Afro-Cuban Ensemble of SF State
directed by John Calloway
- When
- Fri May 2, 2008
- Where
- Knuth Hall, Creative Arts building, SF State Campus
- Time
- 7:30 pm
- Tags
- Music, World Music, Other Music
Description
Cuban and Latin American styles. The Beatles go Latin! The Afro-Cuban Ensemble pays homage to the Beatles by performing several of their most popular tunes in various Cuban and Latin American styles as well as other American pop songs of the 1970 –1990s and its standard repertoire that represents the best of Afro-Cuban music.The 20-piece instrumental and vocal ensemble is unique in its approach in that it organically creates its own new and exciting arrangements each semester. The mission of the ensemble is to expose the larger listening audience to the richness of Cuban music that has so influenced American music since the 19th century, and to perform other related Pan-African-American styles of music namely from South America and the Caribbean and jazz in a demonstration of the interconnectedness of African influences in the Americas.
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