Conjunto Ensemble
For:
UT Students, Faculty, Staff and the General Public
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Please join the College of Fine Arts for the Conjunto Ensemble performance during International Education Week!
The Conjunto Ensemble performs Conjunto which is a uniquely American musical genre, indigenous to South and Central Texas. Its development began more than a century ago when Texans of Mexican heritage (Tejanos) took an interest in the accordion music of German, Polish, and Czech immigrants. The ensuing Tejano accordion music, accompanied by the bajo sexto (replacing the European tuba) soon came to represent the Tejano way of life, which was closely associated with working in the agricultural fields. The music remains unchanged and serves as a symbol that binds many Tejano communities in South and Central Texas.