SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
4:00 p.m.
JLC Mainstage
The historic tradition of mariachi music has roots in cities like Guadalajara and Mexico City, places where the festive folk style lived its past glory days in the mid-1900s. Today, the future of the evolving genre may rest in the hands of a dynamic ensemble from the capital of the American Midwest: Chicago’s Mariachi Herencia de México.
The Latin GRAMMY-nominated group of young Mexican-American musicians have released three highly acclaimed studio albums with chart-topping debuts on both the Billboard and the iTunes Latin Albums charts, defying a music industry trend and pointing to a revival in recorded mariachi music.
The group recently released its third studio album titled Esencia. The stunning collection features some 18 musicians on 14 classic tracks plus two originals, with arrangements by one of the most revered and innovative figures in the field, composer and musical director Rigoberto Alfaro. “It’s a masterpiece,” says Jonathan Clark, a mariachi expert and historian. “This is mariachi music at its most sophisticated and most modernistic. It’s almost the antithesis of folklore, almost futuristic. Maybe 20 or 30 years from now, all groups will sound like this, I don’t know. But it is state-of-the-art.”
In 2017, Mariachi Herencia de México scored a Latin GRAMMY nomination in the “Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album” category for the group’s debut album titled Nuestra Herencia. The group’s follow up album, Herencia De La Tierra Mía, was released in 2018 and features guest vocals by two superstars of Mexican music, folkloric/fusion artist Lila Downs and veteran mariachi singer Aida Cuevas.
Mariachi Herencia de México has toured throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada performing in some of the most prestigious performing arts centers across the continent, including Washington D.C.’s The Kennedy Center and Guadalajara’s Teatro Degollado. The group has performed alongside major artists like Lila Downs, Aida Cuevas, Los Lobos, Pedro Fernández, as well as some of the most respected mariachi groups from both sides of the border, including Mariachi Vargas de Tecatitlán, Los Camperos, Sol de Mexico, Cobre, and the all-female group Reyna de Los Angeles, demonstrating that this group of students have the talent, training and bravado to hold their own with the best in the world.
Welcome Back, JLC Friends and Patrons!
The James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts opened back in 1997 and now we are celebrating our 25th Anniversary Season! What a wonderful way to celebrate this incredible milestone ... by re-opening our JLC facility and welcoming our community to come celebrate with us!
Continuing our mission to present diverse, high quality, professional entertainment, we want to once again acknowledge and showcase the power and value of the performing arts.
The Fall 2021 – Spring 2022 season offers some audience favorites from past years in addition to welcoming incredible new performances to the JLC stage. Don't miss this opportunity to once again enjoy live performance close to home.
We have missed you! Don't miss all the fantastic live arts at CLC!
Gwethalyn J. Bronner, Executive Director
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
College of Lake County
FALL 2021
Professional Touring Series
SWITCHBACK
Sunday, November 7 at 3 p.m. • Mainstage
Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack return, performing their concert, “Traveling down an Irish Road.” Drawing on traditional Celtic music and original Americana songs that reflect their Irish heritage and Midwestern roots, this award-winning duo plays an exciting mix of mandolin, guitar and bass, capped off with their sublime harmonies.
Ruth Page’s
“THE NUTCRACKER”
The Ruth Page Center for the Arts • 50th Anniversary Presentation
Saturday, December 18 at 1 and 5 p.m. • Mainstage
Pre-Show "Behind the Curtain" Lecture available with ticket purchase.
The quintessential and beloved holiday classic returns in this iconic production — perfect fare for the entire family. Escape to a land where a little girl heroine, her mysterious godfather, whimsical mice, toy soldiers and dancing snowflakes are brought to life in the beautiful Land of Snow and the magical Kingdom of the Sweets.
TICKETS FOR ALL EVENTS
Call: (847) 543-2300 • Email: clcboxoffice@clcillinois.edu
Print-at-home tickets are no longer available.
Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday, Noon to 5 p.m.
Masks are required for everyone at CLC and the JLC.
Performers onstage will be unmasked.
Audience and venue support will remain masked inside
(backstage and front of house).
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MARIACHI HERENCIA DE MÉXICO
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College of Lake County
Board of Trustees
Amanda D. Howland, J.D., Chair
Julie B. Shroka, M.A., Vice Chair
Torrie Mark Newsome, J.D., Secretary
Gerri Songer, M.A.
Matthew J. Stanton, J.D.
Robert J. Tomei, Jr., J.D.
Paul G. Virgilio, B.S., S.E., P.E.
Daniel Blaine, Student Trustee
Lori Suddick, Ed.D., President
Trustees Emeriti
Richard A. Anderson, J.D.
William M. Griffin, Ed.D.
Patricia Jones, M.Ed.
Barbara D. Oilschlager, M.Ed.
Gwethalyn J. Bronner
Executive Director
Kendell McBride
Office Manager
Judie Katz
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Leslie Baraboo
Marketing and Communications Analyst
Jeremy Eiden
Technical Coordinator
Matt McNabb
Patron Services Coordinator
Peter Hansen
Technical Production Assistant
Chrissy Flores
Accounting Associate
Jianni Newsome
Box Office Assistant