Fw: Noche Boricua - This Saturday
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William Cepeda’s
Puerto Rican Explosion: Musical Roots and Evolution
Saturday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
preceded by light refreshments, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Hoffman Auditorium, Bruyette Athenaeum
William Cepeda, a four-time Grammy nominee and composer, is celebrated for his groundbreaking Afro-Rican Jazz. Join us for an evening of Puerto Rican music and dance from the traditional forms of bomba, plena, danza, musica jíbara, and musica Taina to the internationally popular contemporary styles into which they have evolved.
Noche Boricua is supported in part by the NEH Humanities and Arts Fund at the University of Saint Joseph and the Vincenza A. Uccello ’56 Lecture Fund. Presented in conjunction with the Art Museum at USJ’s exhibition (R)evolution: Identity and Power in Puerto Rican and Diasporican Art.
For tickets visit www.showpass.com/noche-boricua
$15 for advance-purchase, general admission
$20 (cash only) at the door
Rochelle L. R. Oakley
Collections Manager / Registrar
Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, Connecticut
860.231.5743 office