URBAN-15

Experienced musicians are preferred but anyone willing to become a member of San Antonio’s renowned drum ensemble is very welcome to these sessions.   

URBAN-15 is preparing for an exciting season of stage, festival, and special event productions in 2022-23. Performances offer a range of percussion styles from Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and African traditions and instruments. OPEN CALL sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on August 14th.  Drummers are asked to bring their own pair of drumsticks and parade mallets while instruments will be provided. 

Formed in 1987, Carnaval de San Anto is URBAN-15’s original, award-winning, multi-generational community drum and dance ensemble. CDSA was the first group to bring the carnaval rhythms of samba, reggae, rumba, maracatu, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms to San Antonio parades and festivals. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has toured all over Texas and Mexico, performed at three presidential inaugurations, and become a regular at some of San Antonio’s most iconic and memorable events, such as Luminaria, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, the King William Fair, and Jazz’SAlive. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has changed how this city celebrates and helped shape the culture of San Antonio. 

For more information, contact URBAN-15 Group at 210-736-1500 or by email at events@urban15.org. 

Experienced musicians are preferred but anyone willing to become a member of San Antonio’s renowned drum ensemble is very welcome to these sessions.   

URBAN-15 is preparing for an exciting season of stage, festival, and special event productions in 2022-23. Performances offer a range of percussion styles from Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and African traditions and instruments. OPEN CALL sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on July 10th and August 14th.  Drummers are asked to bring their own pair of drumsticks and parade mallets while instruments will be provided. 

Formed in 1987, Carnaval de San Anto is URBAN-15’s original, award-winning, multi-generational community drum and dance ensemble. CDSA was the first group to bring the carnaval rhythms of samba, reggae, rumba, maracatu, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms to San Antonio parades and festivals. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has toured all over Texas and Mexico, performed at three presidential inaugurations, and become a regular at some of San Antonio’s most iconic and memorable events, such as Luminaria, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, the King William Fair, and Jazz’SAlive. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has changed how this city celebrates and helped shape the culture of San Antonio. 

For more information, contact URBAN-15 Group at 210-736-1500 or by email at events@urban15.org. 

Experienced musicians are preferred but anyone willing to become a member of San Antonio’s renowned drum ensemble is very welcome to these sessions.   

URBAN-15 is preparing for an exciting season of stage, festival, and special event productions in 2022-23. Performances offer a range of percussion styles from Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and African traditions and instruments.

OPEN CALL sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on,

June 12th, July 10th, August 14th.  (every second Sunday)

at 2500 S. Presa , SA, TX  78210

Street Parking

entry on Dunning St., grey door with the Porch, ring door bell

all sessions are Free

(Donations accepted)

Drummers are asked to bring their own pair of drumsticks and parade mallets while instruments will be provided. 

Formed in 1987, Carnaval de San Anto is URBAN-15’s original, award-winning, multi-generational community drum and dance ensemble. CDSA was the first group to bring the carnaval rhythms of samba, reggae, rumba, maracatu, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms to San Antonio parades and festivals. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has toured all over Texas and Mexico, performed at three presidential inaugurations, and become a regular at some of San Antonio’s most iconic and memorable events, such as Luminaria, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, the King William Fair, and Jazz’SAlive. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has changed how this city celebrates and helped shape the culture of San Antonio. 

For more information, contact URBAN-15 Group at 210-736-1500 or by email at events@urban15.org. 

Experienced musicians are preferred but anyone willing to become a member of San Antonio’s renowned drum ensemble is very welcome to these sessions.   

URBAN-15 is preparing for an exciting season of stage, festival, and special event productions in 2022-23. Performances offer a range of percussion styles from Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and African traditions and instruments. OPEN CALL sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on May 8th, June 12th, July 10th and August 14th.  Drummers are asked to bring their own pair of drumsticks and parade mallets while instruments will be provided. 

Formed in 1987, Carnaval de San Anto is URBAN-15’s original, award-winning, multi-generational community drum and dance ensemble. CDSA was the first group to bring the carnaval rhythms of samba, reggae, rumba, maracatu, and Afro-Brazilian rhythms to San Antonio parades and festivals. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has toured all over Texas and Mexico, performed at three presidential inaugurations, and become a regular at some of San Antonio’s most iconic and memorable events, such as Luminaria, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, the King William Fair, and Jazz’SAlive. URBAN-15’s Carnaval de San Anto has changed how this city celebrates and helped shape the culture of San Antonio. 

For more information, contact URBAN-15 Group at 210-736-1500 or by email at events@urban15.org. 

Mega Corazons Anthony the Poet will be hosting poetry readings for Schultz Elementary Students

WHEN: JUNE 21ST 1:55 pm – 2:10 pm

WHERE: San Antonio International Airport Long Term Parking Lot ‘The Nave’

LIVE STREAM: INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/urban_15/?hl=en

LIVE STREAM FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/URBAN15

For the 21st Year,  CST in celebration of the Summer Solstice, choreographer and dancer Catherine Cisneros will present her solo performance within the lighted squares of Christopher Janney’s “Passing Light” solar sculpture. “Passing Light” was commissioned by the City of San Antonio’s Public Art Office in 2000 and completed in 2001, celebrating its 20th anniversary. The solar sculpture incorporates large plexiglass squares embedded in the ceiling that project a grid of colors onto the passageway surface. Once a year, at 2pm on the Summer Solstice, the lighted grids align with the painted grids on the floor for less than a minute as the Sun passes directly overhead.

URBAN-15 Artistic Director Catherine Cisneros has created a dance work that exploits the changing colors penetrating the environment. Her movements are designed to bring a ceremonial awareness of our planet’s humble travels within a celestial clock, evoking the elaborate rituals performed by the ancient Egyptians, Aztecs, Celts, Mayans, Hindis, Incas and others to make visible the moment of solar zenith.

As part of National Poetry Month, URBAN-15 again is hosting Mega Corazón the annual spoken-word marathon featuring San Antonio’s premiere performance poets.

Celebrating a hybrid San Antonio poetic tradition that combines street, classical, and slam performance styles, Mega Corazón is frontal, improvisational, at times painful, and often choreographed for a highly visual impact.

This year’s Mega Corazón premiers April 4, 2022 at 10 am CST with two Distinct Shows which will run throughout the Month of April.

EVERY Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in April from 10 am to 10 pm

Mega Corazóns “Poetry for Young Adults”, designed specifically as a FREE Cultural Enhancement resource for Middle and High School.Content is geared toward students in English, Creative Writing, Fine Art classes in Theatre, Music, Dance, Visual Arts and Media.Performances for Middle and High School students are designed for in-class or at-home-viewing

EVERY Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in April from 10 am to 10 pm

Mega Corazón: Performance Poetry Marathon for true lovers of performance and poetry.Featured Poets include nationally recognized poetry slam champions Amalia Ortiz, Anthony “The Poet” Flores, and Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson;National Poetry Month SA organizer Jim LaVilla-Havelin, Eduardo Garza, Our Lady of the Lake Professor Octavio Quintanilla, Natalia Trevino, Marisol Cortez, and many other talented San Antonio poets.A full listing is available on our website at urban15.org.

                        All Mega Corazón segments are free and can be viewed online at http://urban15.org/live-stream.

Both shows can also be viewed 24/7 at facebook.com/urban15/live.