The Tom Lea Concert at Hall of State

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Orchestra of New Spain presents

Tom Lea, native son of El Paso, was a prolific illustrator, artist, war correspondent, muralist, and writer. Annually the Tom Lea Project places an event honoring him in a different Texas city and we’ve been chosen in 2021 to focus on Lea’s illustrated historical novel “The hands of Cantú,” a tale of the original horse whisperer who in the late 16th C trained the Spanish horses imported to Mexico, thence to the US Southwest. The Renaissance and Baroque music of Spain and Mexico that ONS presents in the spectacular Hall of State is directly linked to those horses and the same period in Spain.

Wine reception, concert, and book presentation in conjunction with Tom Lea Institue and Dallas Historical Society.

Masking and social distancing are required as per CDC guidelines. Opportunity to see the recently restored Halls of State and murals by Tom Lea.