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Brass quintet to heat up Lakeside stage

Written by Jeanne Chaussee

Saturday, 18 October 2008

They’re young and they’re hot!
The Metales M5 quintet has a lot of brass and the gumption to deliver it with five exciting musicians bringing trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba to the Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago in a concert sponsored by VIVA la Musica! on Monday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

The M-5 brass quintet from Morelia will present what promises to be a smashing concert covering 400 years of music on Monday, October 27 in Ajijic.

M5, founded in Morelia, Michoacan is considered one of Mexico’s leading brass ensembles, and plays baroque and contemporary, selections from opera, blues, pop and movie soundtracks. They also excel in folk music from Spain, Mexico and other Latin American countries. The fabulous five (trumpet players Alex Freund and Oscar Villegas, French hornist Juan Carlos Quiterio, trombonist Fernando Islas and tubist Jose Lopez Juarez) are all soloists with the Morelia Symphony Orchestra.

Since early 2005, M5 has presented more than 100 concerts throughout Mexico. The quintet performs regularly in the Morelia Cathedral and recently presented two national premieres for brass quintet and symphony orchestra and inaugurated the International Festival “Rosario Castellanos’ in Comitan, Chiapas. In 2008, M5 made its North American debut with performances in Texas, Nebraska, Vermont, Alberta (Canada), and with the Pueblo, Colorado Symphony.

Their program on October 27 will include the “James Bond” movie score, “Trumpet Voluntary,” Bach’s “Fugue in G Minor,” “Marriage of Figaro Overture,” the “Poet and Peasant Overture,” “Granada,” “Summertime,” a Dixieland version of “High Society,” “La Virgen de la Macarena” and other favorites, along with a selection of the group’s favorite Mexican hits.

Tickets are 250 pesos for VIVA members and 280 pesos for non-members. They can be purchased at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Tickets, Etc. booth from October 20 to October 24, 10 a.m. to noon or by calling VIVA president Rosemary Keeling at 766-1801.