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SUMMARY:Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra\n\n\nFormed October 1980 in Amsterdam\, NY\, this 12 piece orchestra is led by the Bronx-born bassist Alex Torres. They have been presented by hundreds of festivals\, performing arts centers and events annually to perform their original blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms such as Salsa\, Merengue\, Cha-cha\, Bomba\, Plena and Latin Jazz. \nThe Orchestra has been the recipient of numerous awards including the New England Cultural Arts Preservation Award\, the New York State Music Achievement Award\, the Schenectady League of Arts Award\, The Governor´s Excellence in Arts Award\, The NAACP Albany Chapter Award\, 4 Eddies Awards\, HERO 2026 Award and 3 awards from NY Capital District Original Music Awards in 2016. \nAlex Torres & His Latin Orchestra have performed for President Bill and Hillary Clinton at the New York State Democratic Convention and also for New York Governor’s George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer’s Inauguration. They have shared the stage and billings with such major acts as Tito Puente\, Tito Puente Jr.\, Eddie Palmieri\, Andy Montañez\, Los Hermanos Moreno\, Arturo Sandoval\, Luis “Perico” Ortiz\, Ray Barretto\, Jane Burnette & The Spirits Of Havana\, Larry Harlow\, Jose Alberto “El Canario\,” Brenda K. Starr\, Tito Nieves\, Jerry Gónzalez & The Fort Apache Band\, King Changó\, Arrested Development\, Branford Marsalis\, The Count Basie and Woody Herman Orchestras. \nAlex Torres & His Latin Orchestra also have been featured on television commercials for The Albany Times Union Newspaper\, they wrote and performed the music for the PBS weekly program ” Made in New York”\, and twice performed for Time Warner’s music series\, Sounding Board. Their music has also been featured in the motion pictures “Slammin’ Salmon\,” “Old Dogs\,” “Drunken Wedding\,” “Broken City\,” indie films\,”The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby\,” “Guten Tag Ramon\,” “Permission”and the made for TV movie “Unanswered Prayers.” Also on the TV series\, “Ugly Betty\,” Australian TV series “Tricky Business\,” “The Glades\,” two Fox TV series “Human Target\,” “The Tracker\,” “The Finder\,” Miami’s The Color Splash\,” “Road To The Kentucky Derby\,” “Quiero Mis Quinces\,” “Mistresses\,” “Breaking Amish\,” “The Blacklist\,” “Code Black\,” USA Network series “Complications\,” Netflix\, “Seven Seconds\,” Verizon’s web series “Grown\,” Netflix series\, “Shameless\,” “Ant-Man\,” & “Hit & Run\,” NBC’s “Ordinary Joe” APPLE+ “The Shrink Next Door\,” HBO MAX “Gordita Chronicles\,”& appearing live on a HBO mini series “White House Plumbers” starring Woody Harrelson in 2022 & also the featured sound tracks on the video games “Tropico 3\, 4 & Tropico 5.” \nThe group is also registered with the Arts-In-Education Program of New York State. This program brings the orchestra into schools to showcase cultural diversity and explain the music\, instruments and rhythms associated with their music. \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Alex Torres – band leader\, bass\, vocalsAbe Sanchez-PianoRobert Lopez-Tres\, vocalsWilo Rodriguez – lead vocalistManuel (Tony) Garcia – congasAngel  Dueño – timbales\, guira\, vocalsMiguel Santiago – bongo\, tambora\, vocalsJon Bronk – lead trumpetTerry Gordon – trumpetZachary DiMeglio- saxophones \nTyler Giroux– tromboneKen Olsen – trombone \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				THEIR MUSIC\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Alex Torres & His Latin OrchestraSeñorita Swingfrom the album: Made in America with Puerto Rican Parts\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Learn More about Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Listen to Alex Torres & His Latin Orchestra on YouTube Music
URL:https://lakegeorgearts.org/event/alex-torres-his-latin-orchestra-2/
LOCATION:Shepard Park\, Canada Street\, Lake George\, NY\, 12845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Shepard Park,Summer Concert Series
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