Redlands Mexican Philharmonic Orchestra
Item
Title
Redlands Mexican Philharmonic Orchestra
Identifier
2022.006.083
Type
image
Description
1920s black and white image of the Redlands Mexican Philharmonic Orchestra. Not much is known about the group, led by Professor Juan Balderas (center, holding cornet). Juan Balderas was a musical arranger and conductor who organized the first philharmonic orchestra of Los Angeles. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1893 and traveled trough Southern California, teaching and forming musical groups. Epimenio Guzman was a musician who played in the group, his granddaughter Connie McFarland recalled, "That's the band right there, that's my Grandpa with the saxophone [seated second row, fourth from left]. He said they used to play at the old opera house at the corner of Orange and Colton Avenue. It was called the Wyatt House."
Subject
Community life in Redlands
Entertainment and Leisure Activities
Instrumental Bands
Music
Spatial Coverage
Redlands (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1920s
Creator
unknown
Date
1920s
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage, Connie McFarland
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.