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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]