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Wednesday, June 19 • 9:30am - 10:20am
Elements of Puerto Rican Bomba Rhythms for Harp and Cello

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Puerto Rican composer Johanny Navarro explains the bomba rhythms used to create her piece "Suite Bombástica", and how the cello and harp represents them.
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Johanny Navarro

Composer Johanny Navarro, celebrated for Afro-Caribbean-inspired creations, has enriched diverse musical entities, such as the Multicultural Music Group and Boston Opera Collaborative. Notably, she earned Opera America's Discovery Grant in 2020 for "¿Y los Pasteles?," premiered in... Read More →
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Elisa Torres

Elisa Torres is the first Puerto Rican to become principal harpist with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. Native of Old San Juan, Torres began studying harp at the age of seven at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. She studied at Indiana University under the tutelage of Susann... Read More →
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Luis Miguel Rojas

Luis Miguel Rojas is a product of the program for youth symphony orchestras of Venezuela, also known as “El Sistema”.He began his career as a trumpet player and member of the “Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra”. Nevertheless, due to lung disease, he had to stop his trumpet... Read More →

Wednesday June 19, 2024 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
Biscayne 1
  Workshop, Lecture Recital