Robin Flower is a wildly creative musician. Her technical expertise on mandolin, guitar, and fiddle results in great romps through her own original instrumental compositions, songs and traditional fiddle music. See her website and attend her classes!
Aaron Lazansky-Olivas a.k.a. SpazeCraft, is a multi-disciplined artist, educator, cultural producer and chief creative director of Soh Nup Ink / EDU. For the past 20 plus years, Spaze has been providing innovative urban arts, culture, and media literacy programming to community members & educators nationally and globally.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (GSJ) is a Berkeley arts organization dedicated to the music and dance of Bali, Indonesia. Founded in 1979, GSJ fosters artistic exchange between Bali and the United States through master artist residencies, school workshops, performances, and the creation of innovative new works for music and dance.
Mariela Herrera is a musician providing an online play group called Mariela's Circle Time, which is in Español and for children. Mariela is going live daily on her Facebook page. Contact her to be part of this class!
Stephanie Pepitone teaches Rockin' Kids Sing-Along, a 45 minute sing-along class for families with young children. Session includes movement/dance, story time and jam session with instruments. Sign up by emailing Stephanie directly ([email protected]) or purchase a 5 session pass on her website.
Anna-Maria Violich-Olivier and Natalia Bernal had the great fortune of meeting in the spring of 2015, when Natalia took her four year-old child to a Music Together class which Anna-Maria was teaching. They started chatting and realized that they were both Spanish-immersion teachers with a passion for children’s music.
Bianca Rodríguez is a professional Flamenco dancer with over 20 years of experience. She has performed throughout Spain, Texas, and California including La Peña with visiting Spanish artists Antonio Rey and José del Tomate. People can sign up for Bianca's class at The Beat Performing Arts.
In Lak'ech Dance is more than a dance academy. It is an inclusive community where people can feel free to be their true, authentic selves and claim their identity with pride and honor while reaching personal goals through dance. Everyone is accepted and loved as they are.
Melissa Cruz is a full-time performer, choreographer and educator who offers in person and online flamenco dance classes.
Suzanna Sitomer runs a not-for-profit music education startup designed to bring music education to underserved communities. At this time when there are a ton of kids out there without access to their music, Suzanna is here to help them express themselves with their instruments. She offers lessons on violin, viola, cello, and guitar.
Momo LeBeau is a dancer and choreographer from Oakland who had the dream to spread the love and joy of Hip Hop dance and culture to the masses. Momo has brought Bodywerk Dance all over the Bay Area and provides a safe space for people to leave their troubles behind.
Cabeza de Vaca is a Cultural Center located in Santa Monica that offers a variety of classes: Aztec Dance & Drum, BellyDance, Hawaiian Dance, Yoga, Mayan Cacao Ceremony, Mesoamerican Ball Game, and Community Garden.
Jesse Weber is a working percussionist who teaches and performs in the several groups listed below. Contact him to register in one of his classes!
Momo Lebeau (Bodywerk Dance) is a dancer and choreographer from Oakland, CA. He is the owner and founder of Bodywerk Dance, which is a self-funded, Black-owned dance company started in 2012.
Sedrick Cabrera Born & raised on the central coast of California, in the farm working community of Watsonville, Sedrick holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from San Jose State University, where he trained as a classical actor. Since graduating, Sedrick has been a resident artist of El Teatro Campesino. Through his work, Sedrick hopes to bring light to Latinx struggles and help start a dialogue towards potential solutions. Sedrick is available for hire as a teaching artist
Shefali Shah is a highly sought out instructor of Bomba dance and a central member to the Bomba ensembles Aguacero and La Mixta Criolla. She leads the Bomba y Plena workshops at La Peña with Héctor Lugo and is also the director and choreographer for the youth Bomba performance group Quenepas.
Cascada de Flores is a dúo that presents interactive stories of music and dance to children and families. They also play concerts celebrating the Latin Songbook, enhanced with their own original material.
María de la Rosa is a performing artist and teaching artist whose work is based in the Son Jarocho, a traditional music and dance genre from Mexico. She also performs in her ensemble DíaPa'Són.
Raúl Vargas is the musical director, composer, booking agent and promoter of the band Makrù, a world fusion music project based in San Francisco. Makrù has been playing, sharing conscious messages and supporting causes they believe are important since 2008, like immigration issues, gentrification, and social justice among others.
Héctor Lugo is a percussionist, singer, songwriter, producer, and educator. A native of Puerto Rico, he has performed and recorded with a variety of prominent artist in the Bay Area’s Latin, Jazz, and Afro-Caribbean music scenes. He is the founder and director of the Caribbean roots music and dance ensemble La Mixta Criolla and musical director of the Afro-Puerto Rican folkloric ensemble and education project Aguacero.