Afro-Cuban Musical Traditions: Lukumí Bàtá Concert at the Harvard Ed Portal
Brigid ORourke
Afro-Cuban Musical Traditions: Lukumí Bàtá Concert
Saturday, April 15, 2017, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston
Join the Harvard Ed Portal for an incredible evening with some of today’s greatest players and singers in the Afro-Cuban bàtá tradition! Afro-Cuban bàtá masters from across the country join Harvard's own Director of Jazz Bands Yosvany Terry in a concert and celebration of Cuban tradition. You won't be able to keep from dancing to this percussive, dynamic music! This concert is co-sponsored by the Cuba Studies Program, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; the Harvard University Center for African Studies; the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center; the Observatorio Cervantes at Harvard University; and the Instituto Cervantes.
Be sure to check out the companion film screening happening the night before this concert!