Contact:	Beverly Ortiz, 277-2744 and 277-2286 Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915
April 3, 2002 AWARD-WINNING JAZZ ARTIST OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS AT UNM Grammy-award winning Latin jazz recording artist Poncho Sanchez and his eight-piece band will conduct two workshops at the University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts for music students also free and open to community musicians and jazz-lovers. A percussion workshop will be held Monday, April 15 at 2:30 p.m. in Keller Hall. On Tuesday, April 16 at noon, a jazz-arranging workshop takes place in the College of Fine Arts building, rm. B120. Sanchez and the jazz band also perform at a dance concert Monday, April 15 at 8 p.m. at the Sunshine Theatre. Tickets are $25 and available through Ticket Master. With a career spanning more than two decades, Sanchez has made almost two-dozen recordings earning a Grammy Award in 1999 for his album Latin Soul. "My band and I really do love Latin jazz," Sanchez says in his biography. "We played this music before it was popular and I think we've played a part in helping it to become popular again. Our main goal is always to keep Latin jazz alive, growing and moving, while being authentic to the music that we love." University of New Mexico organizations are sponsoring the event. They are the Arts of the Americas Institute, Center for Regional Studies, College of Fine Arts, Department of Music, Latin American and Iberian Institute, Office of the Provost, and the Cuba Research and Analysis Group. ###

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