August 16 & 17

Terminal 7

Xocoyotzin Moraza (pronounced Sho-ko-yot-seen) is multi-instrumental musician, born and raised in Southern California. He is a native of the city of Ventura, CA. Xocoyotzin has been studying, researching, and performing a musical genre known as Son Jarocho for 32 years. He specializes in the performance of the Requinto Jarocho, the Veracruz harp, and the jarana jarocha. Moraza comes from a family of musicians, including his father who is a harpist, harp and string maker. Their ensemble is called Conjunto Alma Grande de la familia Moraza, and they have been performing regional Mexican music for nearly 45 years. Xocoyotzin is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in ethnomusicology and is a master of the son Jarocho musical genre. He is currently a member of Conjunto Jarocho Zacamandú, under the direction of Master Tomas Herrera, and is also the harpist for his group Rey Fresco. Rey Fresco has shared the stage with such acts as Damian Marley, Incubus, Modest Mouse, Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Ozomatli, and many others. Xocoyotzin Moraza has toured nationally and internationally, and also performs requinto Jarocho with Las Cafeteras.