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Ambassador
Garza guest of honor at concert by
Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestra and
Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis
Ambassador Garza was a guest of honor at the concert offered
on March 18, 2004, for Mexico City public elementary and secondary
school students by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and its
Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. “Art, in all its forms, is one of the human
expressions that unites us all in a very special way,” said the
Ambassador at the Main Square in Mexico City, where the concert
took place. “Jazz is a universal language that the people of
the United States gave to the world and Wynton Marsalis, U.S.
Cultural Ambassador, has been very generous by sharing his great
artistic sensibility with the young Mexican people gathered here
today,” Garza added.
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Right to left, Amb. Garza shares a moment with
Wynton Marsalis and Dr. Sylvia Ortega, Deputy
Secretary
for Educational Services in Mexico City
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Composed of some of the finest Jazz soloists and ensemble players today, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra performed in front of the Mexico City Cathedral. Led by Wynton
Marsalis, the LCJO visited Mexico to offer a series of concerts for the
Mexico City Historical Center Festival, and his
participation was co-sponsored by the Department
of State’s CultureConnect Program and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
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Wynton Marsalis is internationally respected as a teacher and spokesman for music education and an artist who is committed to young people, frequently offering concerts and seminars for students of all ages. More than one thousand Mexican young people attended this concert, as well as high officials from the Mexican Education Secretariat and the Mexico City Government. At center, Ambassador Garza listens along with Dr. Sylvia Ortega and Jefferson Brown, Minister Counselor for Culture and Informatin at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
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