{"id":19,"date":"2023-03-10T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantatierra.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:54:58","slug":"nosotros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cantatierra.org\/en\/nosotros\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUR HISTORY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The group CANTATIERRA was founded in Ibagu\u00e9 in 1985 by young artists interested in the research and dissemination of traditional regional music from Tolima and Colombia. In its first stage, CANTATIERRA assumed the realization of meetings of Tolima's rural music with the aim of compiling musical material from primary sources (Chaparral 1985 -2005, Falan - Palocabildo, 1993).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cantatierra was a member of the International Federation of Musical Youth, as a base group for Colombia. In 1985 it made its first international tour in Canada as a structured group of folk music. From then on, the group carried out an intense work of diffusion, performing more than 80 concerts a year in different cities of Colombia and universities, at regional and national level.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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The study on the life and work of the composer Cantalicio Rojas Gonz\u00e1lez was published in 1993 in Ibagu\u00e9 by the researcher Humberto Galindo, recording a disc with a compilation of the reeds and other unpublished works of the composer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thanks to a grant from the Fondo Mixto de Cultura del Tolima, Cantatierra developed the musical production of the research project Mujeres protagonistas en la M\u00fasica del Tolima, by researcher Humberto Galindo. This production compiled the musical work of the composers Leonor Buenaventura de Valencia, Isabel Chava Rubio and Blanca \u00c1lvarez de Parra.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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n the Nineties, Cantatierra carried out pedagogical work in different companies in Ibagu\u00e9, such as the National Federation of Coffee Growers, Electrolima, ICA, Comersa, Industrias Aliadas, Telecom, among others, which allowed him to carry out artistic processes in the area of music, with children, young people and multipliers in rural areas. With the Social Foundation articulated the project \"Music for life\" aimed at families relocated from the Combeima disaster in vulnerable sectors of Ibagu\u00e9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cantatierra has advised pedagogical projects of various educational institutions and developed musical programs for children and youth, forming groups that reached a high level of representation in regional and national events. Participating in the formation of traditional music schools through agreements with Municipal Houses of Culture of Tolima in agreement with the Ministry of Culture and the Fondo Mixto de Cultura del Tolima; among them are the Encuentros de M\u00fasica Campesina del sur del Tolima, held in Chaparral Tolima, with the discographic production of the same.<\/p>\n\n\n

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CANTATIERRA has performed in the most outstanding Colombian stages such as La Sala Luis \u00c1ngel Arango, The Le\u00f3n de Greiff auditorium, the Colombo American Center in Bogot\u00e1, Cali and Medell\u00edn, and in the main Universities of the country; likewise, with its work it has toured most of the towns of the Department of Tolima.\n\nAs a guest group, it has participated in the Festivals \u201cMono Nu\u00f1ez\u201d, Cotrafa, Colombian Folk Festival and National Colombian Music Festival, and has received the Order of the Pacand\u00e9 of the Municipality of Natagaima in recognition of the dissemination of the work of Cantalicio Rojas Gonz\u00e1lez. Cantatierra has represented Colombia on international stages in Canada, Germany, the United States and Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From 2014 to 2019 CANTATIERRA was operator of the early childhood program Desarrollo Infantil En Medio Familiar of the ICBF, standing out for its pedagogical work in the artistic area. From these programs has led to the early musical initiation of early childhood and community mothers to establish bonds of sensitivity for the regional culture from the directed listening and practice with traditional instruments of Tolima.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Among its members of various generations are mentioned: Humberto Galindo (director), Nubia Mafla, Ra\u00fal Galindo, Carmelita Mill\u00e1n de Benavides, Maria Dioumnice Cartagena, Maria Eugenia Arteaga, Diana Andrade, Jos\u00e9 Honorato Cordero, Nathaly Robledo, Piedad Garc\u00eda, Guillermo Morales, Rodrigo Hern\u00e1ndez, David Vargas, Erika Andrea Nieto, C\u00e9sar Augusto G\u00f3mez,Iv\u00e1n Acosta, Jorge Humberto Jim\u00e9nez, Carlos Pardo, Daniel Vi\u00f1a, and Carolina Mesa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISSION AND VISION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are a cultural and educational organization that promotes the identity and regional musical heritage of Tolima, generating significant experiences in the environment, through the implementation of projects aimed at children, youth and cultural tourism sector. We promote integral development through socio-cultural and educational practices that strengthen social and emotional interactions based on the recognition of social diversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vision <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cantatierra will lead processes of cultural strengthening and recognition of the identity and regional musical heritage of Tolima, aimed at children, youth and cultural tourism sector, projected towards society with innovative and participatory cultural proposals and spaces, as a valid horizon for human development, articulated to the changes of modern knowledge, aware of our roots as a transcendent part in the construction of a diverse and global society..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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