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What is "Africa in the Americas"?
"Africa in the Americas" is an interactive-demonstrative conference
divided in two parts:
The first part of the workshop is
a musical-historical view of the rhythms and instruments of percussion of the african-arabian, african and european cultures
that have influenced the music of the Caribbean and the Americas. It also offers a demonstration of typical african, arabian
and caribbean instruments. During this time participants will enjoy a short concert and a computerized conference. Furthermore,
they will be able to see and listen to a variety of rhythms and instruments of percussion that greatly influenced our musical
heritage.
The second part of the workshop
is a practice session where everyone attending will have an opportunity to explore and execute rhythms, corporal movement
exercises and percussion instruments. Everyone will be able to bring a percussion instrument.
This is a four (4) hours workshop.
Africa
in the Americas also count with a short version called a Concert-Demostration
with a duration of one and a half hour
(
1 1/2 ).
Purpose:
It is our aim to enrich, develop and train everyone in the theoretical
and practical aspects of the rhythms and instruments of percussion that have influenced our Caribbean culture. We, not only
want to reach, music students, but also the general public in Puerto Rico as well as other locations outside our "Island of
Enchantment".
Aims:
All participants will:
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Know and appreciate the origin and development of the rhythms and
instruments of percussion both ethnic and folkloric that influenced the Americas and the Caribbean.
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Practice rhythm exercises as well as coordination of hands and feet
(corporal movement) using such percussion instruments.
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Apply the basic techniques to play the ethnic instruments and rhythms.
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Be able to play the rhythmical patterns and musical styles of different
regions in Africa, Latin America, Europe and others.
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| Recent presentation of Africa in the Americas: Concert Demostration at Catholic Univ. in Ponce |
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