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Back again this summer, Cotito will be in residence July 16- Aug 16.
Juan Medrano Cotito is internationally recognized as one of the living masters of the Cajón. Cotito has worked with Susana Baca since 1985 and is a member of the electronic music group Novalima. He was recently designated as the Ambassador of the Cajón, a national honor reserved for Peru's greatest artists.
Schedule
Adults and accompanied Youth
July 17-Aug 11
Monday-Thursday
7-8:30
Sliding scale: $110-150 for 8 classes
Drop-in $15-20 sliding
Payment plan accepted.
Don't let the fee keep you away.
Afro-Peruvian Oral Tradition, Cuisine
and Dance
presented by Nachi Bustamante and Juan Medrano Cotito
workshop will be presented in Spanish with translation
Culture is
the cornerstone of the identity of all nations.
Every country, every region, every town develops its own cultural
elements and how these are expressed are very different, as can be found in
such simple aspects such as clothing , forms of behavior, beliefs, festivals,
etc…
In this
great universe of expressions one may find music, oral traditions, cuisine,
dances, that like other cultural elements, have multiple factors that are
characteristic in each location.
In this
first OPC workshop, we will focus our
attention on oral tradition and Afro-Peruvian cuisine.
Much of the
reading material is focused on the contemporary view of people who have had the
vision and commitment to write about the history of Afro-Peruvian people.
We have the
following bibliography.
- The
Afro-Peruvian Peoples, Racism, Discrimination and Identity
- From
Inside: Ethnoeducation and Interculturality in Peru and Latin America
- Negritude,
Afro-Peruvian, Resistance and Existence
- The
Afro-Peruvian Population and Human Rights
- Rethinking
Slavery
- Black
Shining Photography Book
Afro-Peruvian Cuisine
We will discuss the contributions of
Afro-Peruvian women, contributing to the boom of this topic in the world. One
of our exponents is Teresa Izquierdo, who was recognized by the Ministry of
Culture and the delivery of the PALMS MAGISTERIAL on behalf of the Peruvian
Government. She put forward a great effort with this development, from her
Restaurant “EL RINCON QUE NO CONOCES”, located in the district of Lince.
Much of what
I have learned in my personal experience arises from the knowledge learned from
my grandmother Estela Ruiz Caycho, Afro-Peruvian who was born in 1913 in the
city of San Luis de Cañete, she worked as a cook throughout her life and passed
on to the eternal journey in January 1989. Afro-Peruvian cuisine and pastries,
are considered a valuable contribution of Afro-Peruvians
(Spanish translation)
La tradición oral, gastronomía y
baile afroperuana
La cultura
representa el pilar fundamental de la identidad de todos los pueblos, cada
país, cada región, cada pueblo desarrolla sus propios elementos culturales y la
manera en que estos se expresan son muy diversos, pues los podemos encontrar en
aspectos tan sencillos como la vestimenta, las formas de comportamiento, las
creencias, las fiestas populares, etc.
Dentro de
ese gran universo de expresiones se encuentran la música, las tradiciones
orales, la gastronomía, las danzas que al igual que los demás elementos
culturales cuenta con múltiples factores que la hacen característica en cada
lugar.
En esta
ocasión enfocaremos nuestra atención en la tradición oral y gastronomía
afroperuana.Gran parte
del material de lectura está enfocando en la visión contemporánea de personas
que han tenido la visión y compromiso de escribir sobre la historia del pueblo
Afroperuano.
Contamos con
la siguiente Bibliografía.
- Los
Afroperuanos, Racismo, Discriminación e Identidad
- Desde
Adentro, Etnoeducación e Interculturalidad en el Perú y América Latina
- Negritud,
Afroperuanos, Resistencia y Existencia
- La
Población Afroperuana y Los Derechos Humanos
- Replanteando
la Esclavitud
- Negro
Luminoso, Libro de Fotografía
Hablaremos
de la gastronomía Afroperuana, sobre los
aportes realizados por la mujer afroperuana, que contribuye al gran auge de
este tema en el mundo. Una de nuestras exponentes es Teresa Izquierdo, quien
tuvo el RECONOCIMIENTO del Ministerio de Cultura y la entrega de las PALMAS
MAGISTERIALES a nombre del Gobierno Peruano. Ella impulsó con gran esfuerzo
este desarrollo desde su Restaurant. EL RINCON QUE NO CONOCES, ubicado en el
distrito de Lince.
Mucho de lo
aprendido en mi experiencia personal se originan en los conocimientos
aprendidos de mi abuela Estela Caycho Ruiz, Afroperuana que nació en 1913 en la
ciudad de San Luis de Cañete, trabajó como cocinera a todo lo largo de su vida
y partió al viaje eterno en Enero de
1989. La cocina y Repostería Afroperuana, son consideradas como un valioso
aporte de las Afroperuanas.
Desarrollaremos
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Steve Turre Trombone Master Class
$10 students; $20 general
Register here.
The Bay Area's own Steve Turre returns to the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music for a trombone Master Class.
All trombonists and enthusiasts are invited to attend this rare opportunity to spend an afternoon talking trombone with one of the world's preeminent jazz innovators. Trombonists should prepare a Jazz standard and be prepared to perform solo and with the group. Mr. Turre will share his perspective on developing good technique, tone production, improvisation and more.
ABOUT STEVE TURRE
One of the world's preeminent jazz innovators, trombonist and seashellist Steve Turre, has consistently won both the Readers' and Critics' polls in JazzTimes, Downbeat, and Jazziz for Best Trombone and for Best Miscellaneous Instrumentalist (shells).
Turre was born to Mexican-American parents and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where he absorbed daily doses of mariachi, blues and jazz. While attending Sacramento State University, he joined the Escovedo Brothers salsa band, which began his career-long involvement with that genre.
In 1972 Steve Turre's career picked up momentum when Ray Charles hired him to go on tour. A year later Turre's mentor Woody Shaw brought him into Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After his tenure with Blakey, Turre went on to work with a diverse list of musicians from the jazz, Latin, and pop worlds, including Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, J.J. Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Lester Bowie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Van Morrison, Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Max Roach, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The latter introduced hum to the seashell as an instrument. Soon after that, while touring in Mexico City with Woody Shaw, Turre's relatives informed him that his ancestors similarly played the shells. Since then, Turre has incorporated seashells into his diverse musical style.
In addition to performing as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band since 1984, Turre leads several different ensembles. Sanctified Shells utilizes the seashell in a larger context, transforming his horn section into a "shell choir". Turre's Spring 1999 Verve release, Lotus Flower, showcases his Sextet With Strings. The recording explores many great standards and original compositions arranged by Turre for a unique instrumentation of trombone and shells, violin, cello, piano, bass and drums. Turre's quartet and quintet provide a setting based in tradition and stretching the limits conceptually and stylistically. In the Summer of 2000, Telarc released In The Spur of the Moment. This recording features Steve with three different quartets, each with a different and distinct master pianist: Ray Charles, Chucho Valdes, and Stephen Scott.
Turre's self-titled Verve release pioneers a unique artistic vision, drawing upon jazz, Afro-Cuban, and Brazilian sources. This innovative recording also features Cassandra Wilson, Randy Brecker, Graciela, Mongo Santamaria and J.J. Johnson. Previously Turre recorded Right There and Rhythm Within, featuring Herbie Hancock, Jon Faddis, Pharoah Sanders, and Sanctified Shells, on Verve's subsidiary label, Antilles.
Steve Turre continually evolves as a musician and arranger. He has a strong command of all musical genres and when it comes to his distinct brand of jazz, he always keeps one foot in the past and one in the future.
PROJECTS
Piano, trombone/shells, tuba with Mulgrew Miller and Bob Stewart
Trombone/shells, tabla, dijeri-doo/percussion with Badal Roy and Harold Smith
Steve Turre/Akua Dixon Duo - children's program (see Akua's projects) and concerts
Steve is also available for workshops, clinics and most recently was on staff at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in Palo Alto, CA
Steve has been a member of the Saturday Night Live since 1984
Steve has been a member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band since its inception
Steve is member of McCoy Tyner's Big Band and Latin-Jazz All Stars since their inception
On Faculty at Manhattan School of Music since 1988
Drummer Ayinde Webb Wins Music Scholarship
Drummer Ayinde Webb of Oakland. Berklee College of Music and the Monterey Jazz Festival announced this week that drummer Ayinde Webb of Oakland has been named the 16th recipient of a full music scholarship.
The Jimmy Lyons Scholarship at Berklee, located in Boston, is named in honor of the festival’s late founder, James L. (Jimmy) Lyons, who began the festival 55 years ago with jazz education at its core.
The Lyons Scholarship is awarded each year to one music student from the Western U.S., in recognition of outstanding talent.
Because it is a full-tuition, renewable award, satisfactory academic and musical progress in each successive year will allow each Lyons Scholar to attend Berklee through graduation, entirely tuition-free.
In pursuit of his passion for jazz and improvisational-based music, Webb began his studies at Berklee in Boston earlier this month. He will sit in at the Monterey Jazz Festival with his new classmates in the Berklee Monterey Sextet, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21,on the Garden Stage, and again at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 22 in the Coffee House.
Webb, 18, is a graduate of Oakland School for the Arts, with an emphasis in instrumental music. He became interested in drumming at a young age.
Between the ages of two and five, he practiced drumming on anything that would produce the sounds he wished to hear.
When his father fell ill, Webb stopped playing. But after his father’s death in 2006, something called Webb back to the drum set, and, on his own, he began to voraciously study the masters.
He then began six years of instruction with master drummers E.W. Wainwright, student of Elvin Jones, and Jaz Sawyer, Abbey Lincoln’s drummer for the final 10 years of her career.
Since 2008, he has been senior drummer for the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music’s Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble, and house drummer for Branice McKenzie’s “Not Just for Singer’s only” music salon.
Published by The Post News Group
http://www.postnewsgroup.com/publishedcontent/2012/09/14/drummer-ayinde-webb-wins-music-scholarship/
Watch Ayinde in action!
Afro-Peruvian Culture & Dance Workshop
Monday August 6 2pm 
August 3, 2012
Juan Medrano "Cotito" - David Pinto - Steve Turre
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Afro-Latin Percussion
Clinic/Workshop by John Santos
July 28, 2012 1-3pm
$5-$10-students/$20 general
To register: call (510) 836-4649
Workshop made possible by
Latin Percussion Inc.,
REMO drumheads, and Sabian cymbals.
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This presentation will be divided into two segments:
The first part (1:00-1:45) is family-oriented and will consist of
demonstration and historical perspective of several percussive
instruments including tumbadoras, bongos, timbales, maracas, claves,
chekere and bell, as well as some basic ensemble rhythms to be played by
all. In the second part (2:00 - 3:00) which is directed to the more
advanced students, Mr. Santos will conduct ensemble rhythms from Cuba
and Puerto Rico and dig deeper into the technical aspects of playing the
respective instruments.
ABOUT JOHN SANTOS
Five-time Grammy nominee and US Artist Fontanals Fellow, John
Santos, is a major bandleader, composer, producer, percussionist, and
educator in Afro-Latin music with a career spanning four decades of
professional experience. He has performed and/or recorded with masters
such as Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Cachao, Eddie Palmieri,
Patato Valdés, Francisco Aguabella, Omar Sosa, Susana Baca, Lalo
Schifrin, McCoy Tyner, Steve Tiurre, Batacumbele, Giovani Hidalgo,
Armando Peraza, Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana, Bebo Valdés, and Carlos
Santana. He is a faculty member at the Berkeley Jazz School and the
College of San Mateo as well as Jazz Camp West and the Afro-Cuban Drum
and Dance Program at Humboldt State University in California. John has
also lectured extensively and conducted countless clinics in the United
States, Europe and Latin America since the 70s, including such
prestigious institutions as Yale, Stanford, UCLA, the Manhattan School
of Music, the Museum of the African Diaspora, and the Berklee School of
Music in Boston. He was founder and director (1985-2006) of the
internationally renowned, Grammy-nominated Machete Ensemble, and
currently directs the Cubadisco-nominated, John Santos Sextet and the
two-time Grammy nominee, Coro Folklorico Kindembo. | |
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UpSurge! is "an ensemble that earns its
exclamation point with dynamic performances that capture the soul,
humor and off-the-cuff inventiveness of a cascading saxophone solo." (Andrew Gilbert, Contra Costa Times)
Showtime: 8:00 PM
$12 show admission
BBQ will be served at 6:00 PM
$5 food donation requested
Actor, director Michael Lange ("The
Meeting," "The Ballot or the Bullet") joined by youth wordsmiths Ayinde
Webb (drummer FDYE) and Jamani Williams will read excerpts from
Frederick Douglass's historic 1852 speech to the Rochester Women's
Anti-Slavery Society, "What Is the Fourth of July to the Slave?" On
that day Douglass delivered what is considered to be one of the
nineteenth century's greatest orations illuminating the contradiction
between American slavery and American freedom.
Opening for UpSurge on
Friday, July 3 is a project that UpSurge! founder Raymond Nat Turner has
been busy helping cook up. UpSurge and the Oakland Public Conservatory
of Music are thrilled to announce the recently formed Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble (FDYE) under
the musical direction of young saxophonist and teacher extraordinaire,
Steven Turner. Founding Director of OPC and UpSurge bandmate, trombonist
and vocalist Angela Wellman is providing the leadership for the birth
and development of this new youth ensemble and OPC faculty and
violinist, Sandra Poindexter, is mentoring the string section. FDYE will
be performing a couple of UpSurge!standards in addition to their
own repertoire.
Also sharing the stage will be Cesar A. Preciado-Cruz. Cruz is a Los
Angeles and Richmond revolutionary activist and poet. Cruzis
celebrating the release of his book Revenge of the 'Illegal Alien': A Mexican Takes on the Empire" Poetry, Short Stories and Political Bullets.
Cesar's
sharing the stage is in concert with our theme for this year's
Frederick Douglass Day: "Black and Brown Unity!" which is reflected in
the composition of the Frederick Douglass Youth Ensemble. So come out to
honor the legacy of Frederick Douglass, hear some great music and
words, encourage our next generation of music-makers and wordsmiths and
make some history of your own.
"Although slavery is gone, Douglass's critique remains as relevant
as in 1852. But so too does his optimism that the days of empire are
over, and that in the modern world abuses cannot permanently be hidden
from the light of day. Douglass, not the leaders of a slave-holding
republic, was the genuine patriot, who called on his listeners to
reclaim the "great principles" of the Declaration from those who had
defiled and betrayed them.That is a truly patriotic goal for our own
Fourth of July." Eric Foner
"Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful  wail
of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today
rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. If I
do forget, if I do not remember those bleeding children of sorrow this
day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth!" To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs
and to chime in with the popular theme would be treason most scandalous
and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world."
Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery:1818 Died: 2/20, 1895 |
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Music at Large presents
King for a Day
poets: devorah major, Raymond Nat Turner, Genny Lim, James Cagney, Q.R. Hand Jr.
music: Lewis Jordan - alto saxophone, poetry
Karl Evangelista - electric guitar
John-Carlos Perea - electric bass, cedar flute
Marshall Trammell - drums
dreams of a king in recognition of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and other kings, real or legendary, profound and/or imagined if i were king
...martin luther b.b. tut coretta cole oliver james...
What could or should a king, any king, say or do in the world today?
How might Martin Luther King Jr's. message be understood, or revised, today?
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"Save Our Steinway" Benefit Concert
James Tinsley
trumpet
Miles Graber
piano
Sunday February 22,2009
Sliding Scale
$9-$99
James Tinsley’s career has seen performances
with prominent orchestras such as the Boston Symphony and the
Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as with jazz musicians like Chick Corea
and Stanley Clarke. Today, eminent Bay Area pianist Miles Graber, joins
him in a program highlighting his versatile musicianship.
All proceeds go to the OPC's "Save Our Steinway" project to cover the repair costs of a recently donated 1930 Steinway Concert Grand piano.
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Sunday, June 29
OPCMusic hosts trumpet virtuoso
James Tinsley
in an interactive
trumpet recital
3-5pm
$10
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 Pre-Mother's Day Concert
with Vocalist Branice McKenzie
with Larry Steelman-Piano
"Because I Love You"
May 9, 2008
8pm
$20 individual
$35 Mother and child |
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THE SPIRIT OF PERCUSSION
Airto Moreira
returns to OPC
The Spirit
of Percussion Workshop
3pm - 4:30pm
May 30, 2009
The event is open to ALL.
Bring your own instrument so you can jam with Airto!
About Airto and the Spirit of Percussion Workshop
COST: $15-$35 (sliding scale)
students $9
12 & under - Free
no one turned away due to lack of funds
Group rates available - (call for info)
Limited number of work-exchange scholarships available
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Drum Our Souls Free
13-Week
Transformative Drumming Course
with Drummer, Facilitator & Educator
Afia Walking Tree
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OPC Adult Orchestra
&
Youth Symphony
in Concert
May 31, 2009 5pm
Skyline United Church of Christ
12540 Skyline Boulevard Oakland, CA
Donation Requested |
a workshop for lovers of rhythm by
Critically Acclaimed
Brazilian Percussion Master
AIRTO MOREIRA
Jan. 9, 2009 3pm-4:30
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Master Class/Clinic with Latin Giants of Jazz
Sonny Bravo Sam Burtis
piano trombone
 
April 5, 2008
2pm
$10-$50 |
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M presents
BACK STREET SUNDAY
JAZZ SERIES
Sunday 4pm-7pm
July 6, 2008
4-7pm $15
seniors/children $10
SF BAAA
Steve Turre presents a Trombone MasterClass Saturday Feb. 16,2008
2pm
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CONTACT: Alex Rodriguez
(510) 836-4649 ext 115
alex@opcmusic.org
The Bay Area's own Steve Turre returns to the Oakland Public
Conservatory of Music for a trombone Master Class.
All trombonists and enthusiasts are invited to attend this rare
opportunity to spend an afternoon talking trombone with one of the world's preeminent jazz innovators.
Trombonists should prepare a Jazz standard and be prepared to
perform solo and with the group. Mr. Turre will share his perspective
on developing good technique, tone production, improvisation and more.
Cost:
Adults - $25 adv/$35 door
College Students w/ID $10 Elementary - High School NO CHARGE
Send payment to:
OPCMusic
1616 Franklin St.
Oakland, CA 94612
Make check/money order payable to:
Music Is eXtraordinary (MIX)
Purchase online at BrownPaperTickets.com
NO ONE TURNED AWAY DUE TO LACK OF FUNDSAbout STEVE TURRE
Trombonist and seashellist Steve Turre, has consistently won both
the Readers' and Critics' polls in JazzTimes, Downbeat, and Jazziz for
Best Trombone and for Best Miscellaneous Instrumentalist (shells). Turre
was born to Mexican-American parents and grew up in the San Francisco
Bay area where he absorbed daily doses of mariachi, blues and jazz.
While attending Sacramento State University, he joined the Escovedo
Brothers salsa band, which began his career-long involvement with that
genre.
In 1972 Steve Turre's career picked up momentum when Ray Charles
hired him to go on tour. A year later Turre's mentor Woody Shaw brought
him into Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After his tenure with Blakey,
Turre went on to work with a diverse list of musicians from the jazz,
Latin, and pop worlds, including Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, J.J.
Johnson, Herbie Hancock, Lester Bowie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria,
Van Morrison, Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Max Roach, and Rahsaan
Roland Kirk.....more.
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WINTER BREAK MUSIC SESSION WITH
STEVEN TURNER & RONNIE DALIYO
DECEMBER 28-30, 2009 9AM-1PM
5th grade and up! Enrollment limited to 20 students. (Younger students by special permission)
Makes a great Christmas Gift!
Tuition Only $60
(Click Here to Pay Tuition)
For More Info and to Sign Up
Click Here for Registration Form
To Print Gift Certificate: Right click on certificate; print picture.
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