KoSA
Cuba One-Week Study Program and the Havana Drum Festival
Montreal,
September 18th, 2016 – KoSA is returning to the
culturally important destination of Havana,
Cuba for the 16th annual edition of KoSA Cuba; a week long Study
Program within the Havana Fiesta Del Tambor.
This year’s trip will take place on March
5 – 12, 2017.
KoSA Cuba is an experience like no
other. In a thrilling one-week program, intrepid music explorers will
experience intensely fulfilling days of hands-on classes, workshops, concerts,
lectures, cultural visits and the exciting activities of the Havana’s Fiesta
Del Tambor ( Havana Rhythm and Dance festival ). Conga, bongo, timbales, bata,
drumset and other instruments will be studied as participants are immersed in
Cuban rhythms, music and culture. All instruments are provided, and and
participants will be studying, working and playing with Cuba’s top
international artists.
The capital city of Havana is
scenic, historical and renowned for the richness of its Cuban Culture, folklore
and music. An incredible variety and depth of knowledge has been passed through
the generations, maintaining centuries old African-based traditions. Havana is
also the cultural Mecca of the Caribbean and a hotbed of new and contemporary
creative music. All of this—and more—will be featured during The Fiesta del
Tambor, a growing national percussion competition with associated clinics and
concerts. The KoSA Cuba experience
includes active participation in all these activities, and participants will
learn and play along side their Cuban contemporaries. Each evening will feature
electrifying concerts in Havana’s classic theatres and featuring Cuba’s top
artists in music and dance.
This year, KoSA Cuba’s faculty will
include Cuba’s most recognized artists, including Giraldo Piloto and his band
Klimax, Julio Lopez Sanchez, Jean Roberto San Cristobal, Panga, Enrique Pla,
Yaroldy Abreu, Adel Gonzalez and special guests. Seminars in the history and
development of Cuban music will be led by respected ethnomusicologist Dr. Olavo
Rodriguez.
Special guest artists joining Aldo
Mazza in Havana this year are Will Calhoun, Mark Guiliana, Dafnis Prieto ,
Arnie Lang. Marcus Santos and Nanny Assis.
For more information, please visit www.kosamusic.com or call
1-800-541-8401. www.facebook.com/kosacubaworkshop,
www.facebook.com/kosacubatravel
