Introduction to Son Jarocho Workshop with Sirani Guevara  presented by NOW

The New Orchestra Workshop Society: fostering community by advancing the ideas, values and pracice of creative improvisational music through performance, composition, collaboration, engagement, mentoring and publication.TheNOW Societyproudly presents the finest improvisers from Vancouver. From classical, jazz, the avant garde, musique actuelle, the members of the NOW ensembles perform improvised and composed music at it's best. Come hear improv that will astound and challenge you!For Information: www.nowsociety.org

NOW Society

May 14 2:00 - 3:30 pm • Online 
Introduction to Son Jarocho Workshop
with Sirani Guevara

This workshop, with Sirani Guevara facilitating and the NOW Society hosting, aims to immerse participants in the rhythmic possibilities in son jarocho (including percussion, dance, jarana) that predominates in the sones of southern Veracruz as well as in other regions of Mexico. We will explore how rhythmic phrases can be combined to generate the polyphonic richness that is appreciated in this musical genre and how to identify the meaning of sones through the association of the beats of the measure with specific verbal phrases. Please register for this workshop. Presented by the NOW Society donate here https://www.nowsociety.org/about/sponsorshipThe NOW Society presents improvisation workshops, and has been presenting them public for over 44 years. Our most exciting new program is the establishment of the 8EAST social space for new culture. Workshops take place at 8EAST, in other communities and online. NOW also presents improvised music performances, community collaborative events, and informal historical and neighbourhood talks.This workshop will be held through Zoom - you will receive an email with a link to join the meeting. Have your instruments ready to participate, or oberserve! The first portion of the workshop will help everyone set their sound settings, headphones are advised. NOW workshops are private events, they are not recorded in any format. This workshop is also part of a larger series, presented at 8EAST: https://www.nowsociety.org/event/series-fandangoSirani Guevara González is a pillar of the son jarocho community, attending fandangos, cultural events related to son jarocho, and performing in concerts internationally and in the town she lives, Santiago Tuxtla, where there is one of the most vibrant and traditional communities of son jarocho and the fandango. Sirani was born in the capital of Veracruz and grew up in Santiago Tuxtla, where she began learning music and dance from the Los Tuxtlas region at the age of 8. She studied Arts in high school at INBA and then Hispanic Literature at UV. She has worked on various projects in active pedagogy, literature, ecological agriculture, and music for children. She also founded a cultural and culinary center called La Bruja in her hometown, where she organized and carried out the &quot;Mesas de Diálogo&quot; (dialogue tables) sessions about Traditional Music of the Veracruz Sotavento, an event that they later documented in a book. She has organized music festivals with an altruistic focus, such as Rezuma and Sueño, and has been a founding member of groups such as La Surada, Jarántula, and Flor de Limonaria. She has also recorded and participated in bands such as Mogo Mogo, Tarantella sin Fronteras, and El Balcón, organized four self-managed international tours, participated in 8 albums as a guest artist, and developed original didactics to introduce the public to son jarocho. Currently, she is a guide, student, interpreter, manager, and musician.photo: Mario Alberto HernándezF﻿or inquiries or questions please email info@nowsociety.org

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