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Roman Díaz and Group: Afro-Cuban Music Demonstration

Friend's Hall 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

On the Monday following Spring Break, Schomburg Distinguished Visiting Scholar/Artist Roman Díaz, a master of Afro-Cuban traditional music, will present with his group a demonstration of conga drumming for rumba […]

Visiting Artist: Clarice Assad

Shomburg Distinguished Visiting Scholar /Artist Program, The Music Program, and Latino/a and Latin Amercian Studies Present: Clarice Assad Composer/Pianist/Singer 11:00am-12:40pm (BC-301) Performance/discussion of Assad's compositions and Brazilian Music 2:00pm-3:40pm (BC-301) […]

MUSI 316-Music, Technology, & Media: Morris Museum Visit

Morris Museum 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ, United States

This is a closed event. Students of Professor Gidal's "Music, Technology, and Media" course will be visiting the outstanding exhibit at the Morris Museum which features an immense collection of […]

Music, Technology, and Media Field Trip to Morris Museum and Edison Museum

Morris Museum 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ, United States

Students in Professor Marc Gidal's Music, Technology, and Media class will go on a field trip to the Morris Museum and the Edison Museum. This will provide students with first hand experience and understanding of key musical technologies in the 19th and early 20th centuries: mechanical music boxes, player pianos and organs, and acoustic disc […]

Gambian Master Musician Salieu Suso at Ramapo

Alumni Lounges 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Salieu Suso, a Gambian master musician and kora-harp player, will visit Ramapo for a performance-demonstration and discussion on Tuesday, February 21, 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges in the Student Center.  Everyone is welcome to attend.  Mr. Suso comes from a long line of jali/griots (musicians/historians/storytellers) in the Gambia and has lived in […]

Les Paul Festival Concert

Ramapo College Berrie Center 505 Ramapo Valley Road: Berrie Center, Mahwah, United States

Guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniola to headline the Les Paul Festival Concert at Ramapo College, Feb 25, 2017. The 2017 Les Paul Festival Concert will feature: Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniola with special guest Gary Mazzaroppi and Ramapo singers Jackie Narciso and Benjamin Sims Saturday, February 25, 2017, 8 p.m. Berrie Center, Ramapo College […]

Brazilian Guitar Trio

A trio of Brazilian guitarists who are touring the East Coast will stop at Ramapo for a day of performance-demonstrations, explanations, and discussion in three of Ramapo's music courses. These […]

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Roopa Panesar

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road: Berrie Center, Mahwah, United States

Sitarist Roopa Panesar and her accompanists will present two workshops about Hindustani classical music as well as a concert in the Sharp Theater (please see the Berrie Center event listing here for more details). The workshops will have students sing along with Panesar; she will also explain the instruments and her understanding of musical practice […]