Richard Hildner Armacanqui and Juan Tomás Martínez – Re/sound – PBS Wisconsin Education

Fusing Family Influences and World Travel

From Wisconsin to Latin America and beyond, Richard Hildner Armacanqui and Juan Tomás Martínez weave together their experiences, travels and cultures to make their eclectic music.

Interview

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Three questions…

Richard and Juan talk about how they learned music as young people from their older family members. What have you learned musically from your family or the adults in your life? What music have others shared with you, and how has it influenced your own taste in music?

Richard says that the music he and Juan play together is an expression of their identities. How do you use music to express your own identity? What does the music you listen to or play share about who you are?

Juan shares that “music is another language… a global language” that everyone can use to communicate. How do you use music to communicate with your friends, family, or classmates? Do you listen to music from other parts of the world, or in languages that are different than the ones you speak?

Performance

“El niño que quiere jugar” (The Child That Wants to Play) – Richard and Juan created this new song specifically for this project, inspired by Richard’s experiences with his son and the instincts children have to play.

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Song

“El niño que quiere jugar” (The Child That Wants to Play)

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“The most beautiful thing about making music is when you do something and people respond to what you're feeling and the idea you have.”

— Richard Hildner Armacanqui

Project Credits

Producer
Ryan Hendricks

Coordinating Producer
Mia Forslund

Videography
Ryan Hendricks
Ian Glodich
Nia Scott

Editing
Ryan Hendricks

Sound
Inga Foley
Beauxregard Neylon
Curtis Sorensen

Captioning
Vicki Way Kipp

University of Wisconsin–Madison Cultural Linguistic Services

Composition
Richard Hildner Armacanqui
Juan Tomás Martínez

Web Design
Charles Barrows
Norman Yuson Cuaño

Web Development
John Vieth
Tim Schneider

Graphic and Motion Design
Ian Glodich
Amanda Roslansky
Scott Stetson

Music Education Content
Kathy Bartling
Darin Menk
Laurie Fellenz

Educator Guide
Schuyler Gardner Pietz
Madison Elementary School
Stevens Point, WI

Project Partner
Wisconsin School Music Association

Executive Producer
Megan Monday

Director of Education
Alyssa Tsagong

Director of Television
Jon Miskowski

Special Thanks
The Hildner-Medrano Family
Joan Hoyer
Brian Heller and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music
The Latimer Family
The Martínez Family

Educator Advisory Group

Kevin Blakeslee
Lincoln Elementary
Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, WI

Peter Dennee
Carthage College
Kenosha, WI

Matt Eidson
Madison, WI

Heidi Henderson
Milwaukee German Immersion School
Milwaukee, WI

Amy Maack
Gifford K8 School
Racine, WI

Katherine Miller
Hadfield School
Waukesha, WI

Julie A. Palkowski, PhD
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Madison, WI

Schuyler Gardner Pietz
Madison Elementary School
Stevens Point, WI

Linda Ruesink
Watertown Unified School District
Watertown, WI

Sue Smits
Unified School District of De Pere
De Pere, WI

Kurt Stein
Kurt Stein’s School of Music
Fox Cities, WI

Randal Swiggum
Madison Metropolitan School District
Madison, WI

Jesus M. Valencia
Rio H.S./M.S.
Rio, WI

Natasha Verhulst
Keshena Primary School
Menominee Indian School District
Keshena, WI

Lucy Wrenn
Palmyra-Eagle Area School District
Palmyra, WI

Funding Provided By

Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation

Focus Fund for Education

Friends of PBS Wisconsin