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Gloria in Excelsis: The Virgin and Angels in Viceregal Painting of Peru and Bolivia, University of Texas at Austin, 20 Mar 1986 took place at the Huntington Art Gallery. Brochure for the Blanton’s Spirit and Splendor El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque Aug 24, 2025-Feb 1, 2026 with painting of a girl Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Photo of display screen at Blanton showing Panoramic Voices for Blanton All Day Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Adrienne with volunteer sikuris from Panoramic Voices Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

When Chaski was 1yo, we played a concert for an exhibit similar to the Blanton’s current Spirit and Splendor! Visit the Blanton!#chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Oil painting with gold coal frame, with Ms. Dussek wearing a blue dress and sporting long strawberry blond locks. Sophia Dussek British musician (1775–1831) Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

As Chaski continues to celebrate our 40th anniversary, our Women’s Work concert honors the 250th birthday of British harpist and composer Sophia Dussek. Join us Nov. 21 in Lago Vista or Nov. 30 in south Austin for our concerts! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

A block with the numbers eight, eleven, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, ten, three, twelve, and two. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here's an alphabetically organized clock ⏰ to remind you that we're returning to Standard Time tonight. #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Yep! Here’s the whole cozy concert of trio Chaski’s Postcards from South America program. ❤️❤️❤️ Studio A’s sparkly, magical listening room.

An illustrated scene from The Masque of the Red Death, a red, gray, black, and white image of a clock, intruder, ballroom, and guests. aVisit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Can't get enough spooky in just one evening? Come to Daydreams & Nightmares Sunday at 3 pm, presented by Chaski flutist Adrienne Inglis, soprano Maureen Broy Papovich, and awesomely talented friends! Free concert! adrienneinglis.com/daydreamsnig... #chaski40th

Watch in case you missed the concert or want to see it again! Music soothes the soul.

Shana/harp, Dan/charango, Adita/sikus playing in a decorated Studio A for an intimate audience. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Thanks so much to One World One Music for hosting Chaski at Studio A! We love sharing our musical Postcards from South America 🦙with our audience in such a welcoming space. Enjoy the concert video here youtu.be/qiZOBY7887Y! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Health care for all!

https://www.chaskimusic.com/upcoming-concerts/womens-work30nov. HAAM Health Alliance for Austin Musicians logo with guitar neck and medical symbol. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

With health care costs on our minds, Chaski is honored to dedicate a portion of its proceeds from our Nov. 30 "Women's Work" Oak Branch Concert to HAAM. Join us to lift up women in the arts 🎶 and musicians' health⚕️! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

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This concert is FREE, so please tell your friends and family and bring them along! https://music.utexas.edu/events/5291-vamp The five members of VAMP are posed with a background of a dead tree and clouds. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski encourages y’all to catch VAMP’s Debut Album Release Concert 🎶
Thu 13 Nov at 7:30pm
Bates Recital Hall, Butler School of Music
2406 Robert Dedman Dr

#chaski40th Chaski’s debut album was released on cassette tape (!) in 1989! @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

RSVP for Women's Work presented by Oak Branch Concerts here: oakbranchmusic.org

Illustrated graphic of musicians with the text Celebrate Opera! A Spectacular Birthday Concert. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski congratulates Austin Opera on its 40th birthday! Catch one of their birthday 🎂 performances Nov 15 and 16 and then make plans to come to our Women's Work concert 🎶 presented by Oak Branch Concerts Nov 30. #Chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social austinopera.org

It's all good! No worries!

We've been playing together for 40 years and still love to compose and learn and perform new repertoire! Come to our free concert. Violeta Parra 1917-1967 of Chile playing a guitar with a tapestry in the background that includes someone playing a harp. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

On our Women's Work concert at Oak Branch Sun 30 Nov, we're planning to include some music by Chilean 🇨🇱composer and musician Violeta Parra. ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Sunday November 30 of Thanksgiving weekend! Perfect to bring visiting family and friends.

Bass flute and lever harp! Dressed in complementary tunics in the living area. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here Chaski performs in Hot Springs, Ark., in 2023. We have a program called "Women's Work" coming up Nov. 30, featuring women composers, authors, poets, and artists, and presented by Oak Branch Concerts. oakbranchmusic.org Join us! @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social #chaski40th

RSVP here www.austincantorum.com/performances...!

RSVP at https://www.austincantorum.com. Austin Cantorum presents Nocturnal, A Choral Exploration of Nighttime, white lettering on black background with a crescent moon. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski encourages y'all to catch one of the Austin Cantorum "Nocturnal" 🌙 concerts! 🎶
Sat. Oct. 25, 7:30pm at First English Lutheran Church
&
Sun. Oct. 26, 3pm at St. Michael's Episcopal Church
#chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Playing O Great (no kings!) Day in matching mauve Bolivian shirts and black bottoms in a white tent. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Here's Chaski in 2009 playing Jach'a uru (O Great Day) at the Texas Book Festival on the Texas Capitol Grounds. Hooray for books and education! #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Family photo from 1907 with Adita’s great grandparents and some of their 12 kids. Margot is second from the right in the front row. Spunky, that one. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Adita’s grandmother (2nd from R, 1st row) was born on this day in 1903. ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Nana! She loved that Chaski played Venezuelan 🇻🇪and other South American music. #chaski40th #nokings @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

A selfie from Austin’s June 14 No Kings protest. There’s a crowd in the background and three white-haired, white people in the foreground. From left to right: my husband Sean (wearing a khaki/blue shirt & brimmed cap), me (in a yellow/red tie-dyed sundress, straw hat, with a turquoise ocarina worn on a cord, like a necklace), and fellow Chaski gal, Adita (in a cool turquoise tee & shades). Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

#nokings rally tomorrow! 🇺🇸 Find the one nearest you here www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=27849. No Thrones - No Crowns - No Kings - No Fascists! 🇺🇸 #chaski40th 🇺🇸 @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

She'll play Mahler's Adagietto from Symphony No. 5. Please attend and/or make a donation. Graphic with a life preserver held by a conductor, and river waves at the bottom, description of concert details. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Tonight in San Antonio! Chaski harpist Shana Norton is a featured soloist at Kerrville's Symphony of the Hills — A Time to Remember: Tribute Concert for Kerrville/Hill Country Flood Victims — Thu 16 Oct at 7:30PM.
#chaski40th www.symphonyofthehills.org/flood-benefit/ @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

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"Chaski is Central Texas's world music treasure, combining impeccable musicianship with an intuitive camaraderie honed over decades of collaboration. They bring to life their shared commitment to Latin American folkloric music with expertise over a vast array of instruments and styles. Their performances are as accessible as they are skilled, inviting and moving the audience to jump to their feet singing, clapping, and dancing. As an ethnomusicology professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio, I arranged for a residency with Chaski in the School of Music on September 29, 2025, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and the group's 40th anniversary. During the day, group members gave a lecture-demonstration on Andean music, a guitar masterclass, and a flute masterclass, culminating with the concert "Postcards from South America" as part of UTSA Arts's En Vivo Guest Artist Series. Students thoroughly enjoyed learning an Andean panpipe (siku) piece, new techniques on flute and guitar, and new career possibilities as instrumentalists and educators — a group of flute majors even asked to learn a dance after the concert!" Dan is wearing black and a Bolivian vest, playing ayarachi. Adrienne is dressed in black with a striped Bolivian stole playing ayarachi. Shana is dressed in black with a striped Bolivian stole playing bombo. Photo by Ashley Lillian. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

"...impeccable musicianship with an intuitive camaraderie honed over decades of collaboration." 🦙 We're thrilled to share Dr. Amy Frishkey's remarks about our recent visit to UT San Antonio. See the full comments in the alt text.
#chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Dan is wearing black and a Bolivian vest, singing into a mic. Photo by Ashley Lillian. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Before Hispanic Heritage Month wraps up, here's Dan singing and playing the ronroco at our recent En Vivo concert at UT San Antonio! #Chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

Beaded Ojibwe purse (?) family heirloom passed down from Adita's Ojibwa ancestors, showing beaded flower shapes on wool. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day all year long with indigenous music from all over the Americas and beyond. Here's a photo of a beaded Ojibwe family heirloom from Adrienne's family. #Chaski40th #indigenouspeoplesday @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

It’s the perfect way to round out your Thanksgiving weekend. Shana and Adita dressed in block with Maria Sibylla Merian scarves, holding harp, caja, bass flute, sikus, flute Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

After a hugely successful tour of Postcards from South America, Chaski’s 40th anniversary year has yet another concert 🎶 November 30 at Oak Branch Concerts! Bring the whole family to hear “Women’s Work”! oakbranchmusic.org #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

This sprightly armadillo has not been, is not, and will never be made into a charango. #safefromcharangomakers #chaski40th @flautadita60.bsky.social @shanahipharpy.bsky.social

She'll play Mahler's Adagietto from Symphony No. 5. Please attend and/or make a donation. Graphic with a life preserver held by a conductor, and river waves at the bottom, description of concert details. Visit https://www.chaskimusic.com to learn more about our 40th anniversary season! ¡Visite https://www.chaskimusic.com para obtener más información sobre nuestra temporada del aniversario cuadragésimo!

Chaski harpist Shana Norton will be a featured soloist at Kerrville's Symphony of the Hills "A Time to Remember: Tribute Concert for Kerrville/Hill Country Flood Victims" on Thursday 16 October at 7:30 PM. @shanahipharpy.bsky.social #chaski40th www.symphonyofthehills.org/flood-benefit/