[ASB230] Explore international opportunities (study, work, volunteer) in Ecuador.

[H-129]. Brazilian Percussion Ensemble rehearsal with Assad. Students will benefit from playing with Assad on piano and vocals, and the instructor Amarildo Costa on percussion. We will pause the music for a Q&A with students.

[BC-301]. Voxploration and recordings with Assad for the course “Music, Technology, and Media.” First, Assad will lead a workshop in group singing using a pedagogical method and repertoire she has developed intended to include students of different abilities and experience singing. Second, Assad, who is an accomplished composer, performer, and recording artist, will play a track from her latest recording in which she mixed tracks recorded by many people in different places and times; she can tell them about her production techniques. Prof. Gidal will remain with Assad in the class.

[BC-301]. Performance and discussion of improvisation and interaction in Brazilian music for the class “Music in Latin America.” Assad will perform and discuss with students her music which combines popular songs of Brazil with jazz. Her virtuosity and inventiveness will stun students, while the demonstrations and explanations of their material will help students understand both the Brazilian genres and how contemporary musicians interpret them.

[ASB-123]

[SC-156] The Culture Club Invites all to an audiovisual presentation on Costa Rica by Andrew Herrera, president of the Culture Club. Andrew will share his experiences on his Costa Rica Trip. Become familiar with the culture of the country: the excursions, the exotic plants and animals, the food, the people and the language. The event will be on Monday, March 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. in SC-156. Food and refreshments will be provided. Contact person: Austin Lasko at alasko@ramapo.edu

[ASB-123]

[ASB230]. Explore international opportunities to study in Cuba.

[B-225]. Conversation in Spanish about Diaz’s life and work as a religious leader (babalao) of Santeria and professional musician in contemporary New York for the course “Nueva York Latino.” The conversation will contribute to the course’s goal to examine “Hispanic influence in the multiple sites–in media, popular culture, literature, politics, and the arts–where Latinidad, a discursive category, finds concrete expressions.”

[Alumni Lounges]. Join the Association of Latinos Moving Ahead (ALMA) on Monday, March 21 at 12:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounges. They will be hosting a discussion on the “Latinx, pronounced “La-teen-ex,” about the people of Latin America whose gender identities fluctuate along different points of the spectrum, from a gender or nonbinary to gender non-conforming, genderqueer and gender fluid. The discussion will be led by Raquel Reichard, Politics and Culture Editor for Latina Magazine, who received her master’s in Race and New Media from NYU. For more information, email dherrera@ramapo.edu