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Puerto Rican Female Cuatro Player
FABIOLA MÉNDEZ “Flora Campesina”

Celebrating the Roots of Folk Music


Live Concert | One Night Only!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2024 AT 8:00 P.M.
Repertory Theater

Reserved Seating: $35 Regular | $40 VIP*
Discounts available for Students, Seniors and Hostos Alumni


or call the Hostos Box Office at (718) 518-4455
Mon-Fri, 10am to 5pm and 2 hours before show time

*VIP Seating in Rows A – F

Cuatro player and composer Fabiola Méndez will perform a contemporary tribute to Puerto Rican folk music as part of her new project Flora Campesina. She will share her newest songs, blending traditional Puerto Rican genres, such as danza, seis, bomba, pasillo, and guaracha, with jazz and modern Afro-Caribbean rhythms. She will celebrate the contributions of jíbaro music throughout history. Her songs are timely and relevant – expressing Puerto Rican identity, struggle, freedom, and honoring Mother Nature.

La cuatrista y compositora Fabiola Méndez presentará un tributo contemporáneo a la música folclórica puertorriqueña como parte de su nuevo proyecto Flora Campesina. Compartirá sus canciones más recientes, combinando géneros tradicionales puertorriqueños como danza, seis, bomba, pasillo y guaracha, con ritmos modernos de jazz y afrocaribeños. Celebrará la contribución de la música jíbara a lo largo de la historia. Sus canciones son actuales y relevantes, expresando la identidad puertorriqueña, la lucha, la libertad y el respeto a la Madre Naturaleza.

Presented by Ágora Cultural Architects and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

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