|
Admission: $30 |
|
|
|
|
Come sing salsa and merengue favorites with the Young People's Chorus of New York City, whose immaculate technique and vibrant celebration of culture and diversity has made it one of the world's leading children's choruses.
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture |
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture |
presents |
||||
Los Monstritos is an ensemble of young, virtuoso percussionists who hurtle headlong into a variety of Latin musical genres – from plena to bachata, from bomba to boogalu, salsa, rumba and merengue, but with their own twist reflecting the hip-hop and reggaetón rhythms of their neighborhoods. They are: Nelson Matthew González, scion of one the great families of Afro-Puerto Rican music; Oreste Abrantes, a Cuban-Puerto Rican powerhouse conguero; Jason González, bongo virtuoso, and Kyle Matthews, grandson of the Afro-Puerto Rican folklorist Emilio Escobar. They are joined in their debut concert by the legendary, one-and-only cuatro virtuoso Yomo Toro, accompanied by Aurora & Orquesta Zon del Barrio. Los Monstritos are pupils of some of the greatest Latin percussion masters in New York. Their music is sometimes hip, sometimes steeped in nostalgia…and it explodes into the future. This production is part of the Hostos Center's Young Roots Performance Series that, over the next two years, will showcase emerging artists experimenting with the artistic roots of Afro-Latino traditions to create new branches that reach into the future. Sponsored by the Hostos Community College Foundation with funds from the Rockefeller Foundation's NYC Cultural Innovation Fund, 2010-2012. Additional support provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. |
featruring,
with guest star: David Fernandez, musical director
Nov 4 & 5 (Fri & Sat), 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Nov 1 (Wed) - 6 p.m.
Admission: $15; $7 for students and seniors http://theyoungrootsperformanceseries.blogspot.com
|
|||
