BELOW IS THE PAST YEAR'S SHOWS - THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED AND MADE 2004 MEMORABLE!

JANUARY 2004

January 6, 2004 – Class in a Hebrew Temple, cool with pre-schoolers!!!
I was in Encinitas, CA, making simple rattles for 3 classes of 25 kids each, all pre-schoolers and as always, the teachers said “they stayed riveted to you the whole time”(an hour).

January 9, 2004 – Middle School in Bakersfield, CA
3 Interactive performances all went great!!!

January 12-13-14-15-16, 2004 – Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA -continued
At least four(4) presentations a day. Day 1 make Bamboo Flute, Day 2 Finish it and learn to play it, Day 3 Learn to create our own music and end with a drum circle with Mexican native percussion.

January 17, 2004 – “ANCIENT GROOVES” Live at ZOEY’s in Ventura, CA
John Zeretzke, Malik Sow and I have this crazy group, see our upcoming gig in April 2004. We mix our respective traditions(European, African and Mexican) and come up with some new weird grooving acoustic music!

January 19-20-21-22-23, 2004 - Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA -continued
Same school, because I had to make flutes for the whole school!

January 26-27-30, 2004 - Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA –continued
Same school still!!!

FEBRUARY 2004

February 2 & 6, 2004 - Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA –continued
Yep, same school

February 7 & 8, 2004 – YATIRI “Music of the Andes” at Long Beach Convention Center
We were one of the first Andean groups to exist period! We blew them away at the L.A. Time Travel Expo and also got paid VERY late too, hahaha!!!

February 12. 2004 – Orangethorpe Learning Center performance
This is the 4th year I’ve been invited back to edu-tain(someone said this about me 7 years ago) and interact with the kids there!

February 13, 2004 - Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA –continued
Yes, same school

February 14, 2004 – Bang-A-Drum in Los Angeles, CA
Went to hang and play drums with my pal, Christine Stevens from REMO. You gotta go to this store! BANG-A-DRUM (323)936.3274 1255 S. La Brea Avenue, L.A., CA 90019 Tell Chris I sent you!

February 17, 2004 – Heritage Park with Ms. Jacque Nunez, Native Storyteller
Program for Elementary Schools. Heritage Park only offers Jacque’s ancient California program and my Ancient Mexico program. Schedule your school to have either of us. www.santafesprings.org/native.htm

February 18, 2004 – El Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Performed for Capistrano Food Festival

February 20, 2004 – Diversity Day focusing on Violence Prevention
The City of Santa Fe Springs, had me present a “spontaneous composing program” with kids who created comments about violence prevention and I had worked with them to discover the rhythms within their sentence structures and then had them create a sort of “rap” to these rhythms, literally, on the spot! The kids did great!!! Thanks to Dr. Lopez for seeing my creative potential for something as Avant-garde as this!

February 21, 2004 – Flute Workshop in the “Hood” for Cuauhtemok Celebration, Los Angeles
I will make free bamboo flutes for people who sign up. 76th & Central Avenue, ya heard?

February 22, 2004 – 6 year olds’ birthday party in Encinitas, CA
We had a great a time!

February 23 & 27, 2004 - Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA –continued
Yes, same school

MARCH 2004

March 1-2-5, 2004 - Elementary School & Middle School in Hawthorne, CA
Same school but on 3/2/04 I started a new school to make Panpipes with middle school kids.

March 8-10-12 - Elementary School & Middle School in Hawthorne, CA
Same school again. Lot of work!!!

March 9 & 11, 2004 – Elementary School in Moreno Valley
Three assemblies on North, Central and South America, next day created 99 Bamboo Flutes.

March 13, 2004 – Summer Camp Expo, Manhattan Beach, CA
I joined my good friend, Lynn Kleiner from Music Rhapsody to advertise our work together in July 2004.

March 16, 2004 – STAR INC. performance in Westwood, CA
I am on their artist roster to tour schools. I premiered my new storytelling program called ETEHOI, based on Yaqui stories.

March 17, 2004 – The Bead Store, Duarte, CA
I did a lecture on Gourds.

March 18, 2004 – Elementary School n Van Nuys, CA
Three Assemblies.

March 19, 2004 – Middle School in Hawthorne, CA
Finished my three days of sessions with them.

March 22-23-24, 2004 – an example of my work at a Local Elementary School
Making 575 Bamboo Flutes with 5 class ages K-2.
Day 1-start flute and learn about Bamboo; Day 2-complete and learn flute playing; Day 3-review all info and flute playing; How to create your own songs learning the 3 bird sounds their flutes make; ended with a “Drum Circle” using Mexican percussion instruments.

March 25, 2004 Friday @ 3pm – Cesar Chavez celebration & Indigenous Mexicano Culture
City Terrace Library 4025 East City Terrace Drive, East Los Angeles, CA 91405
The program's focus celebrates Cesar Chavez and an awareness of our ancient Mexican culture. I will also present at Interactive Performance: I invite the audience to play my collection of Mexican Indigenous Instruments and sing easy-to-sing native songs.

March 26, 2004 End of sessions at Elementary School in Hawthorne, CA
Some 450 Bamboo Flutes were completed with not one problem in their construction or comprehension by the kids! They loved it. It seems that schools are asking for large amounts of instruments to be created.

March 29-30-31, 2004 – same local school as above. Ending a 6 day Residency
Day 4; Day 5 & Day 6: Flute review; How to create our own songs and cultural lessons and drumming session/singing native songs; instrument playing technique & science of sound.

March 31 @ 6pm – Cesar Chavez celebration & Indigenous Mexicano Culture
Alondra Library “A Performance Celebrating Cesar Chavez”
11949 Alondra Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650
The program's focus celebrates Cesar Chavez and an awareness of our ancient Mexican culture. I will also present at Interactive Performance: I invite the audience to play my collection of Mexican Indigenous Instruments and sing easy-to-sing native songs.

APRIL 2004

April 2 Bowers’ Kidseum afterschool program to Make Bamboo Flutes
Had a great time making flutes. Grades attended were: 1st-5th

April 3 Whittier Narrows Nature Center
Workshop: make a bamboo flute with Martin

April 6 Elementary School in Moreno Valley – Assembly and 3 Flute Making classes
Returned to complete my residency there. Created 99 more Bamboo Flutes.

April 8 - SPRING BREAK ART CAMP 2004 – City of Manhattan Beach
All classes held at the Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd.
www.citymb.info
Registration Open until Camps Fill!
Cartoons, Masks, & Instrument Making
Artists: George Huante, Danli Imani Bayne and Martin Espino
$60 / 3 days
Morning Camp: 9:30 – 11:30 am
--Barcode: 9028 / Ages 5-7
Afternoon Camp: 1:30 – 3:30 pm
--Barcode: 9029 / Ages 8-12

April 13, 2004 Heritage Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA with Jacque Nunez
Private school tour. I’ll be helping Jacque make California Clapper Sticks and perform. Again, visit their website: www.santafesprings.org/native.htm

April 23, 2004 @ 730pm & 9:15pm (two shows) ZOEY’s in Ventura (805)652.0091 or (805)652.1137
ANCIENT GROOVES a “new music” group with John Zeretzke (European/Eastern European and Middle Eastern instruments); Malik Sow (Percussion master from Senegal, Africa) and Martin Espino (prehispanic Mexican instruments master psycho) and special guest, Chris Garcia (formerly of Frank Zappa/Mothers) mix and blend culture until it gets a super funky acoustic groove mamacita!!! This is a rare show. You must make reservations because we turned people away last time at our first concert!!! Come see ANCIENT GROOVES we’ll heat up your pants!

April 24, 2004 @ 11am-4pm – Children’s Day at Heritage Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Open to the Public!!!
All day interactive performances covering music from the Americas and Mexican Indian Storytelling. (562) 946.6476 or visit website: www.santafesprings.org/native.htm

APRIL 25-30 Central-Northern California Tour

April 25, 2004 @ 11am-5pm - Monterey Bay Aquarium “El Dia Del Nino” (Children’s Day)
886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA
All day interactive performances and Mexican Indian Storytelling.
An incredible museum with lots of great activities and other music that day too. Centered in downtown Monterey, there's lots of things to do. The scenery is exquisite!!! This is my 4th year of being invited back to perform; I'm a big hit there!!! (831) 648.4888

April 26 & 27, 2004 Artist-In-Residence in Marin County, CA
Building 80 4 holed Bamboo Flutes with my student in two days…easy!

April 28 & 29, 2004 Storytelling in East Oakland Bay school
Presenting my program called ETEHOI, Yaqui stories.

April 30, 2004 Elementary School in Bakersfield, CA
Interactive Performances.

MAY 2004

May 2, 2004 32nd Annual Walnut Tree Art Festival @ 9am-5pm – FREE!!!
Whittier Blvd & Mar Vista Street just east of Washington Blvd.
I won’t be performing it’s one of my art exhibitions, I’ll be selling artistic musical instruments and CDs. I’ll demo some of my instruments though!

May 5 @ 930am-130pm - Very Special Arts Festival
The Music Center of Los Angeles County
The theme this year is: “My California”.
This is always a wonderful event for everyone, of course for me too! Youth with special challenges come from all over the place to participate in art workshops, music workshops and see performances. Come play my collection of native Californian instruments that you can't see anywhere, because I had to make them from museum artifacts: clapper sticks, deer hoove rattles, turtle shell rattles, gourd rattles, stones and sing along in indigenous languages as well as listen to cultural facts.
(213) 972.3305 www.musiccenter.org

May 7, 2004 Performance with Joselyn Wilkinson, percussionist – between 7-10pm
Just Say Yes…To Music & the Arts - Musicians & Artists Address The Crisis In Arts Education
The Venice Center for Peace with Justice & the Arts, 2210 Lincoln Blvd (SE corner of Victoria & Lincoln). $10 (youth/senior discount $5).
Featured Artists & Music/Poetry Jam are:
Omar Torrez – fiery Latin guitar & world groove
Kali Band – conscious Reggae, hip-hop & soul
Joselyn & Wild Roots – soul, spoken word, earth groove
Alma da Batucada – youthful Samba sound explosion
Martin Espino – ancient incantations of Mexico and Joselyn on percussion
Special guests & more TBA
Proceeds benefit: Inside Out’s free after-school arts programming for middle-school youth

May 8, 2004 two(2) Birthday Parties in Encinitas, CA
This will be so fun!!!

May 8, 2004 - BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC – Puente Hills, CA @ 8-10pm – Family Night- FREE!!!
1600 South Azusa Avenue, City of Industry, CA 91748
Come and see my group, “MEXIKA”. I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too.

May 11, 2004 – Elementary School in Bakersfield, CA
Interactive Assemblies on Ancient Mexico and Cinco de Mayo.

May 15, 2004 – NOSE FLUTE workshops at THE ALOHA EXPO 2004 in Heritage Park – FREE!!!
Heritage Park website: www.santafesprings.org/native.htm
(714) 675.0989 information
Directions: from 605 Fwy go East on Telegraph Rd, about 3 miles, Right turn on Heritage Park/Mora Rd(you’ll see Geezer’s Restaurant), street ends at Heritage Park.
Info: My first time at a Pacific Islands Festival!!! From about 10am-5pm, Come to my “new” 30 minute workshop (10 people per workshop) and Make an Ancient Pacific Islands NOSE FLUTE @ $5.00 each, if you can’t stay for the workshop, then come pick up a kit @ $5.00

May 16, 2004 – Southwest Museum Mercado 10am-5pm – FREE !!!
All kinds of activities will be there, like storytelling, music and dance.
I will not perform but rather, I will have a booth demonstrating art and selling my instruments and CDs. Call (323) 221.2164 or visit the website: www.museumoftheamericanwest.com

May 17, 2004 – Elementary School – 2 Assemblies in San Diego, CA
Celebrating the history of Cinco de Mayo and the Music of Ancient Mexico!!!

May 21, 2004 – Family Night at Elementary School in Lake Elsinore, CA
Interactive Assembly on music of the Ancient Americas. I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too.

May 22, 2004 - Whittier Narrows Nature Center “River Clean Up Day” - FREE
9am-1pm come hear MEXIKA perform and interact with the audience. I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too. Drum Circle bring your own drum too!

May 23, 2004 – San Dimas Nature Center, San Dimas, CA Performance 10am-12noon – FREE!!!
This is really fun place to go to and all your purchases to make crafts go right to feed the animals. I’ve been playing at this center every year for the last 7-8 years!!! I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too. Drum circle bring your own drum.
Call (626)483.7947

May 23, 2004 - BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC @ 4-6pm – Family Afternoon – FREE!!!
100 South Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91204
Come and see my group, “MEXIKA” . I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too and then we’ll all go out for a Cinco de Mayo dinner at JAX BAR and GRILL nearby.

May 24, 2004 “Performances to Grow On” Showcase for Ventura, CA Area
Visit: www.ptgo.org

May 28, 2004 - STARR School Assemblies at Elementary School in Huntington Beach, CA
Interactive Assemblies.

May 29, 2004 - BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC – La Habra, CA @ 2pm BIG FAMILY EVENT – FREE!!!
1310 South Beach Blvd, La Habra, CA 90631
Interactive Music from Ancient Mexico with native storytelling.

May 30, 2004 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art @ 12:30pm-1:15pm
Music and Dance of Mexico – FREE FREE FREE
Interactive Performance with my group MEXIKA (All Mexican Prehispanic Instruments).
9505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
(323) 857.6000
Come jam with my band.

JUNE 2004

June 5, 2004– Two shows at two(2) BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC STORES – FREE!!!
1pm-2pm @ Chino store for “Kids Storytime”
4-6pm @ Montclair store for “Family afternoon”
5055 South Plaza Lane, Montclair, CA 91763
Come and see my group, “MEXIKA”. I’ll also be doing some Mexican Indian storytelling too.

June 7, 2004 – Elementary Scholl in Arcadia, CA
Interactive assembly

June 15, 2004 "Just for Kids Club" at The Promenade of Temecula - FREE!!!
(909)296.0975 40820 Winchester Road, Temecula, CA 92591

June 19, 2004 – “The Ancient West” at Wiseburn Library @ 10am – FREE!!!
5335 West 135rd Street, Hawthorne, CA 90250 (310)643.6502 My program was recorded for a local cable broadcast, very cool!

June 24, 2004 - Rancho Los Cerritos “Summer Concert Series” @ 530pm-7pm
Performance by MEXIKA. This is a “chill-out” performance, people will be coming from work and relaxing, yet we will still ask people to come and jam with us. Bring a picnic dinner and blanket.
4600 Virginia Road, Long Beach, CA 90807 (562) 570.1755 www.rancholoscerritos.org The director came to see us and said that we were the best performance there ever!!!

June 26, 2004 - BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC STORE - Pasadena Store @ 8-10pm – FREE!!!

June 28-29-30 ADULT WORKSHOP “Sounds from the Earth – Gourd & Bamboo”
Make two instruments: “Gourd Rain Stick” and “Large Bamboo Flute” (the end-blown kind).
I’m going to make you WORK, so watch out!!! Not for sissys or woosies.
Call (310)376.8646 or visit: www.musicrhapsody.com I had teachers from Texas, Los Angeles and even Korea show up!!!

JULY 2004

July 1, 2004 Del Amo Fashion Plaza Mall – 10:30am FREE
Torrance, CA
Mostly preschool kids attend. I’ve played here every year for the last 10-15 years!

July 7, 2004 Pacific View Mall – 10:30am FREE
Ventura, CA
Mostly preschool kids attend. This is the second year that I was invited to return!

July 8, 2004 Whittier Public Library @ 3pm - FREE!!!
I presented my newest Interactive program called “ETEHOI” (tellingz) Yaqui Storytelling and Music. The Whittier Daily News came, took photos and even did an article on it.

July 11, 2004 CORITA ART CENTER – 1-4pm – FREE!!! YOU “MUST” R.S.V.P. LIMITED NUMBER!!!
5515 Franklin Avenue, L.A. CA 90028 (323)466-2157
Martin presents Make A Bamboo Panpipe and Interactive Performance Music of the Ancient Americas. And, no…Corita is not from Nayarit, Mexico, that’s the last name of a famous nun artist. REMEMBER you must call them to reserve your spot!!! I heard that mostly adults fill these workshops, so, put your pantalones and come on down!

July 12-16 & July 19-23 & July 26-30, 2004 Music Rhapsody Summer Camp
Located in Mahattan Beach, CA this workshop has invited me to their resident staff teacher for the last 5 years! Since it’s a longer term to work with the kids, I’ve created with the kids an astounding array of instruments, most of the same kids return so, many of them have: Gourd Ocarinas, Jaguar Voices, Small Bamboo Flutes, Bamboo Mayan Trumpets, Yaqui Gourd Water Drums, Bird Whistles, Ocean Drums, Mexican Bamboo Teponaztli Drum, Large Percussive Panpipes I call Antaras, Gourd Rainsticks, Gourd Kalimbas and more.
Call (310)376.8646 or visit: www.musicrhapsody.com This year we (grades k-8) built, from scratch: Gourd Ocarinas, Gourd Water Drums with the traditional corn husk sticks, Snake Gourd Rainsticks and my first ever successful try at a small Bamboo Marimba!

AUGUST 2004

August 11 & 13, 2004 –BOWERS’ KIDSEUM SUMMER KIDS PROGRAM
I’ll be presenting my interactive performance “Ancient Mexico” with my students. Call ahead to register your kids! Located in Santa Ana, CA Call (714)480.1522

August 15, 2004 – “Top of the Bay –Family Days” @ Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA
1:30pm – 3:30pm Call (510) 643.3849 or visit their website: www.lawrencehallofscience.org
I’ll be in their “outdoor park”, doing an Interactive Performance and discussing and demonstrating “live” ,the “science of sound in musical instruments of Ancient Mexico”. I’ve been waiting for a chance to do this…you’ll get to experience sound waves from the Water Drum, See how the Musical Bow works, how flutes work and then you will perform native Mexican songs with me borrowing my percussion instruments!!! More details later!!!
This was listed as the “Pick of the Week” for local Berkeley newspapers! I will return to work with them again soon.

August 21, 2004 – Bamboo Flute making class at my house, 9am-12noon Whittier, CA
We had a great time, 8 people came, parents and kids.

August 24, 2004 – Elementary School in San Fernando Valley – 3 Assemblies
I had a great time, as usual, the kids were super! My daughter even came to help me!!!

August 26, 2004 – Showcase for Teachers – Heritage Park 10am-1:30pm – FREE
Santa Fe Springs, CA
Call for more info and to register (562) 946.6476
10am Ms. Jacque Nunez – California Indian Storyteller
1230pm Martin Espino – Music of the Ancient Americas
We are “Heritage Park’s” resident cultural artists who give hands on workshops in indigenous culture to schools who tour the park. We are available weekly at this facility. Workshops prices are very good and sessions not crowded, call and book your class or school.

August 28, 2004 – Camp Ronald McDonald, Idyllwild, CA with John Zeretzke, composer
Experimental music psychos, John and Martin of the group “Ancient Grooves” are going to bring a very musically mixed show to the kids here. We’re gonna mix Eastern European, Asian, Ancient Mexico and Electronics together and make everybody laugh and celebrate the beauty of acoustic and electric sound!

SEPTEMBER 2004

Don’t forget to call me for “Hispanic Heritage” Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, remember the only Hispanic stuff you really do is: speak Spanish and go to church, the rest of it mostly indigenous Mexican Indian and, of course, USA/Euro culture stuff but we are not aware of what components they are. When I ask people, no one knows what the ancient root of the word “Hispanic” mean, which I’ll tell you later but, basically, it refers to and implies, truly, things of SPANISH in origin (Spain), it totally negates ANY Indigenous origin. When I’m eating my frijoles and tortillas, I’m aware that it’s not Hispanic at all. More later…in person

September 11, 2004 Santa Fe Springs Community Center “Fiestas Patrias” – 1pm show FREE
My group, MEXIKA will be performing that day. Lots of food, lots of cuties and more.NEW
September 16, 2004 Fiestas Patrias 130pm Plaza Olvera, Los Angeles, CA MEXIKA performs – FREE FREE FREE.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOUR – GRUPO MEXIKA

September 12, 2004 Pleasanton Public Library 2pm – FREE
Pleasanton, CA Call (925) 931.3405 for more info
MEXIKA will perform in honor “Las Fiestas Patrias”.

September 13, 2004 Four(4) Assemblies at two(2) Pleasanton Schools
MEXIKA will perform in honor “Las Fiestas Patrias”.

NEW
September 16, 2004 Fiestas Patrias 130pm Plaza Olvera, Los Angeles, CA MEXIKA performs – FREE FREE FREE

WASHINGTON TOUR – GRUPO MEXIKA

September 17, 2004 Depart Los Angeles – City School Performance 7pm
MEXIKA will perform in honor “Las Fiestas Patrias”.

September 18 & 19, 2004 “Las Fiestas Patrias” at the Space Needle, Seattle, WA 1pm – FREE
MEXIKA will perform in honor “Las Fiestas Patrias”.
Return to Los Angeles that night.

September 23, 2004 – “Dedication of the Plaza of MesoAmerican Heritage” 6 – 8pm - FREE
Forest Lawn Museum, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA call more info.
You MUST R.S.V.P. “before September 19 (323) 340.4792 or email them at: museum@forestlawn.com
MEXIKA will perform in honor of this commemoration. There will also be a ceremony performed by Danzantes Aztecas @ 6:15pm

September 26, 2004 – Abbott-Kinney Festival, Venice, CA Time: 1:30 to 1:50pm – FREE
MEXIKA will present an interactive performance for kids/adults in honor “Las Fiestas Patrias”.
Info call: 213 382 8085.

September 28 & 30, 2004 Afternoon Catholic School programs 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Locations: South Central & Compton

OCTOBER 2004

October 1, 2004 Afternoon Catholic School program 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: South Central

October 2, 2004 "Kid to Kid" Autistic Children's Workshop,Culver City, CA
Over the last 20 years I have worked with many children who are challenged in various ways.

October 2, 2004 “Lu`au At The Park” 2 – 7pm
Featuring Hula Hal*u Ka Lehua Uluwehi I Ka Lani
Come & join us with good food & something fun for everyone!Learn Basket Weaving, Nose Flute, Lei, Lauhala Bring your lawn chairs, blankets & umbrella
Booths: Arts & Crafts, Fresh Flower Leis, Raffle
La Habra Heights Community Center
1885 North Hacienda Road, La Habra Heights
Starts: 2:00 pm Dinner Served: 4:00 pm Show: 6:00 pm
To Purchase Tickets: Call (714) 970-2489 e mail: jccort@sbcglobal.net
Ticket Prices: $20.00 Pre-sale for adults; $25.00 at the door; $10.00 Children 3 -12

Between 2pm – 4pm, I will be making and demonstrating Pacific Island Nose Flutes. I will also sell them and talk about their ancient history and even perform sacred sounds too. So, this is sort of a “live artisan thing”. If you know me well, you’d know that I’m well versed in many world instruments. I was taught about the Nose Flute back in ’96 in Laia, Oahu when I visited well known instrument maker, Etua Tauhari, now, I carry on the ancient tradition here, even though I’m not Hawaiian. Gotta love me, heehee…

October 4, 5, 6, 7, 2004 Afternoon Catholic School program 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Locations: South Central, Compton

Oct 9, 2004 El Dia De Los Muertos at Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach, CA
My friends at the rancho have re-invited again to present my educational and entertaining programs, once again.
My program called "Sounds of Ancient Mexico" will be at 9am, 10am 11am and 130pm I will also discuss indigenous food and lecture about this holiday. Other workshops on Decorative Folk Art; Arts and Crafts; and The Mexican Kitchen. Call (562) 431.3541 ext. 103 for information.

SAD NOTE: Can you believe it, this event was gonna be catered by a famous chef and teachers would've got credit for this event and it only cost $40 and it was cancelled due to lack of enrollment, it goes to show that if a significant event happens and it doesn't have something trendy in it, people won't go. There is apathy here in L.A., I've seen it, I travel and tour. This was really an unusual event...maybe it wasn't cool because it was not going to be an "altar contest". Sad...

October 9, 2004 "Geneology Festival" Olvera Street, Downtown Los Angeles
Interactive Performance 11:45am - 1:30pm - FREE FREE FREE
Sponsored by my friends, the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles

October 12, 2004 – Inglewood Elementary School “STAR” assembly 9:30am

October 13, 2004 - Afternoon Catholic School program 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Compton

October 15-16, 2004 – INTERNATIONAL BAMBOO FESTIVAL
Held at Huntington Gardens, San Marino, CA
Bamboo weirdos and freakz from everywhere across America and the hood will be here, and that means me too! There’ll be: lectures, plant sales and more.
Thursday: Oct 14 is “see behind the scenes” at the Gardens, call them if you wanna go.
Thursday night: MEXIKA plays bamboo instruments(The music will be both traditional sounding as well as experimental) at Pacific Asia Museum 5-7pm for a reception.
Friday: Festival begins. I’ll be demonstrating flute making and selling as well. The night MEXIKA performs again at the Huntington Hotel 5-7pm
Saturday: 1:30 – 3pm Make a Bamboo Flute with Martin Espino, who will also give a lecture as well. There is a party on Saturday night, but I don’t know much about it. Want more info? email me: martinprehispanic@yahoo.com or look up www.bamboo.org or go directly to an article about the gig: www.abssocal.org/conference/article/htm

October 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 2004 - Afternoon Catholic School program 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Locations: East L.A., Hollywood

October 22, 2004 Harbor College, Harbor City, CA Info call (323) 267.1830
I'll be the opening the show for the amazing Quarteto Nuevo with some improvised strange and weird music, really I promise to be in another time zone. QUARTETO NUEVO’s music is avant garde-world jazz-classical fronted by leader (and MEXIKA percussionist, Chris Garcia).

October 23 & 24, 2004 Gourd Festival @ L.A. County Arboretum
Tentative schedule:
Saturday @ times not set: MEXIKA
Sunday @ 11am-1230pm: ANCIENT GROOVES: African Percussion Groove Master, Malik Sow and Mexican Instrument Master of Groove and Funk, Martin Espino will perform on instruments made from GOURDS.
Martin will play Mexican instruments, like the Ocarina, Yaqui Indian "Water Drums", Rattles, Flutes and the Tepehuano Indian "Tawitol" and Malik will bring his "Kora" an African Harp Guitar thingy as well as the "Balafon" (African Marimba)...oh God, if he brings his Djembe drums get ready to have your ears and mind blown away....hopefully we can get John Zeretzke and Chris Garcia, the other member of ANCIENT GROOVES. Our music is very cool because we mix the songs and sounds of our respective traditions and create a cool native groove musicm guaranteed to knock your pants off.

October 25, 26, 27, 2004 - Afternoon Catholic School program 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Locations: East L.A., Hollywood

TEXAS TOUR 2004 “El Dia de Los Muertos”

October 28-29-30-31, 2004 – BUDDY HOLLY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Friday, Oct. 29
9am Elementary School – Interactive Performance
12noon "Noontime Notebook" television show: interviewed by NBC channel KCBD. Tune in!!!
2pm Elementary School - Interactive Performance

Saturday, Oct. 30
8pm Buddy Holly Center - Interactive Solo Performance dressed as a skeleton!!!

F.Y.I. I return to Los Angeles on Oct 31.

NOVEMEBER 2004

November 1, 2004 7pm El Dia de Los Muertos at Whittier Public Library
MEXIKA performs at this event. I will give an educational, humanistic talk about this ancient celebration and why it's not crazy, scary, demonic or sacriligious and while I am on that subject, I will make comparisons to the European tradition of Halloween celebrated here...uuuyyy...anyway, we will also have guest Azteca Danzante artists. They will perform, several dances of Aztec, or rather more correctly, Mexika origin and will also include the Danza De La Muerte (Dance of Death).The MEXIKA group, will be accompanying the danzantes with traditional Mexika rhythms, not just on Huehuetl Drums but Teponaztli, Ayotl and more and Martin will add what you don't hear in Danza very much, WIND instruments.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOUR “El Dia de Los Muertos”

November 3, 2004 LUTHER BURBANK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Santa Rosa, CA
On November 3, I will present an Interactive Performances at 930am for public and school audiences. This is a real honor to have been invited TWICE to grace this stage where so many super big name acts have performed! The last time I was there I had to 1300 kids screaming my name to come up on stage, it was like a rock concert! Everything went off extremely well and this year will be no exception!!! This visit is also including me writing a curriculum for local school at the request of the LBC and Young Audiences of Northern California Inc.

November 4 & 5, 2004 – Looking to book performances in Sonoma/Napa, day or night gigs

November 6 & 7, 2004 – SEJAT POW WOW, Santa Fe Springs, CA – FREE!!!!
Easily, one of the best pow wows ever! You gotta come. A pow wow is a big native party and everyone is welcome. My daughter will also be dancing in the arena! I will be performing and storytelling all day long down the “native Tongva village”. Lots of great Indian Fry Bread, dances by many nations, friendly vibes, handsome natives and beautiful nativas …heehee, Mexica Danzantes, California’s Tongva Nation Dancers and more!
Visit the website: www.santafesprings.org/native.htm

November 12, 2004 - San Diego Elementary School assembly

November 14, 2004 – California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 2pm & 3:30pm
I’ll be presenting two programs here: “ETEHOI”(tellings) -Yaqui Indian Stories and “Sounds and Songs of my Ancestors – Ancient Mexico”

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TOUR

November 15, 2004 – Hayward, CA Two library programs of music and Yaqui Storytelling

November 16 & 17 Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center "Artist Residency"
I will be finishing my Artist Residency sponsored by Young Audiences of the Bay Area by visiting the three schools that made four holed flutes with me after my November 3rd concert at the LBC. These schools are in Ukiah and Santa Rosa.

November 18 Heritage Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA
2 School Tour Performances

November 19 "Estrellas de Nuestra Cultura Awards" honoring Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Graham and Honorable Lucille Royball-Allard at the "Grand Hall" of the "Music Center of Los Angeles County".
More info: (213)624.3600
info@mexicanculturalinstitute.org
Lots of cool and important people will be there and so will my group, MEXIKA. Also, Domingo, a famous dance artist from Mexico will dance to a selection from my CURANDERO CD... MEXIKA is appearing under the auspices of my old friends at the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles.

November 23 California High School - Special Education
Every year I return to delight my special ed students with cool and happy native sounds.

November 24 Atid Hebrew Academy, L.A., CA -
Interactive School Assemblies

DECEMBER 2004

Dec. 4, 2004 Sylvia and Edison’s Wedding
Cool I get to do indigenous art decoration of the stage and coordinate the music and perform too. I'm supposed to teach the bride, my great friend, Sylvia “La Sinaloensa” to perform on Prehispanic instruments at the wedding for her new hubby!!!

December 10, 2004 7:30 pm - FREE- La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin : The Miracle of the four apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe (performed in Spanish)– @ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles - 555 West Temple Street, L.A.
I and members of my group MEXIKA are performing in this theatre work, as a last minute addition...we play the "Celestial Heavenly" sounds when the Virgencita appears as well as the scenes of tension and fear...it's all sounding very cool, and since you now know it's Latino Theatre Center, you know it's got great actors and it'll be very very cool...even if you're not into this aspect of our cultura, the program is wonderful...The music is by my great friend, fellow musician, Alfredo Lopez Mondragon, whom you may know from the famous touring Mexican Traditional music ensemble called Quetzalcoatl

December 12 - Poetry Slam 7pm
8942 Woodman, Arleta, CA 91331
Poetry, puppet and music, this oughta be a pretty weird evening...I'm going to get all experimental and electronic and present "Groove Soundz from Ancient Mexico" heehee, really!!!

December 11 & 18, 2004 Pacific Island Nose Flute workshop
At the request of Auntie Ulu and the Ike Mo’olelo “O Hawai’I Foundation. Here, I’ll give a complete workshop on history and how to make and decorate with ancient Pacific designs and even, play your own nose flute And…No, you don’t stick the nose flute in your nose.

Here is information How to Book me:

I present: Interactive Assemblies, Concerts, Culture Workshops, Residencies, Lectures, Instrument Making Workshops, Recording Sessions, Compose and more.

Questions??? Email me at: martinprehispanic@yahoo.com

Questions??? Call me at (562)946.4448

BOOKINGS for Local Assemblies and National/International Performances/Workshops: Martin Espino

The following organizations assist me in bookings assemblies, workshops and residencies:

BOOKINGS for single/block bookings of "Workshops" only: The Music Center of L.A. County

BOOKINGS in Kern County only: Young Audiences Inc. of Kern County

BOOKINGS in Bay Area and surrounding areas: Young Audiences of the Bay Area

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY 2003 CALENDAR OF PAST EVENTS