In celebration of URBAN-15’s 50th anniversary events, Robert Rivera Ojeda and the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture presents “Tribute To La Musica Chicana, The History and Influences on Music by Mexican American Musicians.” Performed by Robert Ojeda’s Bronze Band, this tribute forms part of a musical performance art piece series chronicling the influence and history on the Mexican American culture from the Indigenous, to the 1930s up to 1960.
Join us live at the URBAN-15 Studio on Saturday, August 10th from 5-7pm CST for a musical journey across the rich history of Mexican American sounds. 2500 South Presa, 78201
Robert Ojeda, a respected musician, educator, and historian, states that the Tribute to La Musica Chicana is to fill the gap in San Antonio’s music history by preserving, promoting, and performing the music of San Antonio’s history. He is a 2024 grantee of the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture Individual Artist Grant. These grants support a diverse portfolio of artists in their creation of new original work in the literary arts, media arts, multi-disciplinary arts, performing arts, and visual arts. Ojeda is thankful to the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture in recognizing the need to showcase music and histories of Mexican American music. The Bronze Band is a group of seasoned musicians that will perform a myriad of genres created over the years, including Indigenous, Tex-Mex, Chicano rhythm and blues, country-western swing, cumbias, boleros, oldies and much more that reflects the creations by Mexican American musicians. Ojeda, Musical Director, will introduce each song with historical information.
Source: Urban 15
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