Young Flamencos Tour North America

Taller de Compás de Almanjáyar
Taller de Compás de Almanjáyar
Granada, Spain – Spanish flamenco ensemble Taller de Compás will be touring North America for the first time in September of 2003.  The band will be performing and holding workshops in Detroit (Michigan, USA), Chicago (Illinois, USA), Madison (Wisconsin, USA), Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and
Bloomington (Indiana, USA).

Taller de Compás de Almanjáyar is more than just a percussion workshop. It arose out of a social cultural educational program, born as a direct result of a housing project on the street Molino Nuevo in Almanjáyar, Granada, to promote peaceful cultural co existence through music (the rhythms of flamenco alongside those of Cuba, Brazil and Africa).

The team of professionals who started the social project of intervention and renovation( Miguel, Reme, Puche and others) also began the music workshop, which over a period of four years has had wonderful results and achieved the aims of the cultural association not only musically but socially and culturally encouraging local participation of the community.

The group’s CD is a reflection of all that work and charts the progress through the music, song after song, from the year 2000 when the children (at that time 11 and 12 years of age), recorded their first song until March 2002 when they finished the last track.

US – CANADA ITINERARY

Sat 13 SEPT
 

DETROIT        www.detroitfestival.com   

5 – 6.30     CONCERT (70-90 mins) Arts Festival of Detroit
CCS Stage, E Kirby Street @ John R Festival grounds

Tues 16 SEPT        
 

CHICAGO        http://www.clas.niu.edu/latino

5 PM CONCERT    Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115.

 

Weds 17 SEPT    
 

CHICAGO         http://www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic

12:30pm Border Books and Music, signing CDS and having a jam    
 

8:30pm CONCERT Old Town School
of Folk Music
  

 

Thurs 18 SEPT        
 

CHICAGO

9:00pm CONCERT
Chicago Cultural Center  as a part of the building-wide ‘World Music Open
House’.  Eight other acts music ensembles will be performing that night

Fri 19 SEPT        
 

CHICAGO
 

12:30pm Chicago Cultural Center  live radio broadcast 89.3FM. RADIO
WNUR  

Sat 20 SEPT        
 
CHICAGO

www.rogerspark.com
12.30 pm CONCERT Rogers park World Music festival

Sun 21 SEPT    
 

MADISON, WISCONSIN

12.00 am     CONCERT         Oasis Stage Willy Street Festival
7.00  pm    CONCERT         Oasis Stage Willy Street Festival

Mon 22 SEPT        
MADISON, WISCONSIN
 

http://www.marquette-neighborhood.org/tallerdecompas.html

10 am    Workshop
5.00 pm    Workshop        O’Keeffe Middle School
7.30pm    CONCERT        Wil-Mar Center

Thurs 25 SEPT        
TORONTO CANADA
 

Small World Festival
http://www.smallworldmusic.com

 

9 pm CONCERT  Lula Lounge
http://www.lula.ca

 

Fri 26 SEPT
 

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA      
www.lotusfest.org    

9pm-10:15pm  CONCERT Convention Center
   
 

Sat 27 SEPT        
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
 

www.lotusfest.org

7:30-8:15pm       CONCERT Convention Center
10:45-11:30pm  CONCERT The InterArt Tent

By the band’s album Cale Calé

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.

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