Latin American Singer to Pay Tribute to Latino Heritage Month at Williams
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Rebecca Salazar, Williams College Class of 1989, will return to campus with guitarist Barry Kornhauser and Professor Freddie Bryant to perform a Mercedes Sosa Tribute Concert on Friday, Nov. 20, at 5:30 p.m. at the Williams College Museum of Art.It is free and open to the public. There will be a reception before the concert at 4:30 p.m.
This event is part of the Latin Heritage Month Celebration, and is sponsored by Vista, alumni relations, WCMA and the Multicultural Center. Salazar was co-founder of Vista at Williams.
Salazar graduated from Williams with a B.A. in political science, and received her master's degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music. At the Manhattan School of Music, Salazar studied European opera and classical music, but discovered her passion was for the folk and popular music traditions of Latin America.
She returns to Williams to pay tribute to the great Argentinean cantante, Mercedes Sosa, who died on October 4.
Bryant is the visiting lecturer in Africana Studies and music and studio instructor of intermediate and advanced jazz guitar at Williams. He received his M.A. in classical guitar at the Yale School of Music. He has toured as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State four times and recently performed at the Kennedy Center with the Billy Taylor Trio, as has performed with numerous well known national and international artists.
Kornhauser is a composer, arranger, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass guitar and cello) in a wide variety of musical environments.
