James Lumber Center Presents
LADAMA
Sunday, February 5, 2023
4 p.m.
Mainstage Theatre
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Thank you for joining us for our Spring 23 Performing Arts Series. We are really excited about the season, which truly includes something for everyone - family programming, dance, and multiple world-class musicians.
This season is special to me as it's the first one that I programmed since joining the JLC as Executive Director. In planning the season, I was looking for both variety and artistic integrity. Every artist we're presenting is truly amazing and we're honored to be bringing some of the best musicians in the world to Lake County. We're sure you'll love everything you see on our stage so we encourage you to take a chance, buy a ticket, and join us for another show!
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Enjoy the show!
Warm regards,
Alisa Baum, Executive Director
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
College of Lake County
LADAMA
LADAMA is a group of four women, virtuosic musicians, and educators — Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas — from different countries and cultures of the Americas, who are sisters in song, rhythm and spirit. Harnessing music from their respective countries of origin (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the United States), the group utilizes traditional and non-traditional instruments from across the Americas, but with a modern twist to produce Latin Alternative music.
LADAMA’s debut, self-titled album, released in the Fall of 2017, could not be more timely; nowadays, both Latin America and the United States are deeply in need of projects that transcend boundaries and defy norms. This is precisely what their debut album, crafted carefully on a journey through Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and New York, represents. With music composed by the members of the band, it delivers a fresh take on a myriad of traditional, Pan-American rhythms all coming together seamlessly into LADAMA’s unique blend of enthralling sounds. Re-imagining South American and Caribbean styles like cumbia, maracatu, onda nueva and joropo and blending them with soul, R&B and pop, they created a new sound all their own.
OYE MUJER, LADAMA’s 2nd full-length album released in the Summer of 2020, is a declaration to women and a call to humanity. Working with renowned Brazilian producer Kassin (Jorge Ben, Bebel Gilberto, Caetano Veloso), in his studio in Rio de Janeiro, the four women of LADAMA, along with their bassist and musical collaborator, Pat Swoboda, created a collection of songs sung in Spanish, Portuguese and English that channel the personal experiences of being human in the midst of global crises, unprecedented climate destruction and immigration. Having matured together since their debut, it is a bold step forward towards seamless musical and compositional unity as a band; now each “Dama” takes a turn as lead singer as the others support her as instrumentalists and arrangers. Where the first record was based on organic, roots percussion and rhythm, this one is charged, visceral and electric. Featuring collaborations with Betsayda Machado (Venezuela), Spok (Brazil), Eliot Krimsky (New York) and others, LADAMA soars as one with a fiery urgency that must be heard.
LADAMA met on the road in 2014 while touring Los Angeles, Arizona, and New Mexico as part of the prestigious OneBeat Program. Between individual performances, leading youth workshops and public music-making events, Lara, Daniela, Mafer and Sara uncovered a common dream of building communities through sound and empowering women and youth through music.
LADAMA delivers an utterly unique experience as they flow from the electric to the acoustic, from Spanish to English and Portuguese, and from the high plains of Venezuela to the Colombian coast. Their art proves that borders are meaningless, transporting us to a future where the world communicates across continents and cultures through sound and story.
Song titles to be announced from the stage.
Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief
Friday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Tab Benoit
with Special Guest JD Simo
Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m.
Desdemona: A Play About A Handkerchief
Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Sunday, March 5 at 4 p.m.
46th Annual "Art of Jazz" Concert
Sunday, March 12 at 4 p.m.
Switchback
Sunday, March 19 at 4 p.m.
Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
Friday, March 24 at 8 p.m.
Play On!
Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Gospel Choir Concert
Saturday, April 8 at 4 p.m.
Play On!
Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 16 at 2 p.m.
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