Orquesta Northwest: Las Posadas Concierto 2024
Free (RSVP available; donations appreciated)
- José Luis Muñoz, countertenor
- José Rubio, baritone
Merle J. Isaac — Mexican Overture
TBA — Selected works
We invite you to celebrate the season with Orquesta Northwest at Town Hall Seattle! Join in the traditional Mexican and Latin American posadas. Baritone Jose Rubio will join us, and talented young musicians from Orquesta Northwest's World Youth Orchestra will perform, showing the results of their hard work and dedication. Enjoy a program filled with traditional holiday favorites, Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 and make sure to stay for the post-concert fiesta: food, friends, family, and a holiday pinata!
About Orquesta Northwest
Orquesta NW is a 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to enhance community life by providing inclusive Latinx arts and culture programs, projects, and events, without charge, that create a sense of belonging, build intercultural understanding, foster equity and civic engagement, and strengthen the voice of the Latinx community in the Seattle area.
https://www.orquestanw.orgAbout José Luis Muñoz, countertenor
José Luis Muñoz has been described as "a fabulous countertenor" with "amazing, powerful expression." He is often heard premiering and creating new works and principal roles in such works as Mauricio Sotelo’s opera Dulcinea (Modesto), Bless Me, Ultima (Albuquerque), Juana (San Francisco), Monticello Wakes (Los Angeles), Yoshinaka (Seattle), Kakitsubata (Cologne, Germany), and Magda G for which he was featured in the Los Angeles Times. A versatile performer, Muñoz's other work includes: Melissa in Caccini's La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina, Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem and Missa Brevis K. 275, Bach's B minor Mass, St Matthew's Passion, Magnificat, Orff's Carmina Burana, and Bernstein's Missa Brevis.
http://joseluismunoz.com