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 "Num Dia Azul" - Minas' first record, released in 1983 in Brazil and long out of print, is now available on CD by special order. Call or e-mail us at 610-623-3197 / info@minasmusic.com to order your copy.
 The Minas Museum slide show video
- see the band in the early days: North Carolina beginnings in the 1970s, then moves to Brazil and Philadelphia. Hear a soundtrack from Num Dia Azul (above).
- Orlando Haddad Teaches at Penn - Orlando is teaching a Brazilian Percussion class for graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Music for a second semester.
- Patricia King - Patricia presented a concert of her original music on Sept. 29, 07, with a great jazz quintet at the Swedesboro Inn, 1301 Kings Hwy. Swedesboro, NJ 08085.
- Man of La Mancha - Catch Orlando presently performing in the musical Man of La Mancha at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. The production, which has a great cast and an amazing set, has been running since Sept. 4 and will go until Oct. 21.
- Orchestral Project - Minas has completed phase one of its new recording project and program named "Symphony in Bossa". Based on lush and exciting arrangements written for symphony orchestra by the late Bill Zaccagni, this recording will feature two originals by Haddad and King, Sinal Verde and Only The Moon and the Stars, as well as a medley of Bossa Nova classics, Corcovado, Chega de Saudade, Desafinado, Manhã de Carnaval, and Samba de Orfeu. This project has been made possible through a grant by PennPAT and American Composers Forum. After successful local performances "Symphony in Bossa" is now being offered to orchestras in a wider area.
Click here to hear a live recording and see a slide show of Symphony in Bossa
- Lecture on Brazilian Pop Music before Ivan Lins concert -
Orlando Haddad presented a lecture on Brazilian Pop Music before the Ivan
Lins concert
at the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia on Sunday, Feb. 25 2007, as part of "Penn Presents
University Square Dinner/Lecture Series".
 • Orlando & Patricia are excited to announce the inclusion of their original song "Sambawalk" in a compilation named "Paz e Futebol", celebrating the 2006 World Cup soccer
tournament by the German label Jazzanova, released in Europe on CD
and vinyl. "Sambawalk", from the 1983 vinyl and 1986 cassette
releases of "Num Dia Azul", Minas' first recording and presently out of
print, is the track featured.
• Minas won a Community Partners grant from The American Composers Forum to do 9 workshops and a concert at Episcopal Academy. The concert was presented on Tuesday November 28, 2006 as part of the Academy's Community Forum
Series. The final performance featured Orlando, Patricia, Tony Salicandro,
and EA's students.
- Orlando Haddad co-wrote the song "Bom Mesmo É Amar" with UArts graduate Steve
Tirpak. The song, featuring Orlando on vocal, is track #6 of Steve's debut
CD of original music, entitled "Who Cares?"
- Patricia
and Orlando are writing a cycle of songs as commissioned by friend Ed
Hemschoot in honor of his late wife Elaine. The piece, being written
in a contemporary classical style, will be in four movements for soprano
and piano, and will be premiered sometime this year.
- Minas recorded a TV program as part of the series "Homegrown Music" presented
by George Graham on PBS-affiliate station WVIA in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
PA. The performance, filmed before a live audience, was broadcast simultaneously
on the radio and on the internet on Monday July 17, 2006. The TV show was aired January 2007.
- Orlando Haddad is making plans to put into gear a 30-piece Brazilian samba
group this fall at The University of the Arts. The group, in its second
season, is named "SambArts"
- Filmaker Ami Amitai is presently making a documentary about Orlando, Patricia,
and Minas focusing on their different performance activities, from concerts
to Carnaval events to school programs and workshops.
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