On Thursday, 27 July 2017, the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU) is celebrating its first Festival Educativo de Musica – Music Ed Fest 2017. While it is free and open to the general public, the event primarily seeks to reach young musicians.
The event will be from 8:30am to 4pm. There will be five clinics, each with a duration of 50 minutes, ending in a jam session.
The professors are Bill Sando from Indianapolis, USA with a workshop on Jazz in America; pianist Pavel Polanco-Safadit with a workshop on Latin y Afro-Cuban Jazz; percussionists Miguel Montas and Luis Mojica with a workshop on Dominican Popular Percussion; Gioel Martin and his group will direct a workshop on the Language of Gagá and Los Palos; and Josean Jacobo will lead the clinic on Dominican-Afro Jazz.
This year, four participants will be chosen to make a visit to Earlham College in Indianapolis where they will be able to attend music classes.
The Music Ed Fest has the backing of the UNPHU, the Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Casino, the Prebistery of Whitewater Valley, the Second Presbyterian Church, Abraham Polanco-Safadit, the Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana, Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, Sando-Aker Plastic Surgery Group, Direct Contact, One on One, Jazz en Dominicana and Ron Veleiro.
For more information: polanco@earlham.edu
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19 July 2017
