FIESTA CON SONIA DE LOS SANTOS
ABOUT THE SHOW
¡Hola! It's fiesta time and everyone's invited! Sunny songstress Sonia De Los Santos is hosting a party at the Des Moines Civic Center, and her musical friends are arriving from all over Iowa to join in the fun. Everyone’s brought an instrument from their homeland and is ready to sing, dance and celebrate each other’s heritage and culture. Sonia will be joined by her eclectic New York City Based band and by Los Llaneros, an exciting local ensemble specializing in Colombian/Venezuelan folk music.
CHECK OUT THE SOCIAL NARRATIVE BEFORE THE SHOW HERE
ACERCA DEL SHOW
¡Hola! ¡Es hora de fiesta y todos están invitados! La alegre cantante Sonia De Los Santos organiza una fiesta en el Des Moines Civic Center, y sus amigos músicos están llegando de todo Iowa para unirse a la diversión. Todos han traído un instrumento de su tierra natal y están listos para cantar, bailar y celebrar el patrimonio y la cultura de cada uno. Sonia estará acompañada de su ecléctica banda basada en la ciudad de Nueva York y de Los Llaneros, un emocionante ensamble local especializado en las músicas folclóricas de Colombia y Venezuela.
About Sonia De Los Santos
Sonia De Los Santos, born in Monterrey, Mexico, is a singer-songwriter who has been captivating audiences in both Spanish and English since 2007, starting with the Grammy Award-winning group Dan Zanes and Friends. As a solo artist, she has released three family music albums and an EP, drawing inspiration from Latin American rhythms and North American folk traditions. Sonia has received a Latin Grammy nomination, and has performed at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and The National Gallery of Art. In 2020, she launched an online series, En Casa con Sonia, and debuted a radio segment, ¿Qué Pasa, Sonia?, on Sirius XM in 2021. In 2024, she premiered Música, a live show celebrating women in music, currently touring across the U.S. Additionally, she is working on three illustrated bilingual children’s books, with the first, La Golondrina, set to be published in 2026 by W.W Norton Young Readers.
About Los Llaneros
As a stand-alone ensemble, Los Llaneros (yah-NEH-ros) specializes in the often energetic and sometimes haunting melodies of the Colombian/Venezuelan Llanos (YAH-nos), or plains, featuring exciting syncopations played on the folk harp, the four-stringed “cuatro” guitar, and the maracas. The ensemble usually performs as a quartet, but they will accompany Sonia de los Santos in their smaller trio format, consisting of harpist Daniel Rojas (Colombian), cuatro player and singer Karin Stein (Colombian), and maraca player, singer, and percussionist Edgar East (Panamanian). In addition to the instruments listed above, these three talented musicians play a large number of other Latin American instruments, and they will accompany Sonia de los Santos on several string and percussion instruments, as well as the trombone.
Free Discovery Party Included!
Join us one hour prior to each performance at the Civic Center for a FREE DISCOVERY PARTY! These pre-show events are filled with art-making activities, demonstrations, music and other fun experiences related to the performance!
