Music At The Missions

To Advance the Next Generation’s Understanding of the Americas’ Rich Musical and Cultural Tapestry

The festival aims to advance:

- the richness of the musical culture in the Americas, encompassing several centuries;

- the architectural, engineering and artistic achievements of the local communities of the Western USA;

- the convergence between major educational and artistic institutions, in particular children and youth ensembles whose love for music-making will become the vehicle to connect, learn, and share their passion for music, thereby providing an enriching opportunity while promoting a healthy cultural and social exchange between communities from several cities and countries.

Our closing event will feature members of the youth choir Coro Esperanza Azteca de la Universidad Autónoma Ciudad Juárez (MX) and of the Filarmònica Joven Ciudad Juárez, at UNESCO World Heritage Site Mission San Jose, performing Ignacio de Jerusalem's Misa de Infantes, written in the 18th century for the children choir of Cathedral of Mexico, contemporary to the building of the Mission.

Festival at a glance

Friday, June 6 - 6PM

Coro Esperanza Azteca UACJ and Filarmónica Joven de Ciudad Juárez perform a program of Mexican favorites to include Amen (Jerusalem), Cielito Lindo (Mendoza y Cortés), México Lindo y Querido (Chucho Monge), Jarabe Tapatío (Júrame (María Gerver), and other Mexican favorites.

Saturday, June 7 - 7PM

Mission San José.

FROM THE CATHEDRALS OF THE AMERICAS - S XVIII

Megan Pachecano (soprano, San Antonio, TX)

Gabriel Chona Rueda (tenor, Colombia)

Mia Victoria Andrade Loya (treble, Mexico)

Debanhy Flores (soprano, Mexico)

Faculty of Filarmónica Jóven de Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)

Silvia Santinelli (organ) (Mexico)

Jorge Parodi (continuo and music director, Argentina)

PROGRAM

Post Comunio (sonata d’intavolatura) Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726) Lecce, Italia. (Arr. M. Rondeau).

In hoc mundo (motete) D. Zipoli. Chiquitos, Bolivia. Mr. Chona Rueda.

Un ciego que con trabajo (coplas) Antonio de Salazar (ca.1650-1715). Catedral de México, Mexico. Ms. Pachecano, Mr. Chona Rueda.

Zuipaqui / Ad Mariam (canto sacro) D. Zipoli. Chiquitos, Bolivia. Ms. Andrade Loya.

Jesús, y lo que sube (duo) Manuel José Quiroz (?-1765) Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala. Ms. Pachecano, Mr. Chona Rueda.

Al Nacimiento de Christo Nuestro Señor (cachua) Códice Martínez Compañon (Perú, S. XVIII) Ms. Pachecano, Mr. Chona Rueda

Ave maris stella (himno sacro) D. Zipoli. Córdoba, Argentina. Ms. Pachecano, Ms. Flores, Mr. Chona Rueda.

Sunday, June 8 - 7PM

Mission San José.

MISA DE INFANTES (Ignacio de Jerusalem, 1767, Cathedral of Mexico)

Coro Esperanza Azteca, UACJ (Guillermo Flores, director), Filarmònica Joven de Ciudad Juarez (Jove Garcia, director), Mia Victoria Andrade Loya (treble) Debanhy Flores (soprano), Arwen Espinosa (mezzo), and Ricardo Sotelo (tenor), conducted by Jorge Parodi, General and Artistic Director of Opera Hispánica.

Deus in adiutorium (versículo y respuesta) Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726)

Zuipaqui / Ad Mariam (canto sacro) D. Zipoli

Misa en Sol Mayor, “de los niños” Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707-1769) (ed. Drew E. Davies) Mexico, Mexico.

Kyrie

Kyrie eleison I

Christe eleison

Kyrie eleison II

Gloria

Et in terra pax

Domine Deus

Qui tollis

Quoniam tu solus

Cum Sancto Spirito

Amen

Credo

Patrem omnipotentem

Et incarnatus est

Crucifixus

Et resurrexit

Et vitam

Sanctus

Agnus Dei

From preview OH Events featuring Misa de Infantes

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) San Antonio, Texas, US.

Agnus Dei from Misa de Infantes (Ignacio de Jerusalem, 1767, Cathedral of Mexico.) performed by the Coro de Esperanza Azteca of Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (Guillermo Flores, director), and Filarmònica Joven de Ciudad Juárez (Jove Garcia, director), conducted by Jorge Parodi (OH General and Artistic Director), at UNESCO World Heritage Site Mission San José, in San Antonio, TX on June 8, 2025.

Written by Ignacio de Jerusalem (1710-1769) for the children’s choir of the Cathedral of Mexico, itt was composed the same year Mission San José was built.

Ysleta Mission - El paso

Misa de Infantes (Amen, from Gloria) by Ignacio de Jerusalem (1710-1769), written for the children’s choir of the Cathedral of Mexico. Performed by the UTEP (University of Texas, El Paso) Children’s Choir (Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson, director), members of the UTEP Choirs and Orchestra, members of the El Paso Chorale, and members of Esperanza Azteca (Ciudad Juárez) (Guillermo Flores, director), conducted by Jorge Parodi. June 9, 2024, Ysleta Mission (La Misión de Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur), Ysleta del Sur Pueblo El Paso County, Texas, part of the National Park Service’s El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail. June 9, 2024

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mission san jose - San antonio

Domine Deus From Misa de Infantes, Cathedral of México (1767) by Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella (1707-1769). Alina García, soprano; Cala López-Speziale, mezzo; Ben Pedersen, tenor; Jorge Parodi, music director and continuo. Members of Sonido Barroco (San Antonio, Texas): Sharon Kwee, violin; Ryan Zarmbinski violin; Christina Zarmbinski, violoncello. Filmed as part of the event Music at the Missions presented by Opera Hispánica at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mission San Jose in San Antonio, TX. June 11, 2023.

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