Levitt VIBE Belmont Cragin Music Series: Silvia Manrique with Marcel Bonfim
Schedule
Sat Jun 29 2024 at 02:00 pm
Location
Riis Park | Elmwood Park, IL
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Silvia may have started singing salsa, but Brazilian music stole the heart of this Chicago-based artist. Singing in jazz combos, she found herself gravitating toward bossa nova standards and immediately began studying Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After college, Silvia sang jazz but it wasn’t until meeting other Brazilians and Brazilian music-minded musicians that she began focusing on learning the craft of Brazilian popular music. In 2008, she founded Beaba do Samba, a band that became a permanent fixture on the Chicago world music scene performing at respected venues and festivals like the Old Town School of Folk Music, the Logan Square Arts Festival, the Chicago World Music Festival, the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the Millennium Park Summer Music festival at the beautiful Pritzker Pavilion. Her new EP, Sonho, featuring songs by Rosa Passos and Joyce Moreno, among others, will be released on May 26.Born and raised in Brazil, Marcel Bonfim is a culturally diverse and critically acclaimed musician. Between studying Brazilian popular music in his country and earning a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance from DePaul University in Chicago, he combines the best of these two worlds. Marcel’s extensive experience in multiple fields of music, such as Big Band and Symphonic Orchestras, small jazz and Brazilian ensembles, and Musical Theater has helped him to develop a unique sound and musical sensibility. Marcel has played and shared the stage with big names like: Hermeto Pascoal, Marcos Valle, Neal Alger, George Fludas, Helio Delmiro and many others.
The Levitt VIBE Belmont Cragin Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits across the country to activate underused outdoor spaces through the power of free, live music—bringing people together, fostering belonging, and invigorating community life. Presenting high-caliber talent and a broad array of music genres and cultural programming, Levitt concerts are welcoming and inclusive destinations where people of all ages and backgrounds come together.
In 2024, the national Levitt network of music venues and concert sites is presenting 650+ free concerts in 45 towns and cities, with audiences over 750,000. In addition to supporting free concerts, the Levitt Foundation is dedicated to advancing equitable music ecosystems through research and partnerships.
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Where is it happening?
Riis Park, 6100 W Fullerton Ave,Chicago,IL,United States, Elmwood ParkEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
