El villano al tamboril
A program of Spanish music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Lively song-dances such as the villanos, as well as romances (Spanish ballads) and villancicos are some of the genres selected for this recital. Works by Vásquez, Guerrero, Pisador, Aranies; anonymous settings of texts by Lope de Vega and other authors.
Sunday, March 10th. 2013
4:00 p.m.
Byron Colby Barn
1561 Jones Point Rd
Grayslake, IL 60030
Francy Acosta, soprano
José Luis Posada, lute
Selected past performances/programs:
Angeles del zielo
15th - 17th century songs for the Holiday season. Anonymous works found in Spanish collections Cancionero de Upsala, Cancionero de Palacio and Romances y Letras a Tres Voces will be performed along with selections by prominent Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero.
Friday, November 9th. 2012
8:00 pm
Casa Michoacán
1638 S. Blue Island Ave. Chicago, IL 60608
This performance is one of the events of the Second Latin American Guitar Festival.
Free and open to the public.
Sunday December 16th. 2012
Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva
Sunday Services*
9:30-10:30 am & 11:15-12:15
102-110 South Second Street
Geneva, IL 60134-0107
*Music sponsored by the church as part of the regular Sunday services. All welcome.
Francy Acosta, soprano
José Luis Posada, lute & Baroque guitar
Ruth Cavanaugh, recorder**
**December 16th at UUSG
Courtly Love
A program of 15th and 16th century French and Spanish love songs. Chansons by Dufay, Josquin, Sermisy; villancicos by del Encina and other composers featured in the Spanish Renaissance cancioneros.
Saturday, February 11th. 2012
7:00 p.m.
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
Francy Acosta, soprano
Ruth Cavanaugh, recorder
José Luis Posada, lute
Santa Maria
This program features religious Cantigas and Laude from Medieval Spain and Italy, respectively. Due to the congregational nature of this repertoire, the audience will be asked to join in some of the refrains. If you are a singer (amateur or professional), please join us prior to our recital in Oak Park for a coaching session.
Friday, December 2nd. 2011
Recital: 7:30 p.m.
Coaching session: 6:00-7:00
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
Sunday, December 11th. 2011
Recital: 5:00 pm
No coaching session for this performance
Saint Maurice Church
3615 South Hoyne Ave.
Chicago, IL 60609
Francy Acosta, voice
Jose Luis Posada, strings and percussion.
Ad-Hoc performers:
Members of the audience who attend the coaching session (Dec. 2nd. only), and Members of the Parish of the Blessed Sacrament: Rosie de la Torre, Ruth Longoria, Alicia Mireles, Marisol Mireles, Arturo García*, Edward Mascorro, José Pardo.
*Dec. 11 only
Passava amor
This program of Spanish and English love songs and instrumental pieces features Passava amor su arco dessarmado (Love passed by me with his bow unarmed), whose text appears in La Diana (1559), pastoral novel by Jorge de Montemayor. The musical setting of Passava amor comes from A Musicall Banquet, collection of lute songs by Robert Dowland published in 1610.
Francy Acosta, soprano
José Luis Posada, lute
Readings by Margaret Austrevich
Saturday, February 12th. 2011
7:00 p.m.
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
El villano al tamboril
A program of Spanish pieces of the 16th. and 17th. centuries. Villanos, chaconas and romances (Spanish ballads) are some of the genres selected for this recital.
Francy Acosta, soprano
José Luis Posada, lute & Baroque guitar
Saturday, November 13th. 2010
8:00 p.m.
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
Friday, Sept. 10th.
9:00 p.m.
Casa Michoacán
1638 S. Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60608
Mano a mano
In Spanish, the expression “mano a mano” originally referred to the competition between two matadores in bullfighting. Nowadays, it also denotes friendly opposition. EnsAmble Ad-Hoc joins forces with visual artist Esperanza Gama in a mano a mano of early music and contemporary visual art.
Exhibition of works by Esperanza Gama
Opening night
Recital of Baroque music by EnsAmble Ad-Hoc.
Works by G. Peri & J. Hidalgo among others.
Francy Acosta, soprano
José Luis Posada, lute and Baroque guitar
Thursday, October 7th. 2010
8:00 p.m.
Oxalá Gallery
1653 W. 18th St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Event: 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Concert begins at 8:00 pm
Information: Omar Valencia
Phone: 312.850.1655
Special programs
Special programs of popular and traditional music from Colombia and other Latin American countries
Cuatro Regalos (Four presents)
In 2010 EnsAmble Ad-Hoc celebrated the Bicentennial of the independence of Colombia with a special series of concerts of Colombian music from different historical eras. This year the ensemble continues to celebrate its cultural background with a program of music from Colombia and other Latin American countries.
Monday, March 7th.
1:30 pm
Larkin High School
Elgin School District U-46
Elgin, IL
Saturday, July 23rd.
5:00 p.m.
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
Francy Acosta, voice & percusion
Ruth Cavanuagh, flute
Jose Luis Posada, guitar, cuatro, tiple
La Libertadora
A program that commemorates the Bicentennial of Colombia’s Independence.
EnsAmble Ad-Hoc celebrates its Colombian roots with this special program. The repertoire explores the European, African and indigenous heritages found in Colombian music from different historical eras and regions, with special attention to the music of the central part of the country.
Wednesday, August 18th.
7:00 p.m.
Pilsen Open Studios & Silent Auction
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Information: 312.733.8431
Silent auction and musical performances: 6:00 -11:00 p.m.
Friday, July 30th.
8:00 p.m.
Albany Park Arts Festival - Opening night reception
Northeastern Illinois University
Recital Hall
5500 North Saint Louis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Albany Park Arts Festival
Francy Acosta, voice & percussion
José Luis Posada, guitar & tiple
Friday, July 23rd.
7:00 p.m.
Casa Michoacán
1638 S. Blue Island Ave. Chicago, IL 60608
Presented by Casa Michoacán
Friday July 9th. & Thursday July 22nd.
7:00 p.m.
Colombian Music Festival - Chicago
Las Tablas
2942 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60657
Presented by Macondo
July 9, 22, 23:
Francy Acosta, voice & percussion
Ruth Cavanaugh, flute
Dayvis Blasini, mandolin & cuatro
José Luis Posada, guitar & tiple
Primavera!
17th century music in celebration of the spring season
Works by Campion, Rossi, Marín & Sanz, among others.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2009
7:00 pm.
Oak Park Public Library (main library)
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301
Free and open to the public
Early music for the family
Jeringonzas: this program is comprised mostly of pieces that the founders of the ensemble learned during their childhood in Colombia and for which they have found references in European sources that date back to the 16th century and beyond. Program presented at Conference for Children’s Music: Noveno Encuentro de la Canción Infantil Latinoamericana y Caribeña. Mexico, D.F., Mexico. October 2009.
Language: Spanish.
Oh! How lovely: pieces from Shakespeare’s time appropriate for young audiences complement the original program of Hispanic songs from early sources.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Part of this program to be presented by the 21st Century Choir of Burnham School. Director: Francy Acosta. Friday, March 26th, 2010. 
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