Juan Dies
Encyclopedia
Juan Dies is the co-founder and executive director of Sones de Mexico Ensemble
, a Chicago
folk music
group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son
. Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2007. Dies has degrees from Earlham College
and Indiana University
.
Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Sones de Mexico Ensemble is a Chicago folk music group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son. Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Folk Album of 2007 for its Esta Tierra Es Tuya disc. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best...
, a Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
group that specializes in the Mexican musical tradition known as son
Son (music)
The Son cubano is a style of music that originated in Cuba and gained worldwide popularity in the 1930s. Son combines the structure and elements of Spanish canción and the Spanish guitar with African rhythms and percussion instruments of Bantu and Arará origin...
. Sones de Mexico was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2007. Dies has degrees from Earlham College
Earlham College
Earlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 by Quakers and has approximately 1,200 students.The president is John David Dawson...
and Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
.