Music from Latin America

Music from Latin America This interactive presentation seeks to engage the students with a musical and cultural tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, specifically Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela. With my classical guitar performance in the class, I will use the instrument and its repertoire as a connection tool for students to experientially travel through these cultures as well as to demonstrate how a musical instrument can embody, demonstrate and represent a diversity of music styles. In this half-an-hour presentation the students will listen short pieces of music which includes: a Venezuelan waltz, a Cuban son, a Chilean cueca, a Brazilian Choro, and a Mexican song. A Power Point presentation will accompany the activity to increase comprehension, engagement and visual/aural connections with the topic.

VENEZUELA

Seis por derecho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9L5n3iqSA4

CHILE

Cueca chilena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGQt5jfiq_Y

MEXICO

Scherzino mexicano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz9j4uvVhWQ

BRAZIL

Chôro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZkEYK4WKKg

CUBA

Danza característica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BALLgKNTeEY