SCHEDULE
Doors for Workshop: 9:30 am
Workshop: 10:00 am
Doors for Concert: 3:30 pm
Concert: 4:00 pm
Workshop
Are you a choro-curious musician? If so, here’s a chance to learn more about the genre and try your hands at playing choro with the expert guidance of Rio-based, Água de Moringa. The group is coming to the US to teach at Choro Camp New England in Marlboro, VT. They are offering this 3-hour introductory workshop at Bombyx before leading students of the style in that longer, deeper dive.
The workshop will consist of a brief history of the genre, a discussion of the role of various instruments in choro performance, an overview of the various rhythmic styles under its umbrella, and an opportunity to play three choros together, each in a different rhythmic style. The workshop is suitable for players of stringed instruments (plucked and bowed, fretted and non-fretted), winds, percussionists and keyboard/accordionists. For those who would like to continue to build choro repertoire and community locally, the workshop provides an excellent on-ramp to the ongoing weekly choro study group to be launched this fall by Brazilian guitarist, Mauro Correa.
Concert
Our region is home to Choro Camp New England, which offers musicians an opportunity to dive deep into the study and practice of one of Brazil's oldest and most beloved musical traditions – Choro. Every year, “Choro Noho” gives area residents a taste of what the artists teaching at Choro Camp have to offer. This year’s concert of Samba and Choro features the instrumental group, Água de Moringa, joined by vocalist Mariana Baltar.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, Água de Moringa has been together for over 35 years. While known for their versatility, the group’s foundation is in traditional Choro, a fact reflected in their instrumentation: 6 and 7-string guitars, cavaquinho, pandeiro, bandolim and clarinet. With ten albums to their credit, Água de Moringa has performed and taught throughout Brazil as well as in France, Portugal and Colombia. Vocalist and dancer Mariana Baltar performs frequently with the group, and in 2019 recorded an entire album with them, Os Arcos – Paixão e Morte, a tribute to composer Aldir Blanc. Come enjoy an afternoon in Rio, right here at Bombyx!
Co-sponsored by BRAPA and Choro Concert New England
