Join us at the Demmer Hall at the Rodman Center of Fine Arts at Ripon College!

Our concert will be featured on the Ripon College Chamber Concert Series. We’ll explore sacred music from the Spanish colonial period, particularly from Latin America, with a strong emphasis on polyphony and choral works rooted in Catholic liturgical traditions. 

The program tells a story of the religious and cultural synthesis of colonial Latin America, where European sacred music traditions were merged with local artistic expressions. The overarching theme of spirituality, identity, and cultural exchange, highlights how the divine (through pneuma, or spirit) was interpreted through music during this period by influential European composers like Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla and Alonso Lobo alongside the indigenous voice of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Our musical selections showcase the vitality of Latin Americans in shaping life and cultural identity in the Spanish New World. 

Chamber Series concerts are free of charge. Charitable contributions to the Ripon College Friends of the Arts program are welcome and encouraged to support the continuation and development of experiential fine arts programming. For information about donations, please contact Kelly Nielsen: NielsenK@ripon.edu, 920-748-8852.