Choro music workshop with Rogério Souza et al.

Brazilian master guitarist and arranger Rogério Souza will be Vienna, Virginia, to teach, perform a short concert, and lead a choro roda (jam session).

Rogério is master of both 6- and 7-string guitars, and he is one of the foremost representatives of the music of Rio de Janeiro. Rogério is constantly producing and performing in concerts and events that showcase traditional Brazilian music, especially samba and choro. He has worked with a multitude of world-class Brazilian musicians as musical director and producer for concerts, TV shows, CDs, and DVDs. Some of these artists include: Baden Powell, Paulinho da Viola, Sivuca, Ney Matogrosso, Altamiro Carrilho, and João Bosco. Rogério is one of the editors of the definitive set of three Choro repertoire books.

Three workshops will feature:

• Guitar and explanation of various rhythms as applied to accompaniment instruments;
• Melody and improvisational ideas for melody players taught by Andy Connell;
• Basics of percussion instruments applied to choro and related Brazilian rhythms taught by Pablo Regis.

    

After the workshops, there will be a short concert with the three teachers accompanied by percussionist Gigi MacLaughlin, and then we will have a roda de choro. You’ll have the opportunity to sit in with four experts in Brazilian music, ask questions, and take some solos!

You are asked to contribute a donation of $60 per person for the entire afternoon/evening of music: workshops, concert, roda, and delicious food. All of these donations go to the musicians.