Month: June 2023

The Tahlila West African Drumming and Song Workshop Series Comes to a Close

By Andrew Colwell / June 15, 2023 June 15, 2023

A very special thank you to the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation for making this special program possible! The Tahlila West African Drumming and Song Workshop Series focused on West African drumming and song with public school students, who are predominantly of Afro-Caribbean descent, at the Julius E. Sprauve public school, with technical assistance from the …

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Folk COLOMBIA’s Spring Graduation!

By Sachindara Navinna / June 9, 2023 June 9, 2023

The Folk COLOMBIA Escuela class of Spring 2023 held its Graduation Day event on Saturday, May 20th at the Community United Methodist Center of Jackson Heights. Under the direction of teaching artists Ruben Dario Mejía, Nes Gomez, and Karla Florez, the students presented a beautiful program including LA IGUANA, a tambora dance; JOTA CHOCOANA, a bambuco; and, …

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