CHICANO! 500 Years of Struggle
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Agustin & Patricia - Photo by Jose Alvarez, 1984. |
Agustin Lira Biography: Part II
Performances
- 3rd Annual Radio Aztlan Music Festival, Riverside, CA 1999
- Concerts with Arauco & Isabel Parra, Arte Americas, Tower Theater, Fresno, 1998
- San Jose Stage Theater, San Jose, CA, 1998
- Taos Community Auditorium, Taos, New Mexico, 1997
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997
- International Spring Festival, UC Berkeley, 1996
- Concert with Jose de Molina, Centro Bellas Artes, Fresno, 1996
- Ohio State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1996
- Concert performance withCamelia symphony Orchestra, Sacramento, 1995
- 25th Anniversary of Chicano Moratorium, Salazar Park, East Los Angeles, 1995
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(Cinco Flores/Five Flowers) - God of Music
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- U.S.-Cuba Friendship Concert, Havana, Cuba, 1994
- 2nd Annual Chicano Music Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1994
- U.F.W. March from Delano to Sacramento, Capitol Steps, 1966, 1994
- Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1990
- 17th Cervantino International Arts Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1989
- First International Festival of La Raza, Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico, 1984
- Latin American Festival of the New Song, San Francisco, 1982, 1984, 1990
- Festival de Teatros Nacionales
de Aztlan (Tenaz), Fresno, 1979; Los Angeles,
1971, 1972 - Newport Folk Festival, Newport Rhode Island, 1968-69
- U.S. Senate Courtyard, Washington, D.C., 1968
- Primer Encuentro de Teatros, Del Rey, 1969
Recordings:
- I Have Been Here Forever, (Lira/Wells Production), 1998
- Agustin & Patricia: Songs of Love & Struggle, (Lira/Wells Production), 1993
- We Shall Overcome: World Music of Struggle, (Columbia/Folkways), 1991
- Best of the Latin American New Song Festival, (Accion Latina), 1991
- Agustin Lira: From the Fields to a New Beginning, (Ambiente Records), 1983
- Best of the Latin American New Song Festival, (Accion Latina), 1982
- The Time Will Come, (Broadside Records), 1967
- Viva La Causa: Songs and Sounds of the Delano Grape Strike, (Thunderbird Records), 1966
- Huelga en General, Picket Sign, (Thunderbird Records), 1966
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Ravi, Jemmy Bluestein, Patricia, Agustin and Ito Carrillo - 1996. Photo taken by Vicente Martinez at his home in Taos, New Mexico. |
Lira appears in, and/or has written music or material for the following films:
- Legacy of Shame, a special by Dan Rather & CBS News, 1995
- America's War on Poverty, a PBS series, 1995
- Comman Man, Uncommon Vision: The Cesar Chavez Story, CBS & ZGS Productions, 1995
- El Teatro Campesino, KNBC TV Special, 1972
- Heritage in Bronze, National Educational Television, 1971
- Nosotros Venceremos, a film by Jon Lewis, 1971
- Presenting El Teatro de la Tierra, Accion Chicano, KCET, 1971
- Decision at Delano, 1967
The performances are not in chronological order nor is the list complete. Our intent is to show the diversity of audiences for whom Lira has performed.
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