Tango Sombra Quintet

While the Dance for a Dollar cast continues its well-reviewed and exciting run--in production until May 25, the Milagro team tunes to Gala Milagro ¡Celebrando Argentina!, set for May 31.  This party is filled with an evening of music, dance, drinks, food, auction, gifts—Argentine Style—to  bring together the Portland and Latino community to raise funds for Milagro, the premier theatre for Latino art and culture in the Pacific Northwest!

Milagro introduces one of its performers Tango Sombra Quintet, a collective of professional amateur musicians, who will perform a repertoire of classical tangos, tango valses, and other danceable pieces.

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Tango Sombra Quintet grew out of a Portland Tango Community Orchestra experiment . We have been playing together and performing at private events and local milongas since late 2011. Tango Sombra is a collective of professional and amateur musicians who are driven by the common love and appreciation for tango music. The permanent members of the group include  Rita Sabler on piano, David Jencks on bandoneon, Ben Neubauer on violin, Eddie Parente on violin, and Anna Gilbert on bass. We play an ever expanding repertoire of classical tangos, tango valses, and some of the more danceable pieces by Astor Piazzolla. 

In addition to deriving personal enjoyment from playing beautiful tango music, our goal is to revive the tradition of social dancing to live music.