assemblies
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- Friday, May 4
- Martin Espino presents an afterschool program
- 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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A PLACE CALLED HOME Center, Private, South Central Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- I have worked with this venues' coordinator at the different arts positions she's had over the years.
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- Saturday, May 5
- Martin Espino presents to preschoolers & grade k
- 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Children's Museum of La Habra, 301 South Euclid Street, La Habra, CA 90631, USA
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- I have worked with this museum since 1986, every year!!! It's a Family Day that day with many activities. I'll be interacting with the audience, mostly preschoolers and grade K...
- Price Info: Call them 562-905-9793 or visit www.LHCM.org
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- Saturday, May 5
- Martin Espino @ Caltech Childrens' Center Festival
- 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
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Childrens' Center at Caltech, 286 S. Chester Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
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- I was referred by another organization who knew my high quality work with very young kids. Everyone is welcome to this festivals, many actitivies and loads of fun!!! FREE
- Price Info: FREE
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- Saturday, May 5
- MEXIKA Quartet @ South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival
- 5:45 pm – 8:45 pm
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South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival (annual), 1509 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030, USA
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- This is first appearance of MEXIKA "Sounds of Ancient Mexico" as a quartet at this very well known festival. The guys who are playing at this event are: Gabriel Castaneda (perc), Erick Barraza (perc) and Maestro Nazario Segura (perc) and Maestro Martin Espino (winds), all indigenous Mexicano instruments. This quartet wails!!!!! We're guaranteed to hear some pretty weird and out there music from other groups there and MEXIKA absolutely run all over them!!! We're playing three (3) 15-20 minute shows at: 5:45-6:00pm & 7:00-7:15pm & 8:15-8:30pm
Please come support our performances!!!! We'll be selling CDs and hanging out to talk with YOU!!! Come bring the kids!!!
- Price Info: FREE
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- Wednesday, May 9
- Martin Espino performs music for the Mexica Calendar lecture by Mazatzin
- 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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Southern California Astrological Network (SCAN) find them on www.meetup.com, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
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- Maestro Mazatzin will give a lecture on the Mexica calendar. Martin Espino will perform beautiful exotic Mexica sounds for this dinner! Ay yay yay, their site lists me as a "Mayan Musician"...boy was that a goof up, not mine,,,but the event will be cool...
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- Price Info: $25 each
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- Friday, May 11
- Martin Espino completes 3 day artists' residence with Grade K
- 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
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Elementary School in Valencia (5 classes with Grade K), Private, Valencia, CA, USA
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- Martin Espino is on a local artists' roster and visits schools to rave reviews, of course! This workshop has 5 classes of Kinders making Bamboo Bird Whistles and learning about Native American music from California, South America and Mexico...visit www.myspace.com/bamboogourdtribe (site dedicated to my instrument building)...there are two videos there on these instruments! He even taught a large group of Special Ed. Kinders...all loads of fun!!! Over 30 years of working with ALL ages...ALL...
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- Price Info: Private
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- Saturday, May 12
- Martin Espino presents at Chocolate Festival
- 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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San Diego Botanic Garden (760) 436-3036, 230 Quail Gardens Drive 92024 (760) 436-3036, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA
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- Martin Espino has worked with this botanic gardens for the last 20 years...Martin even built the massice stone xylophone that sits "outside" in the Hamilton Childrens' Garden. Martin will perform, interact with the audience singing indigenous Mexican musics as well as playing music on his vast percussion collection of indigenous instruments!!! He will also talk about the origins of chocolate...He has also worked in local schools conducting 6 weeks residencies making Bamboo Flutes and teaching Native American music to Third Graders!!!
- Price Info: FREE
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- Wednesday, May 16
- Martin Espino presents 2 Assemblies at an Elementary School
- 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Elementary School in Kern County (2 assemblies), Private, Arvin, CA
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- Martin has performed in elementary schools in Kern County for the last 20 years!!! he is part of the organization called Arts Council of Kern County via the Young Audiences Inc of Kern.
- Price Info: Private
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- Wednesday, May 16
- Martin Espino community performance in San Bernardino, CA
- 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Barton Academy of Excellence, 2214 Pumalo Street, San Bernardino, CA 92404, USA
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- Martin will be presenting to the public at this event, which is FREE to the community.
- Price Info: Free
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- Thursday, May 17
- Martin Espino presents Drum Circle for Little Ones!
- 6:15 pm
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KIDSEUM (part of Bowers Museum), 2002 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA
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- This is when the parents of the afterschool program kids come by to have fun with an intense percussion jam with your truly!!!
- Price Info: Free
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- Tuesday, May 22
- MEXIKA performs concerts for students
- 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Bowers Museum (714) 567-3600, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706, USA
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- MEXIKA this date is Martin Espino on wind instruments and the fabulous Ms. Belen Murguia on percussion. They will interact with students who are being bussed in for this event! Martin has worked with the Bowers for the last 20 years or so...the sponsoring organization, The Philharmonic Society of Orange County has worked with Martin for the last 5 years! Belen Murguia is one of the best Mexica (or Azteca) dancers and is an incredibly strong percussionist, having also taught her brother, who is also very well known and plays with MEXIKA alot as well!!! Both Belen and her brother have also toured with Maetro Xavier Quijas! On a side note, Belen became the proud super mother of twins this year!!! She learned the ancestral danzas and rhythms from Don Lazaro Arivizu, one of the first Mexicanos to bring what we call "Danza" to North America just after Florencia Yeskas first pioneered it here!!!
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- Saturday, May 26
- YATIRI "Music of the Andes" performs a concert
- 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
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Bowers Museum (714) 567-3600, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA
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- YATIRI "Music of the Andes" has been around since 1979....Bolivian Master Folklorist, Mario Torrico taught Martin Espino all about the music of his country, and other Andean countries....Together they introduced many of these instruments to audiences back when hardly anyone knew what this music sounded like!!! YATIRI is a pioneer duo of this music!!! Come Martin Espino and Maestro Mario Torrico play this concert as part of the Gold Exhibit at the museum!!! Yes, YATIRI was doing this music years before HUAYUCALTIA and INCA, the Peruvian Ensemble became well known!!!!!!!!!!
Also visit: www.myspace.com/yatirimusic
YATIRI plays rarely, but still play so come see them!!!
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- Tuesday, May 29
- MEXIKA performs concerts for students
- 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Bowers Museum (714) 567-3600, 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA
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- Two Shows: 930am & 11am for MEXIKA this date is Martin Espino on wind instruments and the fabulous Ms. Belen Murguia on percussion. They will interact with students who are being bussed in for this event! Martin has worked with the Bowers for the last 20 years or so...the sponsoring organization, The Philharmonic Society of Orange County has worked with Martin for the last 5 years! Belen Murguia is one of the best Mexica (or Azteca) dancers and is an incredibly strong percussionist, having also taught her brother, who is also very well known and plays with MEXIKA alot as well!!! Both Belen and her brother have also toured with Maetro Xavier Quijas! On a side note, Belen became the proud super mother of twins this year!!! She learned the ancestral danzas and rhythms from Don Lazaro Arivizu, one of the first Mexicanos to bring what we call "Danza" to North America just after Florencia Yeskas first pioneered it here!!!
- Tickets: Buy tickets
- Price Info: Call them sorry
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