Event Date
Mariachi Los Mesteños, Oscar Garibay, director
Samba School, Brian Rice, director
Program
To be announced.
Free
About the Artists
Oscar Garibay is recognized as a versatile musician. As a classical instrumentalist, Garibay has won several concerto competitions and toured internationally with various orchestras and bands. In his role as a mariachi musician, Garibay has performed on tour with the Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Los Camperos. He has also accompanied critically acclaimed artists, including Steven Sandoval, Shaila Dúrcal, Lupita Infante, Ana Bárbara, Yuri, Beatriz Adriana, Juan Valentín, Leo Dan, and many others.
Mariachi Los Mesteños focuses on the study and performance of traditional mariachi music. Genres include Són Jalisciense, Canción Ranchera, Corrido, Huapango, Bolero, Polka, Joropo, Pasodoble, Vals Mexicano, and some contemporary mariachi song-styles.
Brian Rice is a highly acclaimed performer, educator, and recording artist and one of the most versatile percussionists in the Bay Area. Though best known as a specialist in Brazilian and Cuban music, he can be heard playing a multitude of styles, and his percussion playing graces over sixty recordings. Rice received his Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in percussion performance and ethnomusicology, and he has been a freelance musician since 1989, founding the bateria Samba Seattle and the Afro-Cuban Folkloric Collective, and traveling to both Cuba and Brazil for musical studies. He currently performs with Mike Marshall and Choro Famoso, Claudia Villela, Jorge Alabe and Samba Rio, Cascada de Flores, the Berkeley Choro Ensemble and Wake the Dead.
Modeled after the famous baterias of Rio de Janeiro’s renowned samba schools, the UC Davis Samba School performs high-energy music of Brazil’s Carnaval for audiences throughout Northern California. The group was formed in 2004 and has since become a vibrant force in campus life, performing at festivals, fundraisers and community events across the region. A contingent of 25 drummers muscle through traditional material taken from Rio’s major samba schools as well as original music created by the group.