Summer Concert Series: Grooversity

Next date: Thursday, July 20, 2023 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

CONCERT 11 – GROOVERSITY

Children's Performance

Sponsored by West Springfield Arts Council

Thursday, July 20, 2023 – 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
West Springfield Middle School
31 Middle School Drive, West Springfield, MA 01089  

  

Grooversity is an innovative drumming network envisioned and led by Brazilian percussionist Marcus Santos. Grooversity’s goal is to promote Afro-Brazilian percussion as an educational resource, entertainment and as a catalyst for social change. Grooversity focuses on community outreach for positive outcomes while targeting global diversity awareness.

Ensemble leader and teaching artist Marcus Santos, is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He commits his life to the study, teaching and performance of his hometown’s Afro-Brazilian music and heritage. He has led numerous workshops on Afro-Brazilian percussion and music for Social Change in universities and conventions around the world, including MIT, Harvard, Brown University and Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Percussion Arts Society International Convention in 2007 and 2010.

Learn more about Grooversity and their enriching educational programming here:

https://yamass.org/index.php/artists/grooversity

 

            

   

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West Springfield Middle School, 31 Middle School Dr., 01089, View Map