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FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
XOCHICUICATL
XŌCHICUĪCATL - NAHUATL
FLOR Y CANTO - ESPAÑOL
FLOWER SONGS - ENGLISH
is the Classical Nahuatl tradition
of sacred sung poetry in which
music,
poetry,
flowers,
and metaphor
unite to express
beauty,
truth,
memory,
resonance,
resilience,
and humanity's
relationship with the divine
FLOR Y CANTO - ESPAÑOL
FLOWER SONGS - ENGLISH
is the Classical Nahuatl tradition
of sacred sung poetry in which
music,
poetry,
flowers,
and metaphor
unite to express
beauty,
truth,
memory,
resonance,
resilience,
and humanity's
relationship with the divine
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FLOWER SONGS MUSIC
XOCHI CUICATL
FLOR Y CANTO
Xochi Cuicatl (“Flower Songs Music”) presents as a familia
with Yolanda Delgado García and Alegría García across the
United States, Mexico, and Europe. Founded by improvising
composer, multi-instrumentalist, and patriarch Christopher
García, the ensemble creates contemporary ancestral music
through the instruments, languages, resonance, and silence
of Indigenous Mesoamerica and Mexico, incorporating pre-
and post-invasion vernaculars and Indigenous breath,
percussion, stone, and string instruments alongside
traditional pre- and post-invasion songs sung in Nahuatl,
Purépecha, Seri, and Spanish.
Their work is informed by decades of practical experience-
LISTENING, R&D, TRAVELS,
archaeological fieldwork combined
with formal education in
anthropology, history, world music, and art history
combined with
hundreds of lectures, performances, and commissions for
chamber ensembles, dance companies, films, and theater
groups, these experiences provide a distinctive perspective
on sharing the cultures and histories they continue to
explore.
The ensemble approaches its work with the understanding
that knowledge is not merely the accumulation of
information and that our understanding of the past
continues to evolve.
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XOCHI CUICATL
FLOR Y CANTO
Xochi Cuicatl (“Flower Songs Music”) presents as a familia
with Yolanda Delgado García and Alegría García across the
United States, Mexico, and Europe. Founded by improvising
composer, multi-instrumentalist, and patriarch Christopher
García, the ensemble creates contemporary ancestral music
through the instruments, languages, resonance, and silence
of Indigenous Mesoamerica and Mexico, incorporating pre-
and post-invasion vernaculars and Indigenous breath,
percussion, stone, and string instruments alongside
traditional pre- and post-invasion songs sung in Nahuatl,
Purépecha, Seri, and Spanish.
Their work is informed by decades of practical experience-
LISTENING, R&D, TRAVELS,
archaeological fieldwork combined
with formal education in
anthropology, history, world music, and art history
combined with
hundreds of lectures, performances, and commissions for
chamber ensembles, dance companies, films, and theater
groups, these experiences provide a distinctive perspective
on sharing the cultures and histories they continue to
explore.
The ensemble approaches its work with the understanding
that knowledge is not merely the accumulation of
information and that our understanding of the past
continues to evolve.
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Described as "a musical polyglot", Christopher has
improvised and composed his way across 28 countries on
five continents, since 1990, performing creative music
with artists from diverse musical traditions and vernaculars.
His educational outreach includes eight online videos
demonstrating Indigenous instruments of Mesoamerica and
Mexico, which have received more than 209,000 views,
while his educational website dedicated to these
instruments attracts more than 2,000 visitors each month.
These experiences continue to inform the ensemble’s
approach to concerts, lectures, research, and cultural
exchange.
demonstrating Indigenous instruments of Mesoamerica and
Mexico, which have received more than 209,000 views,
while his educational website dedicated to these
instruments attracts more than 2,000 visitors each month.
These experiences continue to inform the ensemble’s
approach to concerts, lectures, research, and cultural
exchange.
