Mateus Picanco Lima Gomes ’18 grew up playing music in Brazil. When he was 11, he learned to strum the four-stringed cavaquinho. But as time went on, his interest in traditional Brazilian music waned, ...

Choro is an instrumental genre of music which dates back to Rio de Janeiro in the late 1800s, when immigrants to the country brought European styles and melodic structures that fused with the native ...

Brazilian beats People of all ages became immersed in the rhythm of the Bloco Gavião Afro-Brazilian percussion workshop, which was moved into the third floor of the Children’s Discovery Museum due to ...

Batalá New York is the premier all-women, Black-led, percussion ensemble, bringing high-energy performances to the people of New York City through an engaging blend of cultural education and joyous ...

The Miami Beach Bandshell is celebrating Memorial Day weekend with a taste of Carnaval. Miamibloco will be taking the stage Saturday night with an 80-piece percussion orchestra. The fusion of samba ...

World-class Brazilian percussionist Jorge Alabê brings the rich musical culture of his home country to the University of Wyoming this month as a performing artist and master teacher. The UW Samba ...

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The University of Wyoming Percussion Festival will highlight percussion music from around the world in the featured concert at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing ...