SINGER JUANITA ULLOA PREMIERS NEW CONCERT
DEDICATED TO WOMEN

February 11, 2003. Oakland, CA. Award-winning Latina opera singer who became mariachi and bolero singer/composer, Juanita Ulloa, will be performing in San Diego at Centro Cultural de La Raza in Balboa Park, Saturday, March 8th at 8:00pm. Her concert, called "Latinas," honors Latina women and is being performed to commemorate International Women's Day. She will first accompany herself on the piano with percussion by Roy González, and then with the Mariachi Chula Vista led by Mark Fogelquist

Juanita, a mezzo-soprano, has rapidly gained popularity for her unique voice, style, and personality. She has a vocal style that amazes, intimate passionate expression that moves, and soaring vocals that transport you back to when these songs were written. "Latinas" premiered to critical acclaim at San Francisco's elegant Plush Room cabaret. Juanita will interpret, in addition to her own compositions, songs from composers Maria Grever, Consuelo Velásquez and Emma Elena Valdelamar from México; Chabuca Granda from Perú; Isolina Carrillo from Cuba; Violeta Parra from Chile; and a song about the poet Alfonsina Storni from Argentina.

Raised in Panama and Mexico, having studied music and trained as an opera and a classical pianist-she graduated from Yale University, UC Berkeley, and the Nice Conservatory in France-Juanita has combined her love for Latin American music with her classical training and musical gifts to develop her unique singing style. She has delighted audiences in Madrid, Mexico City, Peru, Italy and the USA, and now she will share some of her knowledge in a "Vocal Power" workshop she will give also at La Raza Center, on the same Saturday at 10 am, for teachers, singers, aspiring singers and any level speaker interested in learning more about vocal health, production and career longevity with extended vocal use.

Juanita recently released a CD called Mujeres y Mariachi, the second of a series that Juanita has released dedicated to women, the first one, Mujeres, features romantic boleros written by women composers. In addition, she has three Parents Choice award-winner CDs dedicated to children.

Juanita, a resident of Northern California, has previously appeared in San Diego as a rising star at the La Jolla Chamber Orchestra's 2001 Latin Fever season opener, in concert at the Leib Ampitheater,UCSD, and at the Education Cultural Complex, with additional appearances in Leucadia and Tijuana.

Juanita's CDs may be ordered through her website, www.juanitamusic.com. Tickets for the concert and workshop are $10.00 each and may be obtained from the Centro Cultural de la Raza at 619-235-6135 or centropa@pacbell.net. Discounts available.