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 dance and the batá drumming of the Santería religion, in Friends Hall at 11 am. Then at 2 pm, Díaz will speak with students and […]
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) Voxpoloration: Assad's workshop on spontaneous music creation. 7:00pm-8:40pm (H-129) Assad jams with the Brazilian Percussion Ensemble. Come to listen!
During Latino Heritage Month of 2016, Cuban jazz pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa will share his music with students and the regional community in a two-day residency. He will rehearse and perform with Ramapo students in the jazz ensemble, joined by Ramapo alumna singer Michelle Encarnacion, for a concert Friday night. In addition to showcasing his collaboration […]
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 mechanical music boxes, player pianos and organs, and related automata which will enhance their understanding of the development of recording devices beginning in the 18th […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 superb professional guitarists are Ricardo Peixoto and, from Brazil, Roserio Souza and Edinho Gerber, who perform together regularly at "Duo Violao Brasil" (Guitar Duo Brazil). […]
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 […]
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