Traditional Latin Music and Dance Series '09

Latin folk music has is roots on the original people of the Americas, the European colonialists and the African slaves. In many instances Latin folk music reveal the mixture of these different cultures. This series will show case groups from various Latin countries.

Dominican Folk Music
Saturday, September 19 @ 8:00pm

Los Guedeses with Claudio Fortunato. Traditional Afro-Dominican rhythms such as palo; salve; congo and others will make your heart pump with joy.

Afro-Peruvian Music
Saturday, October 17 @ 8:00pm

Maderas del Peru with Marcoa Napa. Afro-Peruvian music. Maderas del Peru performs an invigorating music that will make you jump up and dance. Madera del Peru musical genius performs this exciting music with guitar, flute and Peruvian Cajon.

Cumbia - Colombia
Saturday, November 7 @ 8:00pm

Café Dorado with Jaime Herron.
Afro-Colombian musical styles include, genres such as cumbia, gaita, and porro. These feature an ensemble of hand drums, shakers and a bass drum which play in an interlocking rhythm, and often wind instruments like the indigenous-derived flute called gaita.

Capoeira - Brazil
Saturday, November 21 @ 8:00pm

Capoeira Arianha with Ary Lima.
The Afro-Brazilian sport of capoeira is never played without its own music, which is usually considered to be a call-and-response type of folk music. The main instruments of capoeira music include the berimbau, the atabaque and the pandeiro.

Bomba & Plena – Puerto Rico
Saturday, December 12 @ 8:00pm

Alma Moyo with Alex Salle
Bomba is a traditional form of Puerto Rican music and dance. Bomba features the use of drums and other percussion instruments in combination with an African derived call and response vocal style. Plena is an important genre of folk music in Puerto Rico and typically associated with coastal regions of the island.

Latin Dinner, Beers and Sangria
Learn about Latino culture, practice your Spanish and mingle with friends.

This series is made poosible with the Support of Folk ArtsWestchester's Latino Culture Project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.