The field of wind band music by Mexican composers is vibrant and under-represented. The Hop is committed to incubating new works and providing a platform for Mexican composers through the Mexican Repertoire Initiative at Dartmouth.

Embracing music as a tool for diplomacy, we are organizing a US-Mexico Summit focused on artistic collaborations among institutions of higher education in May 2022. Then the Wind Ensemble is planning a tour of Mexico to deepen our connection with our musical peers in spring 2023.

Among the premieres in the ensemble's spring concert will be Cumbia Moderna by the 2020 Wind Ensemble Composition Competition Grand Prize winner, Rodrigo Martinez; Little Mexican Suite by Nubia Jaime and Mariachitlán by Juan Pablo Contreras.

Generously supported by the Deborah E. and Arthur E. Allen, Jr. 1932 Fund, the Richard F. Mattern 1970 Fund and Friends of the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble

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