North/South Consonance Presents 100 YEARS OF MEXICAN ART SONGS

North/South Consonance's 35th consecutive concert season continues on Sunday May 3 when vocalists Anna Tonna and Celeste Mann join forces with pianist Max Lifchitz to perform 20th and 21st centuries art songs by composers from Mexico.

The event will start at 3 PM and end approximately at 4:30 PM. It will be held at the intimate but acoustically superior auditorium of Christ & St Stephen's Church (120 West 69th St - between Broadway and Columbus) on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The auditorium is ADA accessible. Admission is free - no tickets required.

The one-of-a-kind vocal recital marks the Cinco de Mayo Holiday -- the holiday commemorating the Mexican Army's triumph over the French on May 5 1862. With the odds stocked against them like a lopsided super bowl and outnumbered greatly, victory was snatched from the French and earned by the Mexican Army led by Benito Juarez.

The concert will feature songs by seven Mexican composers including Blas Galindo, Maria Grever, Rodolfo Halffter, Max Lifchitz, Salvador Moreno, Jose Rolon and Manuel M. Ponce.

Since its inception in 1980, North/South Consonance has brought to the attention of the New York City public over 1,000 recent works by composers representing a wide spectrum of aesthetic views. It activities are made possible in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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