A Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday concert. Featuring Hector “Pucho” Alamo (cuatro), Carlos Espada (lead vocals and percussion), Matthew Gonzalez (percussion), Jorge “Georgie” Vazquez (percussion), James Lovell (guitar and vocals), Delmo Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Julio Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Chester Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Lucy Blanco (vocals and maracas), Gianina “Scarlet” Nolberto (dance). The […]
For our 3rd annual Parranda con Paranda: A Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration, we evoke the Puerto Rican traditions of “parrandas”—Christmas caroling processions and the Garifuna “paranda” song style to bring together these two communities. If you listen closely to the big barrel-type drums both groups use, you can hear echoes of familiar rhythms […]
Each year we cap our Bronx Rising! series with a concert that features traditions from two of the Bronx’s distinct Latino communities: Puerto Rican and Garifuna. This year will celebrate traditions with cuernos (horns), mainly the vejigante masked traditions from Puerto Rico (celebrated at Carnaval and the Celebration for St. James), and the charikanari and […]
Learn this traditional percussion-based Puerto Rican dance form through an introductory course with Oxil Febles, professional Bomba dancer, instructor and choreographer. Her graduate studies in Fine Arts and innovations in Afro Puerto Rican music and dance have placed her among the top performers and dance teachers in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora.
This year we will look at the styles which use stringed instruments, including paranda of the Garifuna and la música jíbara of Puerto Rico. Cover charge: $7. Reduced fee: $5 (for students and Intervale Green residents). Children under 12 free.
This program will explore European-influenced genres, such as “la danza” from Puerto Rico and the “quadrille,” which is practiced among Garifuna communities. The evening will include traditional drum-based music by musicians including Matthew Gonzalez, James Lovell, Bobby Sanabria, and Jorge Vazquez. Admission: $7 | $5 for students & seniors | FREE for kids 12 & […]
Our annual Puerto Rican-style Christmas caroling procession will travel on foot from casita to casita, ending at Melrose’s most famous casita, Rincón Criollo, aka “La Casita de Chema”. Featured musicians include Jorge Vázquez, Bobby Sanabria, and more.
Experience traditional Puerto Rican holiday caroling with a musical procession and plenty of plena music and dancing during the Bronx Music Heritage Center's annual Melrose Parranda! We will stop at different "casitas" along the way, culminating at Rincón Criollo, the most famous casita of all.
