SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2003 File #
Contact: Jean Wasp, Media Relations, (707) 664-2057
‘'Salsa Vivaldi" Brings Dueling 'Four Seasons' and Dance Party to the Green Festival, Aug. 3
On the heels of last year’s stirring celebration of Cuban jazz and salsa, the Green Music Festival will team up with the Santa Rosa Symphony to provide a fantastico Salsa concert and dance party on Sunday, August 3 on the Sonoma State University lawn.Leading this year’s spicy event, called "Salsa Vivaldi!," is the scintillating trombonist Jimmy Bosch and the young, nationally acclaimed violinist Leila Josefowicz.
Josefowicz will direct a soaring interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by the Santa Rosa Symphony. In response, Bosch and his band will perform his version of the Baroque masterpiece with the explosive sound and sensual rhythm of Puerto Rican salsa.
Besides the Vivaldi, Bosch, and his band will also perform an extensive set of "Salsa Dura" (hard salsa) during the Salsa dance party in the second half of the program. Free dance lessons will help Festival goers get ready to tango, mambo, rumba, and cha-cha. Gates will open at 2 p.m. for picnicking. The concert and free salsa dance lessons are from 4-8 p.m.
Bosch is one of New York’s most sought-after trombonists. He has reinvigorated the Latin music scene by projecting his essence through his emphatic solos and rhythmic melodies. The Los Angeles Times has called him "one of the most devastating forces in Latin music today." Bosch’s prolific career and extensive discography span two decades. He has collaborated with stellar figures such as Cachao, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barreto, and Marc Anthony.
Leila Josefowicz, at the age of 23, has won the hearts of audiences around the world with her honest, fresh approach to the repertoire and her dynamic virtuosity. She came to national attention in 1994 when she made her Carnegie Hall debut performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto with Sir Neville Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Since that time, she has appeared with many of the world's most prestigious orchestras.
Ticket prices range from $10-$30 for lawn seating and $45-$340 for reserved table seating and are available at (707) 546-8742. For groups of ten or more, call (415) 346-7805. For further information, visit the web site at www.greenmusicfestival.org.
The campus is located at 1801 E. Cotati Ave. in Rohnert Park, Calif., which is 40 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The Festival will move to its permanent home, the Donald and Maureen Green Music Center at SSU, when it opens in a few years.