Past Concerts

Love & Libations

La Donna Musicale explores the distinctive secular contributions of women composers from Paris to the French Baroque and Rococo genres of airs sérieux and airs à boire (serious and drinking songs). 

More Morenas

More and More Morenas

La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco continue a musical exploration that extends from the Iberian Renaissance to Indigenous and African-influenced folk traditions in contemporary South America.

Dancing Bridges

In these concerts, Rumbarroco focuses on the intercultural fusion between musical traditions, including early European music of the Renaissance and Baroque and its confluence with African, Amerindian, and Latin-American genres.

Latin-Baroque Celebration​

Let’s celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month at the Arlington Town Day. Rumbarroco will be performing a blend of music from cultures representing the inherent multiculturalism of Latin America.

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Nigra sum sed formosa: Morenas in Ibero-America

Making their BEMF début, La Donna Musicale and Rumbarroco perform songs and polyphonic settings that highlight “Morenas”—dark-skinned women—in the Ibero-American repertory.

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O Maria! Mother and Warrior

La Donna Musicale presents a concert of Italian Baroque women composers.

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For Venezuela

RUMBARROCO and the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts invite you to celebrate Venezuelan Independence Day and Simon Bolivar’s birthday with music, Venezuelan treats, and the continuation of our humanitarian & educational campaign for Venezuela.

Thanks to the fundraising concert by Rumbarroco and La Donna Musicale in 2023.

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The Spirit Transformed

Women and the 17th Century Sacred Songs

Rumbarroco - Latin Baroque Musical Fusion

Rumbarroco is a multicultural fusion ensemble that draws from early Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American sources and connects them with contemporary popular and folk music of the Americas.

Outreach

Rumbarroco Outreach at Booker T Washington High School For the Performing Arts Sponsored by Orchestra of New Spain, Grover Wilkins 3d

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Cross-Pollination and Transmutation

Music Outside the Court: Corpus Christi and Black Villancicos