by Magdy Zara
The Silicon Valley Youth Harp Ensemble offers a beautiful evening concert of harp music, which will be the perfect complement to your visit to the museum.
The harp is recognized for its elegant combination of form and function. Harps date back to ancient Egypt and produce expressive, soothing, and peaceful sounds.
The San Jose Museum of Art supports the Silicon Valley Youth Harp Ensemble Success Program (also known as YES), which aims to provide a friendly, musically fun social environment that encourages students to learn and share. Playing in an ensemble inspires students to continue their commitment to music. The YES Program is designed to offer sequential and practical objectives for students to develop performance skills and musical appreciation. The concert will take place this Saturday, June 7, starting at 2 p.m. at the SJMA, located at 110 South Market Street in San José. Admission is free with museum admission.
Wepa Fest Celebrates Puerto Rican Culture
San José comes together to celebrate Puerto Rican culture and heritage with Wepa Fest 2005, a show organized jointly by the Latin American Art and Culture Movement and San José Jazz.
For the second consecutive year, Wepa Fest is a free, family-friendly celebration that brings together Puerto Rican and Caribbean citizens to celebrate the music, culture, and food of this country.
Last year, it featured three renowned salsa bands: Latin Rhythm Boys, Orquesta Taino, and La Mixta Criolla.
This free event will offer top-notch musical performances based on Puerto Rican culture, including salsa, bomba, and plena, complemented by hands-on art activities for families, and Caribbean food and drinks. This will be a free, family-friendly event, taking place on June 13th, starting at 4 p.m., in Pobladores Park, located in front of MACLA, 510 S 1st St, San José.
RhythmALlogy: A New Children’s Program
The RhythmALlogy children’s program is an event created and directed by percussionist Aaron Kierbel. RhythmALlogy is an innovative interactive program for children that combines movement, body percussion, and group percussion.
Each of these sessions is specially designed to cultivate and unleash the rhythmic potential of children under 10 years old, who will experience irrepressible bursts of dancing, laughter, a unique sense of connection with others, and a temporary relief from self-criticism.
ALlogy draws on his talent to encourage children to explore and share their rhythmic spirit.
This children’s program has two performances on Friday, June 13th, one from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and another at 12 p.m.
The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Gardens Children’s Garden, located at 799 Howard St, San Francisco.
La Moderna Tradición Orchestra in Concert
If you’re looking to enjoy classical Cuban music and dance salsa and timba, don’t miss the La Moderna Tradición Orchestra concert, which exudes the sweet and powerful sound of the Afro-Cuban charanga.
This concert features violins and wind instruments with Afro-Cuban rhythms. It will also feature Tregar Otton, Eduardo Herrera, Michael Spiro, Maru Pérez-Viana, Jason Moen, Pablo Caro, Ayla Dávila, Carlitos Medrano, John Calloway, and Sandy Poindexter.
The event is on June 18th at Yoshis located at 510 Embarcadero West in Oakland.
