Latin String Ensemble
Course Number
ENST-277
Description
This ensemble explores the diversity of musical elements contained in Latin American music through performance, analysis, interpretation, and study of the origin of rhythms such as son, bambuco, tango, songo, candombe, currulao, guajira, samba, chacarera, cueca, huayno, mariachi, mambo, polka, cascara, joropo, salsa, pasillo, cumbia, and more. This will achieve a multicultural diversity in the vision of the student as an artist immersed in his creative process.
Credits
1
Prerequisites
Overall ensemble rating of 3
Required Of
None
Electable By
String principals
Major Elective for
Performance
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Location
Boston
Department
STRG
Course Chair
David K. Wallace