Ethnomusicologist and Sones de México Ensemble member Eric Hines presents a public lecture that describes five different regional styles of traditional Mexican banda (wind orchestra) music from Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Morelos, Oaxaca and Yucatan, each with its own distinct instrumentation, repertoire and history.

Co-sponsored by Friends of the NIU Libraries, Undocumented Student Support, the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, and the Latino Resource Center. This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.