EducArte

Capoeira workshop (private event)
2021-09-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets, N.W., Washington, DC, 20057, United States

Samba dance performance (private event)
2021-09-13 15:30 - 17:00 | The Village at Rockville, 9701 Veirs Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States

Live Forró Jazz Performance at Social Beast
2021-09-04 20:00 - 23:00 | Social Beast, 2340 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20007, United States
Mark your calendars now for a live forró performance featuring Rob Curto and Rose Moraes on Saturday, September 4!
Social Beast is a kitchen + bar with a beautiful outdoor cocktail garden, serving award-winning pizza, brunch, Tex-Mex, and cocktails.
There will be two shows at 8PM and 9:45PM:

8-9pm (doors open at 7PM) (RSVP on Facebook)
9:45-10:45 PM (doors open at 9:15PM) (RSVP on Facebook)

For more information, call (202) 347-7893.
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Pablo Regis Quartet at Mr. Henry's
2021-09-02 19:30 - 22:30 | Mr. Henry’s, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
The Pablo Regis Quartet will play at Mr. Henry’s as part of “Groove Thursdays,” a series featuring the best of Brazilian music in Washington, DC.
Mr. Henry’s is artist friendly and offers opportunities to many performers in this area. Make sure you get your seats early because ticket holders are always guaranteed to get the best seats in the house!
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EducArte’s Brazilian Percussion Workshop & Jam
2021-08-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-07-31 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-07-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
This event is free and open to the public. While primarily intended for adults, everyone is welcome. It will be held at the Old Parish House of College Park at 4711 Knox Road.
Learn from and jam with Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro. André will show and demonstrate each of the essential Brazilian percussion instruments. Participants will learn basic rhythms and the event will finish with a jam session.
We will have some percussion instruments, like pandeiros, tamborins, and surdos for participants. But please bring your instrument if you have one.
This is a regularly occurring Brazilian percussion meetup to create a new community ensemble. All levels are welcome to participate.
The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.

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Brazilian frevo dance workshop at the Kennedy Center
2021-08-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Millennium Stage, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC, 20566, United States
Learn frevo, a high energy Brazilian carnival dance from northeastern Brazil! Kate Spanos of Mexe Com Tudo will teach you some basic frevo steps, with a focus on joyous self-expression. Wear comfortable shoes. All are welcome! The movement will be accessible and adaptable to all abilities.
Mexe Com Tudo is a carnival group in Recife, Brazil founded by Otávio Bastos and Marília Cavalcanti. Mexe Com Tudo offers frevo dance classes to students and student-teachers in Recife and abroad (via Zoom) that focus on freedom of expression, improvisational strategies and the cultural history of frevo. Mexe Com Tudo also has an award-winning YouTube channel dedicated to all things frevo at www.youtube.com/mexecomtudo.
This workshop is part of On Deck: Women Shredding Through Boundaries at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage (outside at the Reach Plaza). This is an all-inclusive festival featuring women in action sports and music. Join us from August 26-28 as the presenters carve out space in the unconventional arenas of jazz and skateboarding for a more equal future together.
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Pablo’s Baile at Bossa Bistro
2021-08-19 21:30 - 23:30 | Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
Pablo’s Baile occurs every third Thursday of the month at Bossa Bistro! An electrifying mix of percussion, passion, and Brazilian Portuguese, Pablo’s Baile showcases the best of live Brazilian dance music, including samba and forró.
$10 at the door
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Pablo Regis Quartet at Mr. Henry's
2021-08-05 20:00 - 23:00 | Mr. Henry’s, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20003, United States
The Pablo Regis Quartet will play at Mr. Henry’s as part of “Groove Thursdays,” a series featuring the best of Brazilian music in Washington, DC.
Mr. Henry’s is artist friendly and offers opportunities to many performers in this area. Make sure you get your seats early because ticket holders are always guaranteed to get the best seats in the house!
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For All Dance Party with Rose Moraes and Rob Curto
2021-07-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD, 20712, United States
You are invited to EducArte’s “For All Dance Party” Outdoors at Joe’s Movement Emporium! Join us Saturday, July 24th at 7PM to learn a new dance and shimmy the night away!
This event is for all ages so bring the entire family!
Join us for a forró dance party featuring master accordion player Rob Curto and Brazilian vocalist Rose Moraes. Forró (foh-HO) is a two-step partner dance from northeastern Brazil that everyone can pick up easily.
Come early at 6:30PM to warm up and learn some dance tips with instructors Kate Spanos and Pablo Regis.
About the artists:
Rob Curto is an accordionist, composer, and educator based in Philadelphia. Rob has a prolific career touring and composing, gaining notoriety for his mastery of the piano accordion, exciting harmonic blends, and general musicianship across genres and musical boundaries. He is a founding member of the “Brazilian bluegrass” band Matuto and has played with artists such as Lila Downs, David Krakauer, Kiran Ahluwalia, and Dominguinhos. To learn more about Rob Curto, visit www.robcurto.com.
Singer and poet Rose Moraes brings the soul of Brazilian music to the world. Born in the south of Brazil near São Paulo, she has performed in Switzerland, Poland, Brazil, and the US, where she now resides. She has opened for Diana Ross at BET “Walk of Fame” in Washington, DC and performed at venues and festivals such as The Library of Congress, The Chamber of Commerce (Brazil-USA), The National Zoo, Adams Morgan Day Festival, Artscape (Baltimore), NYC at Zinc Bar, and The Iridium. To learn more about Rose Moraes, visit www.rosemoraesmusic.com.

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Forró dance lesson with Gui Prada
2021-07-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD, 20712, United States
Join us for a forró dance lesson with instructor Gui Prada!
Warm up for EducArte’s For All Dance Party with Rob Curto and Rose Moraes at Joe’s Movement Emporium with a special forró lesson taught by instructor Gui Prada! Gui is an internationally known Brazilian social dance instructor, with expertise in zouk, forró, and more.
The lesson will run from 5-6PM, and the dance party will start at 7PM. Tickets for the class are $15, but if you show your ticket for the dance party afterwards, you will get a $5 discount on the class ($10). Payment by Venmo or cash on site.
About the dance party:
Join us for a forró dance party featuring master accordion player Rob Curto and Brazilian vocalist Rose Moraes. Forró (foh-HO) is a two-step partner dance from northeastern Brazil that everyone can pick up easily. Tickets are available here: www.joesmovement.org/listofevents/educarte
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Workshop: An Overview of Philippine Native Music with Bo Razón Part II
2021-07-23 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
Bo Razón, photo by Judy Razón
This presentation will be a continuation of Bo Razon’s first EducArte workshop on July 2 about native Philippine music, covering pre-colonial music roots from two Philippine ethnolinguistic regions which have now become the main sources for Filipino world music. Various ethnic instruments and rhythms from both the Northern & Southern tribes will be demonstrated. The focus will be on bamboo and gong instruments as well as the native boat lutes. The workshop will also examine the Hispanic influence in Philippine music from over three centuries of colonization. Various stringed instruments like the Philippine Banduria & Laúd will be featured as well.
About Bo Razón:
Bo Razón is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, and educator. His influences are mainly native music from North & Sub-Saharan Africa, Cuba, Southeast Asia, Brazil, the Caribbean, North America, the Iberian peninsula, and the Middle East. Passionate about traditional music of indigenous world cultures as well as contemporary music genres, he seeks ways in which the two may coalesce organically. His skill sets have brought him to work in a musical capacity with several global institutions of art and culture such as the British Council, the Goethe Institut, the Alliance Francaise, Instituto Cervantes, and the Philippine National Commission for Culture & the Arts. He has taught World & Afro-Latin music at the University of the Philippines, as well as teaching music to K-12 school kids in California. Bo plays several stringed and skinned (percussion) instruments from diverse global cultures and has performed with many major artists from around the world in many settings and venues in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Pablo's Baile at Bossa Bistro
2021-07-22 21:00 - 23:00 | Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
Washington, DC venues re-opened on June 11th and Pablo’s Baile returns in July to Bossa Bistro to celebrate summer! An electrifying mix of percussion, passion, and Brazilian Portuguese, Pablo’s Baile showcases the best of live Brazilian dance music, including samba and forró.
$10 at the door
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/5940869382619737/

Slow slip jig - Festival style Irish dance workshop with Kate Spanos
2021-07-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center, 624 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA, United States
Note: This workshop will take place in Boston, MA.
Join us for a special workshop in Festival style Irish step dance! We will work on some of the movements and techniques that are typical of this style’s “slow” slip jig and learn a short piece of choreography.
Festival style Irish dance is from the Belfast area of Northern Ireland and was developed by Patricia Mulholland (or “Miss Mulholland”) in the 1950s to draw the focus of Irish dance away from the “pageantry” of feis style and more towards individuality. The costumes are simpler and dancers do not wear wigs; their slip jigs and set dances are much slower than their feis style counterparts, and dancers pay particular attention to the “light/shade” parts of the music. Grace, elegance, and control are key features of Festival style, and one of its distinctive motifs is the “burl” or turn/spin.
Kate Spanos is a dancer and dance scholar from Washington, DC with a PhD in Dance and Performance Studies from the University of Maryland and an MA in Traditional Irish Dance Performance from the University of Limerick. She learned Festival style from Ruth Long of the Royal Tara Dance Academy in Carrickfergus and Larne while studying at UL. Throughout the pandemic, she participated in virtual study of Festival style with Lauren Smyth from County Down (@laurensmythacademy). For more about Kate, visit www.thekatespanos.com.
Attire: Soft shoes, socks, or light/non-stick sneakers
For more about Festival style, check out Angeline King’s “Irish Dancing: The Festival Story.”
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Kate dancing “Aoibhell: The Faerie Queene” set dance (choreographed by Ruth Long, composed by Francis Ward):

Samba Jig presents Richard Miller and Vanessa Falabella: A Summer Night in Rio!
2021-07-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Bossa Bistro, 2463 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009, United States
As part of their 2021 East Coast tour, the iconic carioca 7-string guitarist Richard Miller visits the DMV with the enchanting singer Vanessa Falabella. The duo are joined by master percussionist, André Coelho, also hailing from Rio de Janeiro. This show is not to be missed!
$10 at the door.
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3378501245710209/

Workshop: An Overview of Philippine Native Music with Bo Razón
2021-07-02 19:00 - 20:15 | Zoom
Bo Razón, photo by Judy Razón
This presentation will cover pre-colonial music roots from two Philippine ethnolinguistic regions which have now become the main sources for Filipino world music. Various ethnic instruments and rhythms from both the Northern & Southern tribes will be demonstrated. The focus will be on bamboo and gong instruments as well as the native boat lutes. The workshop will also examine the Hispanic influence in Philippine music from over three centuries of colonization. Various stringed instruments like the Philippine Banduria & Laúd will be featured as well.
About Bo Razón:
Bo Razón is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, and educator. His influences are mainly native music from North & Sub-Saharan Africa, Cuba, Southeast Asia, Brazil, the Caribbean, North America, the Iberian peninsula, and the Middle East. Passionate about traditional music of indigenous world cultures as well as contemporary music genres, he seeks ways in which the two may coalesce organically. His skill sets have brought him to work in a musical capacity with several global institutions of art and culture such as the British Council, the Goethe Institut, the Alliance Francaise, Instituto Cervantes, and the Philippine National Commission for Culture & the Arts. He has taught World & Afro-Latin music at the University of the Philippines, as well as teaching music to K-12 school kids in California. Bo plays several stringed and skinned (percussion) instruments from diverse global cultures and has performed with many major artists from around the world in many settings and venues in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

EducArte's Brazilian Percussion Workshop & Jam
2021-06-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Old Parish House of College Park, 4711 Knox Rd, College Park, MD, 20740, United States
This event is free and open to the public. While primarily intended for adults, everyone is welcome. It will be held at the Old Parish House of College Park at 4711 Knox Road.
Learn and jam with Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro. André will show and demonstrate each of the essential Brazilian percussion instruments. Participants will learn basic rhythms and the event will finish with a jam session.
We will have some percussion instruments, like pandeiros, tamborins, and surdos for participants. But please bring your instrument if you have one.
This is the first of a regularly occurring Brazilian percussion meetup to create a new community ensemble, SambArte. All levels are welcome to participate.
The event is a program of College Park-based arts non-profit EducArte. Special thanks to event sponsor, the College Park Arts Exchange.
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/912921792890494

ABRACE weekly music lessons
2021-05-29 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-05-15 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-05-08 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-05-01 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-04-24 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-04-17 10:30 - 11:45, 2021-04-10 10:30 - 11:45 | Online
For ABRACE members only. To learn more about ABRACE, visit abracebrasil.org.

Cavaquinhos Across the Continents
2021-05-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
The Cavaquinho is a small string instrument (like the ukulele) of the European guitar family with four wires or gut strings. This instrument first went to Madeira (in 1854, to become the braguinha) and then on to Hawaii (in 1879) to become the ukulele.
Presented by Partners of the Americas – District of Columbia Chapter
A cultural exchange
One of the highlights of former DC Partners President Maricy Schmitz’s Education and Cultural Program in Brasília in November 2019 was visiting Associação Waldir Azevedo to learn about the actions of the organization and have a private concert featuring musician Dudu Oliveira and two adolescents who played cavaquinho – Meninos do Cavaquinho. Maricy wanted to show the amazing talent of the Meninos to the Partners community and have them meet Pablo Regis de Oliveira, a fantastic cavaquinho player who lives in Washington, DC. This is how this concert was envisioned – a cultural exchange to connect people from the Americas and to bring inspirational moments to all!
Pablo Regis de Oliveira

Pablo Regis de Oliveira is a Brazilian, Peruvian and American musician who grew up in the world of Brazilian music in Los Angeles and Brasília. He plays cavaquinho and percussion. He has also worked as a music and artistic producer in Washington, DC and Maryland since 2005. With dancer Kate Spanos, Pablo founded EducArte, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote Brazilian music and culture, support local and international artists, and encourage creativity and artistic expression of all individuals.

Projeto Cultural Waldir Azevedo
Projeto Cultural Waldir Azevedo is a center for artistic studies and practices, whose mission is to enable access to art free of charge in the metropolitan area of Brasilia, Brazil. Projeto Cultural Waldir Azevedo was created in 2009 by musician Dudu Oliveira. Mr. Oliveira’s dedication to the goals of the center has been phenomenal. Through his actions he gave life to the Orquestra de Cavaquinhos de Brasília, an orchestra founded in 2013, and Coral Armorial, a choir composed of visually impaired individuals.
Join the event at GoToMeeting on Sunday, May 23 at 7PM Eastern Time: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/504307973

Pandeiro workshop with André Coelho
2021-05-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
This workshop focuses on the pandeiro and the samba rhythm, including its subdivisions: partido alto, samba de roda, samba canção, and other rhythms such as maxixe and ijexá, which can be heard in a traditional samba roda.
This workshop is for all levels, but focused on intermediate and advanced players. Both the pandeiro de couro (animal skin) and nylon pandeiro will be used.
Register for the workshop
If you do not have a pandeiro, you can use a hardcover book to practice. Take a look at this video: https://youtu.be/Y6jjwPbFbq0.
If you would like to invest in a pandeiro, take a look at these inexpensive pandeiros:
Generic brand 8 ” (kids): https://amzn.to/3tccBlO
Generic brand 10″: https://amzn.to/3rIty6X
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This video shows how to make an American tambourine sound like a pandeiro: https://youtu.be/pb5v3rJ-WoA
You can also choose more expensive pandeiros sold in the US that will last longer and can be used to practice or in performance.
LP Couro 10″: https://amzn.to/3lc0D8P
LP Nylon 10″: https://amzn.to/2OF6veF
Meinl Nylon 10″: https://amzn.to/30Cb9wA

Virtual Series: Alison Crockett
2021-04-23 20:00 - 21:30 | Online
Join us for a conversation with vocalist Alison Crockett about her latest projects in American and Brazilian jazz.
On seminal recordings by King Britt, Blue Six, Us3, and a host of others, Alison Crockett’s voice has provided a velvety, sensual finishing touch for cutting edge beats. Her voice dripping soul with generous helpings of jazz, gospel and blues, she has taken the baton from divas of the present and past such as Rachelle Farrelle, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Donna Summer, Elis Regina, and Sarah Vaughn and forged a uniquely personal and singular musical vision. Alison’s latest project, released in November 2018, focuses on a new love: Brazilian music. After visiting the country she decided to mix her musical loves to create the project, “Obrigada.” Recorded in the city of São Paulo in the summer of 2017 with Brazilian jazz musicians Felipe Silviera, Thiago Alves, and Palinho Vicente, Alison has weaved a refreshing sound love of jazz, bossa nova, and soul that continues to highlight her fearlessness as a musical traveler boldly projecting her inimitable voice into the sonic future.
This conversation will be moderated by Pablo Regis.
Join us on Facebook Live or YouTube to tune in!
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/428617025046865/

Capoeira workshop at Arlington Montessori (private event)
2021-04-16 09:30 - 10:30 | Online

Canta Canta Minha Gente: Musicando Em Casa
2021-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Ao centro Pablo de Oliveira com seu irmão e pai Floriano Regis desfilando no Festival of Masks em Los Angeles.
Music and dance workshop for Brazilian parents. Organization by ABRACE Brasil and the Brazilian Consulate of Chicago.
Mini-bio EducArte:
EducArte é uma organização sem fins lucrativos fundada por Pablo Regis de Oliveira e Kate Spanos em Maryland, EUA. A missão da organização é promover arte, cultura e educação. Criamos programas educacionais presenciais e virtuais para apresentar e apoiar artistas locais e internacionais, assim como estimular a criatividade e expressão artística do público em geral.
Kate Spanos é uma dançarina e pesquisadora de Washington, DC que trabalha com dança irlandesa e brasileira, principalmente danças populares nordestinas e danças de resistência.
Pablo Regis de Oliveira é um músico brasileiro, peruano e americano que cresceu no mundo da música brasileira em Los Angeles e Brasília. Ele toca cavaco e percussão. Também trabalha como produtor musical e artístico em Washington, DC e Maryland, desde 2005.
Descrição da Oficina:
Nesta oficina, compartilhamos estratégias para manter a identidade cultural e língua de herança por meio da música e dança. A oficina é voltada para famílias morando fora do Brasil. As estratégias incluem:

como tocar e escutar a música em família
construir instrumentos com materiais caseiros e fazer música usando esses instrumentos
estimular a família a dançar juntos em casa
desenvolver recursos que pais podem usar com seus filhos para manterem um forte e saudável senso de identidade brasileira e conexão com suas raízes
