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 | An Encounter between Jazz and Honduran SongJune 2006: The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa promoted U.S. and Honduras friendship through performances and workshops combining jazz with Honduran and Afro-Caribbean sounds and rhythms. Renowned American jazz pianist Jeff Gardner joined Honduras’ best-known international singer, songwriter and guitarist, Guillermo Anderson, who performed the concert – An Encounter between Jazz and Honduran Song - before audiences totaling approximately 1,500 people in the cities of San Pedro Sula, Trujillo, La Ceiba, and Tela. While in San Pedro Sula, the musicians provided a workshop to students at the Escuela Victoriano Lopez, performed a public concert at the Centro Cultural Sampedrano, and spoke at a conference regarding intellectual property rights and the negative impact of disk pirating on their ability to continue to create and publish music. (more) |
 | Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American IndianMay 2006: The Centro Cultural Sampedrano was the host of the Department of State and U.S. Embassy Tegucigalpa sponsored photo exhibit Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian. This engaging photo exhibit illustrated the broad and extraordinary diversity among the North American tribes. Paying homage to the famed photographer/ethnographer Edward S. Curtis, the exhibit contained sixty museum-quality fine art photographic prints, didactic panels, and ephemera reproductions that provided the Sampedrano public and students with an understanding of the North American Indian at the turn of the 19th century. (more) |
 | Alejandro Aviles Latin Jazz QuartetMarch 2006: The Alejandro Aviles Latin Jazz Quartet, consisting of Henry Cole (from Puerto Rico) on drums, Ricardo Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) on bass, Jason Gillenwater (United States) on tenor saxophone, and Alejandro Aviles (Cuba) on alto and soprano saxophones, enthralled Sampedranos of all ages with a concert at the Museo de Antropología and a workshop at the Escuela de Musica Victoriano Lopez. Utilizing a diverse selection of Latin American rhythms, the group's repertoire included original music as well as arrangements of popular jazz standards utilizing rhythms originating from Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. The unique choice of instrumentation also provided a modern touch that emphasized improvisation and spontaneity. A part of The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad(http://www.jalc.org/theroad/AlejandroAviles.html) sponsored by the State Department and organized by Jazz at Lincoln Center of New York, the quartet participated in an international tour in Honduras, Barbados, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, y Trinidad y Tobago. (more) |
 | Rico Stover: Concert of Latin American GuitarMarch 2006: The American classical guitarist Rico Stover interpreted a fine selection of music by famous Latin American composers such as Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Eduardo Falú, Atahualpa Yupanqui y Rafael Olmedo. Stover delighted the San Pedro Sula public with a series of concerts and workshops at the Centro Cultural Sampedrano, the University of San Pedro Sula, and the Department of Arts and Humanities at the CURN/UNAH. His extensive repertoire included music with South American rhythms such as the samba, joropo, marinera, malambo y mazurca. (more) |
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