SALON EL ZAGUAN with Rob Martinez
ALABADOS, ALABANZAS, INDITAS and CORRIDOS:
The Enduring Hispanic Music of New Mexico
December 22, at 5pm MST via Zoom
A Fundraiser for Historic Santa Fe Foundation with a donation to the Empty Stocking Fund (managed by Santa Fe Community Foundation)
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There is no charge for admission for members and the non-members entry fee is $10. Also, donations in any amount are accepted above in addition to the registration. Historic Santa Fe Foundation will also donate half of the entrance fees and donations to Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Empty Stocking fund.
Historic Santa Fe Foundation presents the 2020 Holiday Fundraising Salon El Zaguán with Rob Martinez on ALABADOS, ALABANZAS, INDITAS and CORRIDOS: The Enduring Hispanic Music of New Mexico. The talk is scheduled for Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 5pm via Zoom.
ABOUT THE LECTURE:
Please join State Historian Robert Martinez as he takes a journey through New Mexico’s rich historical past and cultural tapestry with music, presenting song forms that date back centuries.
Penitente alabados, religious alabanzas, culturally mixed Inditas and Mexican Corridos provide context to the state’s complex and exciting history.
The history of Hispano music allows us to better understand the emotional backdrop of those generations of New Mexicans who lived, loved, and dealt with strife in Santa Fe, and New Mexico, through the centuries.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
State Historian Rob Martinez is a native New Mexican born and raised in Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.B.A. in International Business Management, Rob went on to pursue his interest in New Mexican culture and history at UNM, earning an M.A. in Latin American history, with an emphasis on church, cultural, and social practices of the Spanish Colonial period in New Mexico. Mr. Martinez worked for fourteen years as a research historian for the Sephardic Legacy Project, scouring civil and church archives in New Mexico, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, analyzing documents for a research and publishing project about the Crypto-Jewish phenomenon in New Mexico and the Caribbean. Rob has presented papers and lectures on his research at the University of New Mexico as well as history conferences throughout the southwestern United States. He has also spoken to historical groups in New Mexico such as the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, the Albuquerque Historical Society, and the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies about research methodology, unique findings, New Mexico Hispanic culture, and general History of New Mexico. Mr. Martinez is also a folk musician, performing and promoting New Mexican Hispanic musical traditions for the past twenty years with his brother Lorenzo and their father Roberto Martinez in the group Los Reyes de Albuquerque. With his musical family, he has performed in all parts of New Mexico, and on multiple occasions has presented music and New Mexican culture at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in Washington, D.C., the NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship Awards, and also at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
There is no charge for admission for members and the non-members entry fee is $10. Also, donations in any amount are accepted below in addition to the registration. Historic Santa Fe Foundation will also donate half of the entrace fees and donations to Santa Fe Community Foundation’s Empty Stocking fund which “serves as the “Emergency Support Fund” for many who have experienced significant financial challenges. The Empty Stocking Fund provides support for housing assistance, car repairs, home heating, utility bills, etc. This year, our neighbors need this help more than ever. Find more on the fund here: https://www.santafecf.org/give-now/empty-stocking-fund. Refunds for non-member tickets/reservations will only be issued if canceled within 48 hours. Registration is required.