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Published: 14 April 2017 14 April 2017

GRAMMY AWARD WINNING CUBAN GROUP TO PERFORM AT LIGHT HALL THEATER, APRIL 26

Silver City, NM - The historic sounds of Cuba will be performed live by the Grammy award-winning group Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pi+¦eiro, on Wednesday, April 26 at 7:00 p.m., in Light Hall Theater.

Interpreting son, Cuba's national music genre, Septeto Nacional was founded by the late Ignacio Pi+¦eiro, considered the father of this quintessential Cuban style. The seven-member group is now directed by Francisco Oropeza, a bongo virtuoso.

For more than eight decades, Septeto Nacional has garnered a reputation as a national treasure for Cuba, interpreting a timeless repertoire, familiar to dancers around the world.

Seating is limited. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchase by calling the Western New Mexico University Office of Cultural Affairs at 575-538-6469 or online at wnmu.edu/culture.

The event is sponsored by AMP Concerts, the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning, and the WNMU Office of Cultural Affairs.

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Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and serves a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background. 

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