La Rumba: Afro-Cuban Music Workshop

This workshop will provide students with the basic rhythms and some principles for improvisation in the seminal Afro-Cuban musical genre called rumba one of the building blocks of modern Afro-Latin music like salsa and timba. Maestro Sandy will demonstrate the traditional Matanzas style (popularized by the group Muñequitos de Matanzas). Drums will be available but students are encouraged to bring their own conga drum if they have one available. No experience necessary. Este taller proporcionará a los estudiantes los ritmos básicos y algunos principios para la improvisación en el fundamental género musical afrocubano llamado rumba, pilar de músicas afrolatinos modernas como la salsa y la timba. El maestro Sandy demostrará el estilo tradicional matancero (popularizado por el grupo M

Learn Afro-Cuban rhythms and improvisation in rumba, a foundation of salsa and timba. Maestro Sandy demos Matanzas style.