University Open Air: Sound Map of Salsa Music in New York
In this lecture, we will travel back in time through Salsa music in New York City. For this, we will visit the places and the musicians in the past that gave rise to this music. We will go through a timeline while jumping from neighborhood to neighborhood, visiting the places where musicians and composers got together to create and play Salsa. On this tour, we will listen to the most representative songs of the groups that flooded the city at that time and made it vibrate through the rhythm of trumpets, kettledrums and the joy of dancing. Music by Adrain Patino aka Adrian is Hungry.
Marcelo Arroyave is a researcher and counselor with over four years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, advising, outreach, and 3+ years of experience in post-secondary and K-12 education. He works with economically disadvantaged youth, low-income communities, and immigrants in vulnerable situations through Community Outreach. He has a Bachelors's degree in Sociology and a Master's degree in Urban Anthropology from Rovira and Virgili University in Catalonia.
Adrian Patino aka. Adrian is Hungry has been collecting and sharing vintage afro-rooted music for the past 6 years in New York City. Tropical sounds from Colombia, New York, the Antilles, Venezuela, Peru, Africa, and more with an emphasis on danceable tunes that hit a nostalgia chord that bring you back to dancing at a family party. A traveler and cultural anthropologist at heart, he’s been exploring and rediscovering his cultural identity through music research and curation, creating spaces in his community to bring these sounds into the NYC nightlife.
*In cases of rain, classes will be canceled. Registered patrons will be notified by email on the morning of each course day and are also encouraged to check the UOA webpage and BPL Presents’ Facebook and Twitter pages for updates.
University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.
101 East Drive
Brooklyn, NY 11225
In this lecture, we will travel back in time through Salsa music in New York City. For this, we will visit the places and the musicians in the past that gave rise to this music. We will go through a timeline while jumping from neighborhood to neighborhood, visiting the places where musicians and composers got together to create and play Salsa. On this tour, we will listen to the most representative songs of the groups that flooded the city at that time and made it vibrate through the rhythm of trumpets, kettledrums and the joy of dancing. Music by Adrain Patino aka Adrian is Hungry.
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