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Isabel Marie Sanchez, El Paso Symphony to honor Selena

The award-winning teen singer will pay tribute to the "Queen of Cumbia" in March 2020.

Isabel Marie performs with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 1, 2019. |Photo: Facebook/Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

The El Paso Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the life and enduring legacy of trailblazing Latin music icon Selena Quintanilla on Saturday, March 7, 2020.

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Sensational vocalist Isabel Marie SĆ”nchez will join the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Bohuslav Rattay, for a tribute to ā€œThe Queen of Cumbiaā€ performing iconic hits like ā€œDreaming of You,ā€ ā€œComo la Flor,ā€ ā€œBidi Bidi Bom Bomā€ and more.

Tickets for The Music of Selena to the general public are available now. Ticket prices are $75, $60, $45 and $30 plus fees and are available at:Ā ticketmaster.com,Ā epso.org, and the Plaza Theatre Box Office or by phone at 915-532-3776.

Acclaimed recording artist, vocalist and experienced performer, Isabel Marie SƔnchez was born in Chicago, Illinois and currently resides in San Antonio, Texas.

She has been featured on many local and international television shows. She was a participant on the international hit show “La Voz Kids” (NBC) – Season 3, where she received a ā€œ3 chair turnā€ and a standing ovation from all the judges as well as the audience. Natalia Jimenez, a Spanish singer, songwriter and coach on La Voz Kids, praised her for having ā€œa voice of a Goddessā€ and being an ā€œexceptional vocalist.ā€

She also was a contestant and first place winner on “Sabado Gigante” (Univision), one of the nation’s longest-running Spanish-language television programs.

In 2015, she was chosen and personally asked by the Quintanilla family to perform Selena’s hit ā€œNo Me Queda Masā€ at the 35th Annual Tejano Music Awards. In 2016, Isabel performed for the official MAC Selena makeup line world-wide launch in Corpus Christi, Texas. That same year, she performed with the San Antonio Symphony for the Fiesta Pops Concert.

Isabel released her second album “Sigueme” with the legendary Mr. Abraham Quintanilla, ā€œMr. Qā€ (Selena’s father), at Q-Zone Records alongside Grammy-award winning producer Brian ā€œRedā€ Moore. Her new album features a duet with Mexican-American songwriter Pete Astudillo, backup dancer and singer for the band Selena y Los Dinos.

The Music of Selena concert is generously sponsored by DATAMARK, Inc. The El Paso Symphony Orchestra is supported in part by the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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