Martuñi's Presents: CANTOS DE MI TIERRA

We’re five Martuni’s regulars who have joined our voices to bring to our beloved piano bar the first ever, all-Spanish music event. We’ll take you on a tour of the rhythms that have influenced our individual musical journeys, songs near and dear to our hearts from all across Latin America. We hope you'll join us as we explore how these songs have helped shape our sense of belonging, express our love, process our grief, and celebrate life through the beauty of the Spanish language. This will be an evening of songs from some of the best performers and composers from Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and beyond. Don’t miss it!

Piano accompaniment and direction by Armando Fox. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

	EDU GONZÁLEZ
Edu was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to the Bay Area for graduate school in 2010. He joined the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus after discovering his talent for singing at a karaoke bar in Palo Alto. Edu stumbled upon Martuni’s one night after chorus rehearsal and has been a regular at the piano bar ever since. He made his theatrical debut last year as a tenor in 42nd Street Moon’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “A Grand Night for Singing”.
	JORGE MARTINEZ
Jorge was born in San Francisco but raised and educated in Guadalajara, Mexico. He moved back to San Francisco many years ago where his musical journey began. Singing became a means to stay connected with his beautiful Mexico whenever he longed for home and his roots. He started singing publicly in local venues, private events, and benefits, delighting audiences with his romantic Boleros and Latin tunes on both sides of the border.
	LAURA RAMOS
Born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico, Laura grew up surrounded by music. Her father was a skilled guitarist and well-connected to the local music scene of the era. Bohemian nights at home were the norm where both her father and mother would sing. It wasn’t surprising when Laura started singing in her elementary school’s choral ensemble and later became the lead vocalist for well-known music bands in her town of Córdoba.
	SHANE RUIZ
Shane was born in Hialeah, FL, to two first-generation Cuban-Americans. He sang in his elementary and middle school choir, but largely abandoned singing as his passion for politics became his primary focus. After moving to San Francisco in 2015, he discovered Martuni’s which provided him an outlet for his love of music after work. Music helps fuel his continued work in the labor movement where he works to organize unionized healthcare workers.
	ARMANDO FOX
Armando is a Cuban-American New Yorker living in San Francisco. A classically trained pianist since age 5, and a pretty bad accordionist and woodwind player, Armando has handled the orchestration for many musical theater productions and has served as Music Director for dozens of Bay Area shows. By day he is an award-winning computer science professor and diversity officer at UC Berkeley. music.armandofox.com