First Friday Noontime Concerts (est. 2007) presents Chaski on Friday, April 1, 2022, at noon
at St. John’s Lutheran Church 502 E Nueva St (across from La Villita) in San Antonio, Texas, with free parking in the church’s adjacent parking lot. Masks required at all events.
https://stjohnssa.org/music/first-friday-concert-series/

FREE Performance—begins at 12 noon and last approximately 30-45 minutes.  

Followed with lunch by church volunteers for a $5 donation; patrons can dine in or take their meal to-go.  

Chaski presents Postcards from South America: musical mementos of Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay. Join us for a collage of whispering panpipes, lively harp rhythms, and haunting quena melodies.

Program:

Boquita de cereza (Little Cherry Mouth), Bolivian takirari by Oscar del Valle

Blanca rosa (White Rose), Bolivian bailecito by César Junaro

Madrecita (Beloved Mother), Paraguayan melody by Digno García

Titicaca by Yayo Joffré

El condor pasa (The Condor Passes) by Daniel Alomía Robles

Bichito de flor (Little Flower Bug) by José Foronda

Pájaro chogüí (The Chogüí Bird), Paraguayan galopa by Indio Pitaguá

Chaski: Flute + harp + a world full of music. In a nod to their namesakes, those relay-running, message-delivering Andean chaskis, Chaski takes flute/harp repertoire on far-flung journeys: Bolivian huayños, Scottish strathspeys, Texas honky-tonk, and 17th century Playford dance tunes, to name a few. With live concerts, videos, and albums, Chaski voices an irresistibly eclectic musical style.