PRIAA presents: Family Bomba-New England, Opening William Cepeda Concert, DATE: AUGUST 14, 2022 @Casino, Roger Williams Park Bandstand... @6:00PM

From La Isla del Encanto, Puerto Rico, we bring you Oscar Noel Carrasco Escalera, born in Piñones, Loiza, Puerto Rico.He began his first musical experiences at the age of 5, with his main instrument, “El Timbal”. At the age of 11 in 2001, he entered the Ernesto Ramos Antoninni Free High School of Music, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, completing his degree in high school in 2007. In 2008 he entered Inter Metro University, completing a Bachelor of Arts & Popular Music. He is currently working on his company www.carrascomusic.com, founded together with his older brother in 2020, where teaching modules on our culture, local and international instruments and their proper execution are presented. The purpose is to be able to transfer knowledge and experience to all young people around the world.
Yaya Mzuri is born through the ancestral and spiritual connection of the Puertorrican culture. Singer-songwriter of the Bomba “De Los Tambores la Medicina” a Calindá (Bomba Rhythm) rooted in the meaning of the healing and spiritual part of this genre. Yaya Mzuri has the opportunity to learn bomba dance with one of the pioneers of the Bomba in Massachusetts, Brendaliz Cepeda and in Puerto Rico under the knowledge of the very recognized Bomba dancer Maribella Burgos. Her connection to the drums came first from the spiritual aspect, as a traditional healer, frame drum maker and sobadora. Making the drum one of the main healing tools following with the voice to sing. Nowadays she is learning and playing all the rhythms of Bomba and participating together with her teacher and husband Oscar Noel Carrasco Escalera, one of the best percussionists in Puerto rico. “ I'm the voice of my ancestors, I'm the drums' daughter. Singing and dancing for me is the art of channeling, expression, calling, opening, healing, connecting, transformation, revolution, empowerment, honoring, ancestry, life, magic and medicine. Is the way I honor the voices of the ones that couldn't speak, is the way I honor the bodies of the ancestors who claim their freedom with all their strength. Through the process of learning how to be the medicine I encountered many things about myself and my ancestry. This process birthed itself a purpose. The bomba of my ancestors is the bomba of the revolution. Yaya Mzuri- Gloria Agosto.
Register here

Popular posts from this blog

CARIBBEAN ARTS PROGRAM

Image
Bomba ! BOMBA is designed to teach children and teachers  about Puerto Rican and Caribbean history and culture through the use of traditional music and dance called Bomba , along with other rhythms commonly found in the Caribbean. Bomba is the traditional music and dance style that developed during the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico as a way of communication between slaves working on the sugar cane plantations on the coasts of Puerto Rico.  Students will learn the basics of Bomba in the form of call and response, where the instructor will chant a said phrase or call, and the students respond with the appropriate answer. Students will also learn about the dance of Bomba , which is presented in the form of a game: a completion between dancer and drummer where the dancer will try to outwit the lead drummer with their movements, in turn creating their own rhythm. The younger students (pre-k to 4 th grade) will focus on call and response and dance, while the older student
Read more

BURUNDANGA: A CARIBBEAN DIASPORA PROJECT-2014

Image
A folkloric and traditional arts project that focuses on the Afro-Puerto Rican music traditions and Carnival of (eighteenth century) with Bomba (Pronounced Bome-Bah) and/or (twentieth century) Plena (Pronounced Play-nah).  Our activities consist of professionally-led workshops or concert for general audiences, youth, youth/student-led Bomba and Plena performances, and multi-disciplinary exhibitions/performances by accomplished musicians, performance artist, visual artist and curators.  The project's name, Caribbean Diaspora, BURUNDANGA-2014, reflects the fact that Caribbean population movements and common historical experiences have resulted in cultural expressions that influence each other while being nationally unique but with regional commonalities. See BURUNDANGA  a making paper mache masks for our advocacy.  Example Here...  Time frame: whole year emphasis on month July, August, September, October and December MASKS FOR EXHIBITIONS BURUNDANGA-2014
Read more