NextLOOK artist residency, The Clarice at the University of Maryland + Joe’s Movement Emporium This new dance and music project examines ainihi (“identity” in Hausa) and alteridade (“otherness” in Portuguese) based on the traditions of Nigeria and Brazil. Multidisciplinary artists Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis, and Kate Spanos create a collaborative work that includes new […]
NextLOOK artist residency, The Clarice at the University of Maryland + Joe’s Movement Emporium This new dance and music project examines ainihi (“identity” in Hausa) and alteridade (“otherness” in Portuguese) based on the traditions of Nigeria and Brazil. Multidisciplinary artists Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis, and Kate Spanos create a collaborative work that includes new […]
NextLOOK artist residency, The Clarice at the University of Maryland + Joe’s Movement Emporium This new dance and music project examines ainihi (“identity” in Hausa) and alteridade (“otherness” in Portuguese) based on the traditions of Nigeria and Brazil. Multidisciplinary artists Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis, and Kate Spanos create a collaborative work that includes new […]
In this lecture, Tom Rohde demonstrates how African dances, such as lundu, were combined with the European polca and schottische to create choro, a uniquely Brazilian rhythm. This mixing was controversial at the time because Brazilian high society discriminated against African cultural products. About Tom Rohde: Mr. Rohde is a classical guitarist and musicologist who […]
In this lecture, Bryan McCann, PhD, talks about choro’s influence in Brazilian music and society. Choro musicians, who were virtuosic by necessity, became the go-to studio musicians in the early radio and recording industry of Rio de Janeiro. Later legends of Brazilian music like Villalobos and bossa nova great Tom Jobim studied choro and brought […]
In this lecture, Andy Connell, PhD, discusses the similarities between American jazz and Brazilian choro. He also presents the work of Hermeto Pascoal, one of Brazil's most eccentric, prolific, and treasured composers and musicians, and a man once described by Miles Davis as “one of the most important musicians on the planet.” This is a […]
Many of the early great composers and performers of the choro genre were Afro-Brazilians, like Patapio Silva and Pixinguinha. In this lecture, Ceylon Mitchell talks about Pixinguinha, the father of Brazilian choro. Pixinguinha’s compositions and playing style are by far the most popular and have a heavy influence to this day. Ceylon will demonstrate Pixinguinha’s […]
Join us before the Marisa Monte concert at Strathmore for a special pre-show panel with women working in the arts and arts administration, featuring Marietta Ulacia (EducArte board member), Amy K Bormet, and Nistha Raj, with moderator Jennice Fuentes. The panel starts at 6:30PM before the concert. Learn how our panel of women artists and […]
Join us to celebrate the release of Scott Kettner’s new book, “The Essential Pandeiro Method,” on Saturday, July 2 at Eaton House in downtown DC.
This event will be a lecture/recital on contemporary Brazilian choro presented in Ward Recital Hall by Ph.D. candidate Tom Rohde who will be discussing and performing selections of Contemporary Brazilian choro from the 1950s to the present with a group of talented Brazilian music specialists.
Dancer and scholar Kate Spanos will demonstrate the festival style of Irish dance at the Celtic Festival of Southern Maryland this year.
Dancer and scholar Kate Spanos will demonstrate the festival style of Irish dance at the Celtic Festival of Southern Maryland this year.
