Spring 2024 Performances
A Community Concert Series
Desde Mi Barrio (From my Neighborhood) is a concert series presented by Puerto Rican Arts Alliance’s the Latin Music Project. This series features local and national musicians while celebrating the rich music of Puerto Rico and other Latinx cultures.
Spring 2024 Performance Line-Ups
Kenneth Meléndez
February 17, 2024
Kenneth Meléndez's repertoire spans an array of percussion instruments, encompassing Afro-Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Dominican, and Brazilian rhythms. Amidst his performances with renowned bands like Costa Brava and La Familia Sanabria, Kenneth dedicates himself to teaching and sharing the essence of Puerto Rican cultural traditions.
Luis Sanz
March 9, 2024
Luis Sanz's improvisational prowess led him to compose and arrange music performed globally and has collaborated with artists like Residente and Lin-Manuel Miranda. While receiving innumerable awards for his musical efforts, Sanz remains dedicated to merging Puerto Rican traditions with contemporary classical techniques for future generations.
Olga Iglesias Project
April 20, 2024
Christian García Roque is a tenor who studied acting at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Christian assumed the role of Parpignol in the opera "La Bohème", performed in the premiere of the Cuban opera "Manita en el suelo", played José, the chaste, in the zarzuela "La corte del Faraón", and featured as a tenor soloist in the Symphony "Romeo et Juliette" with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico.
Adrinelle García is a soprano who pursued a Bachelor's in Oboe Performance at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, but her fascination with classical music led her to pursue a degree in Voice Performance. She is now a part of the Conservatory's Opera Workshop and will be playing several roles in the upcoming year.
Alejandro Márquez is a baritone who made his mark in musical theater, soaring post his Master's in Vocal Performance from Brooklyn College. His crowning achievement came as the first Puerto Rican actor to portray the phantom inThe Phantom of the Opera .
Desde Mi Barrio
Juan & Gladys Mendez Music Hall
