Native Bronxite and Garifuna percussionist Roland Guerrero leads master musicians of various genres in a fusion of jazz, African and Garifuna music, featuring: Steve Turre, conch shell and trombone, Khadijah Harper, percussion, Andy Gonzalez, bass, Onaje Allen Gumba, piano, Libana Maraza, Garifuna percussion, James Lovell, guitar. The Garinagu Percussion Project is made possible by a […]
Presented by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, this hour-long program highlights the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world, from Argentina and Mexico, to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Incorporating live music, dance and carols, the show highlights diverse traditions united by a single language, and reflects the influence of the Hispanic culture across the Americas. […]
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.
A Puerto Rican-style parranda (caroling procession) through the streets of the Melrose neighborhood. This event is produced in partnership with Nos Quedamos and the BxCC. FREE!
Celebrate the new year at the BMHC! Live music by Bobby Sanabria & Sexteto Ibiano. Special Guest: Cándido Camero Cover charge: $15
We trace the routes of rhythmic footwork from Africa and Europe to the Western Hemisphere with a discussion led by dancer and choreographer Mercedes Ellington, accompanied by rumba-tap dancer Max Pollak, with amusical performance by The Afro-Peruvian Ensemble featuring a demonst rat ion of zapateo afro-peruano. Admission fee: $7 | $5 for studentsand IGresidents | […]
The Ozama River divides the City of Santo Domingo, and is an important vein of water that for years has been heavily polluted. It is transversal to the rich and the poor. At one extreme, you see marginalized neigbhorhoods and, on the other, yachts and ferries. Carribean Fantasy is a portrait of the communities outlined […]
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece orchestra plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. Admission fee: $10 (all proceedsgo to the students)
Masterclass on vocal creativity, technique, & improvisation in the world of Afro-Portuguese-Brazilian sounds. In this Masterclass, we will experience how a performance process is built on the spot and how identity is developed and performed, in a sound search that is both individual and collective. We’ll work on a series of exercises, experiences, and spontaneous […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, celebrating traditional rhythms and sounds of the Adukeiras and Batukadeiras, featuring the Adufe ‐ the frame drum played by women in Portugal. The adufeirasare the symbolsof women's roles as the "messengers" of the ancestors. Batukuisa Cape Verdean rhythm also played by groups of women, which carries the rhythmic subdivisions […]