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Roberto Roena and Apollo Sound will celebrate 50 anniversaries at the Puerto Rico Fine Arts Center

Latin America / Puerto Rico / San Juan

Roberto Roena: Staying active in any profession for 50 (fifty) years is not an easy task for anyone. But if it is a musical orchestra that half a century later continues to bring tropical music to all corners of the planet, more than a musical group, it becomes an institution.

That is the reality of the Apollo Sound orchestra and its founder, the percussionist and dancer Roberto Roena, who this summer celebrate five decades making the world dance and will celebrate it with a great concert to commemorate his career.

“We are going to do something big to celebrate 50 years. It will be in the month of June at the Center for Fine Arts, “said Roena in conversation with this medium.

“It’s going to be something really cool. We are going to sing the hits of the orchestra, we will have guests and a little bit of everything”, added the musician, who indicated that the exact date will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

The Apollo Sound Orchestra was founded in July 1969 and its name derives from the launch that same month of the Apollo 11 space mission, which aimed to carry the first human being to walk on the surface of the moon.

His record catalog includes more than 20 productions and among his most notorious hits are “Tú loco loco y yo tranquil”, “El Escapulario”, “Marejada Feliz” and “El Progreso”, among many others. In the case of Rohena, the renowned 79-year-old musician from Mayagüez began his musical career much earlier, at age 16, with the distinguished group of Rafael Cortijo y su Combo.

He was also part of Rafael Ithier’s Gran Combo and appeared in the star catalog of the famous Fania record company and its All Stars, among other collaborations.

It was in the Mayagüez neighborhood of Dulces Labios where he was born, raised and took his first steps as a dancer. “Sweet Lips is my neighborhood. I have many memories of my childhood days.

From there came great musicians, such as Santitos Colón and Mon Rivera”, he pointed out.

When she was nine years old, her family moved to Santurce and when she was barely a teenager, she was already appearing on television.

He was discovered by Cortijo in one of his dance performances on the La Taberna India program and from there he became a percussionist for the renowned group. Since then, he has not stopped delighting his followers with his music.

“In these 50 years, there is no greater satisfaction than being able to continue playing,” said Roena, who last Saturday began the celebration of his 50 years in a concert at the Lehman Center of Performing Arts in New York, where he brought together several of the singers who accompanied the group in its beginnings, such as Sammy González, Tito Cruz and Carlos Santos, among others. In addition to the concert, Roena does not rule out going back to the studio to continue shaping her music for posterity.

“This does not mean the end of Roberto Roena and the Apolo Sound. We are going to continue as long as God wants”, he sentenced.

RELATED ITEMS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY, CENTER OF FINE ARTS P.R., INTERNATIONALS, ROBERTO ROENA AND HIS APOLLO SOUND

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Berklee Online: The Best Option for Learning Music Online

According to many of the artists we have had the honor of interviewing in this section, one of the most important things to succeed in the world of music is education and academic preparation. Fortunately, the United States is full of academic institutions offering all kinds of degrees, courses and diplomas to contribute to knowledge base artists use for their work. One such institution is Berklee College of Music.

Berklee College of Music is one of the leading music institutes in the state of Massachusetts and offers all kinds of academic degrees related to this important branch of the arts on its campuses in Boston, New York and Valencia, Spain. Its biggest focus is developing the potential of its students in areas like music, dance and theater.

In this prestigious institution, students have the opportunity to experience every aspect of the music industry through an interdisciplinary curriculum. On its website, those interested can see everything that is offered such as undergraduate, graduate, summer programs and online courses.

In addition, Berklee has made available to its applicants the possibility of studying in an online mode through its Berklee Online initiative.

Berklee Online

Berklee Online is an initiative by Berklee College of Music created in 2002 with a view to allowing aspiring musicians and established artists to pursue economic and high-quality degrees and educational programs from anywhere in the world.

Berklee students will be able to develop and improve all of their artistic skills through online certificate programs, award-winning courses, and undergraduate programs.

An important thing to note is that online students will be able to learn from the same professors from the physical campus, so at no time will there be any decrease in the quality of teaching compared to face-to-face classes. We are talking about the best professionals in each of their areas who have taught classes to numerous artists and have been part of national and international award-winning projects. Likewise, many of the graduates of this institution have won Grammys and other awards of this kind.

According to figures handled by the college, Berklee Online has students from around 140 countries and very diverse academic and work backgrounds, but with the same desire to learn and absorb the best from their instructors.

Another benefit offered by Berklee is the assignment of an academic advisor to students in order to support them in achieving their goals and help them in everything they need to make their experience the best it can be.

And for those who are not particularly interested in enrolling in a paid course, they can also opt for free resources to complement the activities they are carrying out. Among these resources, we can mention free sample lessons, degree handbooks, online course catalogs, news and exclusive content.

Once on the page online.berklee.edu, whoever wishes to have access to all this material must sign up and create an account by typing the data required by the page in order to get access to the content.

Graduation from Berklee College of Music at the Hynes Convention Center

Berklee Graduate Artists

Berklee College of Music has been the home of many renowned artists who have been able to learn much of what they know today in its facilities.

In this same section, we have spoken with renowned musicians who attended this college, which has greatly contributed to the training that has allowed them to get to where they are today.

One of them is Venezuelan percussionist and musician Omar Ledezma Jr., who received a scholarship to study in this institution and, at that moment, he told us that he applied for the scholarship and managed to pass the audition required to enter the school. A month later, he was informed that he had been admitted to Berklee through a letter and, in his own words, it was one of the most important news in his life.

Today, Ledezma has an important participation in groups such as Pacific Mambo Orchestra with which he has played in major festivals such as Tempo Latino in several of its editions. He is also teaching at the SF Community Center where he shares his knowledge with other young people who want to follow the same path.

Another fitting case to mention is that of Puerto Rican arranger, composer and sound engineer Felix O. Rodriguez, who studied production, mixing and remastering at Berklee College of Music to prepare his return to the stage since leaving the music for an extended period of time. After that, he started his solo career with all the irons and released his first studio album. Having developed in the aforementioned areas, he has much more control over his work and has no need to hire as many people to record his music.

While it is true that these artists attended face-to-face classes, their professors and content were the same for online classes, so students enrolled in the online mode can enjoy the same benefits and the same learning without any problem.

Omar Ledezma, a graduate from Berklee — Venezuelan percussionist and musician Omar Ledezma Jr., a graduate from Berklee College of Music

Cubarumba Tataguines in memoriam International Festival in its second edition.

Latin America / Cuba / La Habana

The National Center for Popular Music invites you to participate in the Cubarumba Tataguines in memoriam International Festival in its second edition.

It will be held in Havana from June 28-30, 2019. With the aim of Honoring the memory of Tata güines, Stimulating the artistic creation of rumba groups from the community, encouraging children’s projects based on the folkloric and musical genre, highlight the social value of the rumba as intangible heritage of humanity.

Likewise, to carry out a national and international workshop based on the pedagogical need to strengthen cultural nationality by art students in Cuba on the basis of the figure of tata güines, the fundamental foundation that promoted the proclamation of Rumba as Intangible Heritage of Humanity. . With this goal we urge all young people, students who wish to participate in the Festival through the following themes:

Themes:

Cultural educational practices
Potential value of transformation of the percussive theory of Tata güines.
Main factors that slow down or facilitate the descending of the Rumba genre as a percussion modality.
Ethical and aesthetic values promoted by the practice of percussion
Challenges to perfect percussive techniques
Creation and promotion of Cuban art
Young rumbero, possibility of cultural advancement. Harvested experiences and challenges for the present and immediate future.
Others

The venue will take place at the Turf Night Club

General program:

Press conference

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Venue: El Turf Night Club

Address: F Street between Calzada and Quinta Vedado

Time: 2pm

Participation: Press-Radio-Television-Guests

Duration: 1h

toast to daddy

Place House Museum Tata güines

TIME: 3 PM

Event schedule:

Thursday, June 27

8:00 Opening Gala Avellaneda Hall of the National Theater

Cast Subject to change

Tata guines Jr.
Makuta Flow
Rumbansoc
Ronald and his Rumbera explosion
Denis and his swing
Vania Borges
Iannna Wobble

Friday, June 28

Venue: Club Noturno El Turf

9:00 Inaugural Conference
10:00 Recess
10:30 Percussion and dance workshops
12:30 Demonstration group
1:30 Visit Tata Guines House Museum
2:00 Lunch

Cultural

Devil Tun Tun: 4pm to 6pm.

Show Woman in the rumba

Omini Bata-Rumba Morena

6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tataguines/Ochareo Group
10-2am Venue: Club Norturno El Turf Shows with rumba groups

Explosion Rumbera/Rumbavila/Rumbansoc/

Saturday, June 29

Venue: Club Noturno El Turf

9:00 Inaugural Conference
10:00 Recess
10:30 Percussion and dance workshops
12:30 Demonstration group
2:00 Lunch

Cultural

3:00 Clave de Rumba folkloric ensemble / children’s project.
8pm-2am Venue: El Turf Timbalaye Nightclub /Rumberos de Cuba/Rumbansoc/ Tata güines

Sunday, June 30

Venue: El Turf Night Club

9:00 Report of the event. Delivery of Certificates.
10:00 Recess
10:30 Symposium Asocosalsa Cuba
5:00 Cinema Avenue Closing Gala
10:00 Final reception.

Festival Project

Event Organizing Committee:

Víctor Rodríguez García: Executive Director

Arturo Soto Martínez: Chairman of the Event

Suset Núñez Vázquez: CNMP Events Coordinator

Osorio García Rule: CNMP Events Department

Brigitte Oliva: General Producer

Company National Center for Popular Music

INTRODUCTION

The Cubarumba 2019 Tata güines in memoriam project is a previous interactive festival that consists of pedagogical, competitive, sociocultural moments that will transfer original Cuban music, through percussion and dance workshops, interaction with the community, as well as shows of this genre, intangible heritage of the humanity, the evident and permanent need to rescue Cuban roots, and the representation of the name Tata güines, a national and international figure. Following this trilogy as a cultural line, the president of the festival Arturo Soto Martínez advocates for this event.

Carrying out research, it is verified that this festival has a high tourist level, which causes a useful strategy to penetrate tourists about our idiosyncrasy and traditions, in addition to giving an unforgettable moment to all those who are present at that moment.

If we observe the social gaze, we realize the motivation of society in general since we encourage in the community a hope of cultural revival, a festival of inclusion in all senses since people of all ages and disabilities participate. Achieving a mutual interaction that achieves as a result an inclusion of this musical genre in daily life and in the tastes of all the people who enjoy it.

It is emphasized that times are changing, however it is important to take actions so that the celebrations of our origin are not forgotten, it is about looking for very frequent actions that work with everyday life, exclusivity, professionalism and good taste that keep this celebration alive. choice for youth not only in our country but around the world

For all the above, the need for this culturally artistic project becomes evident, specifically in these places where a large foreign crowd is concentrated, since it is unaware of Cuban culture. Relying on the battle of ideas that we have daily for the rejection of national identity, this project that settles the roots, that remembers the past, that discloses our present and that above all that is written increases love is evident, permanent and necessary. for Cuban culture.

DEVELOPING

Goals:
- Honor the memory of Tata güines
- Stimulate the artistic creation of rumba groups from the community
- Encourage children’s projects based on the folkloric and musical genre.
- Highlight the social value of the rumba as intangible heritage of humanity

Themes:

Cultural educational practices
Potential value of transformation of the percussive theory of Tata güines.
Main factors that slow down or facilitate the descending of the Rumba genre as a form of percussion.
Ethical and aesthetic values promoted by the practice of percussion
Challenges to perfect percussive techniques
Creation and promotion of Cuban art
Young rumbero, possibility of cultural advancement. Harvested experiences and challenges for the present and immediate future.
Others

PARTICIPATION METHOD

Delegates
Student
Musicians
Guests

REGISTRATION FEES: DELEGATES

Foreigners………………50 cuc includes participation in the event, certificate and/or credits.

Cubans …………………….250 cup includes food, participation, certification and/or credits

Cuban students ……………..125 cup includes food, participation, certification and/or credits

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Carry out an international rumba festival based on the artistic value of the figure of tata güines in the world on the basis of the Rumba proclamation as Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Goals:

Honor the memory of Tata güines
Stimulate the artistic creation of rumba groups from the community
Encourage children’s projects based on the folkloric and musical genre.
Highlight the social value of the rumba as intangible heritage of humanity

Specific Objectives	Actions	Indicators	Participants	Responsible
Honor the memory of Tata güines	Hold the Cubarumba Tataguines Festival in memoriam	Conciliation Company, Sponsors,	Organizing Committee	Event Leader
Stimulate the artistic creation of rumba groups from the community	Theoretical-practical dance and percussion workshops, presentation of youth groups in event activities	Conciliation with Artex, Egrem.	Cuban and foreign population	Org Committee
Encourage children’s projects based on the folkloric and musical genre.	Activity in the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba, headquarters for the socialization of children’s projects	Address of Palenque, Production	Org Committee	Event Leader
Highlight the social value of the rumba as intangible heritage of humanity	Activity the woman in the rumba, the longest rumba, the rumba and its youth, the rumba does include you	Group Directors	Production	Event Leader

Beneficiary population:

Directly, the population that benefits is Cuban and foreign, since in some way the project is aimed at educating, including, transforming the culture of these times that affects this population.

For this, their full participation is needed, in the first order the attention that is very important, then the interest in dance and percussion and the decline that forms the taste for this musical genre.

Also highlighting the importance of the social inclusion of people with disabilities, we can mention that the festival has the honor of promoting groups with different disabilities. Example of the incursion of culture in Cuba.

Nicky Marrero one of the best timbaleros of all time.

North America / USA / New York

Nicky Marrero, an Award Winning Master Percussionist, Innovator and Educator.

Nicky Marrero born in the Bronx, in 1950; recorded his first album “El Malo” with Willie Colon in 1967.

Still in High school, he joint Eddie Palmieri, performed and recorded with the Fania All Stars, Dizzy Gillespie, Machito, Ringo Starr amongst so many more.

His unique talent left a mark on sound in style through his creativity and boldness of breaking with tradition and creating his own to this day.

The most recorded, versatile and dynamic Puerto Rican Percussionist of his time.

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Los Van Van and their 50th Anniversary

North America / USA / New York

Los Van Van returns to Lehman Center Performing Arts to celebrate their 50th Anniversary

For this special concert the Cuban legendary orchestra will join with the most popular lead Los Van Van vocalists: Mario “Mayito” Rivera and Pedro Calvo

Date: Saturday, June 1^st

Show: 8:00PM

Cost: $50 – $100

Venue: 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, New York 10468

Low cost onsite parking available for $5!

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents the return of Grammy-winning dance orchestra, Formell y Los Van Van, who bring direct from Cuba their blend of Afro-Cuban, disco and funk back to Lehman Center to celebrate their 50^th Anniversary on Saturday, June 1^st at 8PM.

Heralded as Cuba’s greatest dance orchestra known worldwide for their iconic live performances, Formell y Los Van Van features three of the late founder Juan Formell‘s children: Samuel Formell (Leader and Drummer/Timbalero) , Juan-Carlos Formell (Bassist) and the family’s youngest daughter, Vanessa Formell (lead vocalist).

BIO: Formell y Los Van Van, nicknamed the “Cuban Music Train,” is regarded as one of the most influential bands in the history of 20^th century Cuban popular music. Founded in 1969 by Juan Formell when he was 27 years old, the band pioneered Songo, a hybrid rhythm that blended Cuba’s native folkloric son music with the go-go of the 1970s and has electrified dance floors in Havana for over forty-five years.

The band’s original members were: Juan Formell (bandleader, bass player, and songwriter), Cesar “Pupy” Pedroso (piano, songwriter), and Jose Luis “Changuito” Quintana (drums and timbales). Each one were music conservatory trained from a young age and were fascinated with the soul, go-go and disco music that dominated U.S. radio.

They named their dance band “Los Van Van” (which literally means “they go-go”) after the go-go fad, and pioneered the hybrid of son and go-go music – Songo – which can now be found throughout Latin jazz, pop, and world fusion.

And if the genius of Songo wasn’t enough, they also developed the complex rhythmic style that became known as Timba that was adapted by other bands in the ‘90s. Los Van Van soon became one of the best-known Cuban groups in the world, maintaining a loyal fan base throughout Latin America, Europe and Japan propelled by hits such as: “La Sandunguera,” “Anda, Ven y Muévete,” “Te Traigo” and “Yuya Martinez.”

In 1993, Changuito left the band and was replaced by Formell’s son Samuel who also proved to be an outstanding composer as evidenced by the song: “Te Pone La Cabeza Mala”, the title track of one of their best albums. Although American politics hindered their ability to break into the U.S. market, their popularity in the U.S. grew throughout the ’90s, and the band toured the U.S. for the first time in 1997, including a memorable concert at Lehman Center.

Two years later, Los Van Van was honored with the GRAMMY® Award for Best Salsa Performance for their fifteenth album, Llegó…Van Van — Van Van is Here and in 2013, the Latin Recording Academy awarded Juan Formell with a special Grammy for a Lifetime Achievement of Artistic Excellence.

With over 40 albums to their credit, Formell y Los Van Van’s 2015 album Homenaje A Juan Formell: La Fantasia, was 80% completed at the time of Juan Formell’s death in 2014 and was finished under the direction of his son Samuel with another son, Juan-Carlos Formell.

The album’s release on Reyes Records in December, 2014 was on the 45^th anniversary of the band’s founding and it features several of the band’s hit dance tracks refreshed with contemporary arrangements as well as many new songs including the widely popular: “Somos Diferentes”, “Todo se Acabó” and “La Moda”. Sony Music released it worldwide in 2016 and it earned a 2017 Grammy nomination for the Best Tropical Latin Album.

The group’s most recent album “Los Van Van son La Patria” is scheduled to be released on Cuba’s Engrem label later this summer.

BIO: Mario “Mayito” Rivera is nicknamed “El Poeta de La Rumba” for his ability to vocally interpret all forms of Cuban music in both modern and traditional styles with a colorful range that can be powerfully dynamic or tender and soft.

He was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and has degrees from both the Escuela Nacional de Arte and the Instituto Superior de Arte. After college, he joined the band of Cuban singer Albita Rodríguez and played bass in Grupo Moncada.

From 1992 to 2011, Mayito was the characteristic voice and face of the extremely successful Cuban band, Los Van Van. He sang many of the band’s salsa hits, for which he was rewarded with a Latin GRAMMY® and two nominations.

Bio: Pedro “Pedrito” Calvo is a popular Cuban-born vocalist known for his charismatic and unique singing style which often includes clever word play and expressive rhythmic vocal sounds. Pedrito started his professional career singing with his father’s orchestra and years after with several Cuban orchestras including:

La Riviera, La Orquesta de Julio Valdés, and La Ritmo Oriental with hits such as: “Mi Socio Manolo” and “Aquí el que Manda es Mulé”. He was the most famous for his time (1974-2001) with Los Van Van, where he was part of the infamous lead singing trio of Los Van Van along with Mayito Rivera and Roberto Hernández.

Event Details:
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