THE LOISAIDA CENTER

IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE:

LIVE PLENA & PLENA WORKSHOPS

AND 

SCREENING OF PLENAZOS CALLEJEROS!

1:00pm – 3:00pm

 Taller de Plena

with Tito Matos

Master percussionist Tito Matos teaches a basic plena workshop suitable for all levels. The Puerto Rico native has traveled the world playing plena, an Afro Rican musical genre.

Founder and leading plenero of

Viento de Agua; 2014 Latin Grammy Awards Nominee

Students will learn basic rithmic patterns from the traditional to the contemporary style of playing the hand held drum known as pandereta.

Bring your own drum.

All ages Welcomed!

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Plenazos Callejeros

the Documentary

 Screening of documentary Plenazos Callejeros, followed by Q&A with producers and musicians.

Plenazos Callejeros is a documentary about a movement that revolutionized Afro Puerto Rican musical genre: plena. Every month a bunch of pleneros would gather at a street corner to play and talk about music. The video takes viewers on a journey through the last 30 years of the plena tradition.

Director: Mariana Reyes Angleró

Producers: Mariana Reyes and Tito Matos for Viento de Agua Inc.

Editor: Juan C. Álvarez Lara