Laboratorio La Edición Clásica With Claudia Chapa & Bion Tsang
Led and curated by singer-songwriter/violinist Carrie Rodriguez, Laboratorio is an annual four-part concert series hosted at the State Theatre in Austin, Texas. It is an immersive live performance experience that celebrates and explores Latine culture through world-class musicianship, visual arts, and storytelling. Each show features the all-star Laboratorio house band, led by Rodriguez, collaborating with different guest artists.
This Edición Clásica of Laboratorio will feature two highly lauded classical musicians: operatic vocalist Claudia Chapa and cellist Bion Tsang. In collaboration with Carrie and the Laboratorio band, Chapa and Tsang will be performing the music of some of Mexico’s greatest composers including works by Manuel Ponce, Agustin Lara, Cuco Sánchez y muchos mas. Arrangements will be by Laboratorio band member and composer, Peter Stopschinski.
Claudia Chapa, a Mexican mezzo-soprano who, among her many singing engagements, has notably performed with the Houston Grand Opera, the San Diego Opera and most recently with the Austin Opera in its staging of the first ever mariachi opera Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, was recently appointed inaugural Curator of Hispanic and Latinx programming for the Austin Opera. Bion Tsang, a renowned cellist who is Division Head of Strings at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin, has been internationally recognized as one of the outstanding instrumentalists of his generation: among his many honors are an Avery Fisher Career Grant, an MEF Career Grant and the Bronze Medal in the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition. Mr. Tsang earned a Grammy nomination for his performance on the PBS special A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert (Harmonia Mundi).
This project has been funded in part by the City of Austin’s Live Music Fund Event Program.
Laboratorio: Season 2023-2024 Tickets on sale
Led and curated by singer-songwriter/violinist Carrie Rodriguez, Laboratorio is an annual 4 part concert series hosted at the Paramount Stateside Theatre in Austin, Texas. Laboratorio is a live performance experience that utilizes world class musicianship, the visual arts, and storytelling to explore and celebrate Latinx culture. Each show features the all-star Laboratorio house band, led by Rodriguez, in collaboration with different guest artists.
From Texas With Love
On August 19th tune in for the second season of From Texas With Love - a series celebrating music and collaboration in the great outdoors. Featured guests to include Melissa Carper, John Doe, Bruce Robison, and Matt the Electrician.
‘A SONG FOR YOU’ FEATURED ON NPR
“When the pandemic started and live music was put on hold indefinitely, Carrie Rodriguez had an idea. Now, Rodriguez is a singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. Her response was to start a series of videos published on her website and on YouTube so her fans could keep a sense of community going. The series is called A Song For You, and it features Rodriguez and her partner and musical collaborator, Luke Jacobs, playing together.” - Don Gonyea, NPR
Brené Brown’s Podcast: Unlocking Us
“Meet Carrie Rodriguez and Gina Chavez, the musicians who created and perform the music you hear every week on Unlocking Us. Artists and activists, Gina and Carrie integrate stories, culture, and the heart of past generations into their music to create artful and hopeful futures. You can hear it in their music, and you can see it in their lives. I’m so grateful that our weekly Unlocking Us conversations begin and end with their soulful sounds.”
- Brené Brown