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Son Jarocho: Classes, Workshops & Community Jams!
Fandango Workshop
May 31, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
PAZ: Fandango Urbano 2016 includes a two-week residency by DíaPaSon who will share a cross-cultural and cross-generational musical experience reflective of Bay Area urban fandango/son experience.
DíaPaSon artists, including invited artist and master son jarocho artist Tacho Utrera, will offer workshops in requinto, zapateado, jarana, leona (bajo), versada and percussion. These workshops are opportunities to re-visit traditional son jarocho repertoire, learn new sones developed by the PAZ: Fandango Urbano artistic team in 2014 and explore the rhythmic and cultural connection of son jarocho to bomba, its Puerto Rican cousin, all while giving participants an opportunity to expand their rhythmic skills and improvisational music vocabulary. Each evening of workshops culminates in a mini-lab where all participants have a chance to practice what they’ve learned. Workshop participants will prepare some pieces to present at the Fandango on Friday, June 10. See full descriptions of workshop content in the ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP INFORMATION section below.
WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
6-7pm Guitarra de son (requinto)
6-7pm Versada
7-8pm Beginning Jarana
8-9:30pm “Next Level” Jarana
Mini-Lab: 9:30-10:30pm
Guitarra de son and Jarana workshops led by Tacho Utrera,
Percussion workshops led by Hector Lugo
Versada and Zapateado workshops led by María de la Rosa
Leona workshop led by Dominic Edward Garcia
Workshop instructors assisted by members of the DíaPaSon collective (and PAZ: Fandango Urbano 2016 Cast)
WORKSHOP FEES
~$20 per individual workshop
~$10 discount for three workshops
~$100 package of seven workshops
~Youth who come accompanied by a paying adult receive 50% discount.
~Mini-labs free and open to public, $5 donation encouraged if you only attend the lab and not the workshop!
FANDANGO
Friday, June 10, 7-11pm Fandango Jarocho, entrance free, donations welcomed! guest appearance and presentation by the workshop participants. DíaPaSon artists of the PAZ: Fandango Urbano 2016 cast will host the fandango which is open to the community to participate. Please bring your dancing shoes, instruments, and voices all warmed up!
PREMIERE CONCERT
Sunday, June 12, 2016
DíaPaSon presents PAZ: Fandango Urbano 2016
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
Featuring New Sones by DíaPaSon, Sones from the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano project and traditional son jarocho repertoire. DíaPaSon’s guest artist from Veracruz, Tacho Utrera and other surprise (and not so surprise) guests will participate.
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP DETAILS
Percusiones talleres:
Bring your instrument(s): quijada, pandero, cua, maraca, drum (Puerto rican barril or conga preferred), cajon. In these talleres, participants will explore the connection between son jarocho and its Puerto Rican cousin, bomba through a comparative look at their respective basic rhythms (café con pan, café-café-café, holande, yuba, cuembe). Through this exploration, you will expand your rhythmic and improvisation vocabulary. All levels welcomed; ages 10-adult.
Led by Hector Lugo.
Guitarra de son (Requinto) talleres:
Bring your instrument. It is recommended that you have previous experience playing guitarra de son. Participants will work on traditional son repertoire as well as learn some figuras from the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano repertoire.
Led by Tacho Utrera
Jarana talleres:
Bring your instrument.
- Beginning level classes will focus primarily on traditional son jarocho repertoire. Ages 10-adult.
- “Next Level” talleres will include traditional son jarocho repertoire as well as explore 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano repertoire. Ages 15-adult.
Led by Tacho Utrera
Zapateado talleres:
Bring dance shoes, skirts, paliacates, rebozos, and comfortable clothes to move freely in!
- Beginning level highlights traditional sones jarochos, but may include a look at some of the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano repertoire, depending on pace of participants. Ages 8-adult.
- Next Level” talleres will highlight 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano repertoire which draws from regional dance influences of different parts of Mexico; a look at the Puerto Rican holande rhythm that is the basis of the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano composition “La abejita”; as well as some traditional son jarocho repertoire. Ages 12-adult.
Led by María de la Rosa
Versada talleres:
Bring writing journals and writing utensils as well as a jarana if you play jarana. This workshop will focus on the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano composition “La abejita” which encourages the dialogue between youth and elders through poetic improvisation. Sones from the 2014 repertoire and traditional son jarocho repertoire will also be looked at depending on time. Youth who bring an accompanying adult receive 50% discount on their workshop fee. Ages 6 through adult.
Led by María de la Rosa
Leona (Bajo) taller:
Bring your instrument, previous experience playing bajo is recommended. Participants will work on traditional son repertoire as well as learn some bass lines from some of the 2014 PAZ: Fandango Urbano repertoire. Ages 15-adult.
Led by Dominic Edward Garcia.