January 11, 2014
Featuring:
The Rhythm Poets
Alex Shaw Francois Zayas Josh Robinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vKFO4KcN_4
Dynamic percussionists Josh Robinson, Alex Shaw and Francois Zayas introduce audiences to the language of drums and demonstrate the power of communication beyond words while celebrating the traditions of Latin and Brazilian percussion. The audience takes a journey through the origins, history and classic rhythms of samba, salsa and more and learns how percussion relates to their everyday world. Under the expert guidance of the artists, the audience participates and connects to the music through the mesmerizing rhythms of Latin music.
Alex Shaw is a percussionist, vocalist, composer, and arts educator specializing in Brazilian music traditions. He holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College (2000) and is a member of Philadelphia's award-winning Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra and Director of the renowned Brazilian ensemble, Alô Brasil. A freelance arts educator since 2001, Alex regularly teaches and performs throughout the tri-state region and joined the music faculty at the University of the Arts in 2010. He currently serves as board member for LiveConnections.org, as well as a lead facilitator for their music education programming.
Francois Zayas was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. In 1998 he graduated from Instituto Superior de Artes (ISA) in Havana. As a drummer, percussionist, composer, and arranger he has played, collaborated on, and recorded for hip hop, jazz, classical, pop, rock and folkloric Cuban music projects. Touring internationally with bands such as Habana Sax and Carlos Maza group, he played drum set and percussion, while also employing his classical percussion training in his work with Leo Brower and for ten years with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba. He was also a professor of classical percussion for a number of years at ISA. In 2006 he moved to the United States where he currently resides and continues performing in musical contexts ranging from classical ballet to folkloric Cuban Rumba to contemporary jazz.
Josh Robinson is a native of Woodstock NY who has been working as a Percussionist and teaching artist for the past 14 years. He is currently a member of "Alo Brasil", a popular Philadelphia based Brazilian band, “Spoken Hand percussion orchestra”, a group that fuses Cuban, Brazilian, African, and Indian drumming traditions. He was selected to the Philadelphia Music Project’s Latin orchestra led by famed bandleader Johnny Pacheco and freelances as “hired hands” for a variety of projects seeking percussion. He works with Children in distress through the Moyer Foundation (Camp Erin & Camp Mariposa) where he uses drumming as a tool for self expression and emotional release. He is a teaching artist with numerous arts organizations (2013 Young Audiences NJ & Eastern PA performing artist of the year) including the NJ & PA state council on the Arts, where he facilitates residencies, workshops, and professional development programs for people of all ages.
Also Featuring creative interludes from:
M.C. Ross Goldberg and Percussionist/Ron Kravitz
1012 E Southampton Ave
Wyndmoor, Pa 19038 (Glenside with a GPS)
Concert Time ... 8:00 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
Community Drum Circle & Potluck
7:00 P.M. - 7:50 P.M.
Donation of $20.00 welcomed at the door!
Reserve now at:
215 233 0777 or ron@musicinthemoment.com
24 hr. notice is appreciated for cancellation.
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