🎶 Los Pleneros de la 21 presents:
Un Paso Adelante: Sonoridad y técnica del güícharo en La Plena
A three part series teaching the techniques and sound of the güícharo en La Plena
📅 March 24, 25, and 26, 6-7:30pm
📍 Julia de Burgos Cultural Center
(1680 Lexington Avenue, El Barrio NYC)
LP21’s series of master class clinics and specialty workshops returns with a special three-part session that celebrates the musical expressions and adornments provided by el güícharo - the scratcher instrument - in La Plena.
Every evening builds upon each other, exploring a specific concept to the güícharo and its musicality–from differences of the giucharo sound in ensemble settings and plenazos, to musical dynamics and conversations in sound, improvisation and more.
• March 24 – with Carlos Espada
fundamentals of the güícharo.
• March 25 – with Sandra García Rivera
Plena technique, exploring Plena Moderna and Plena Tradicional, and how live dynamics influence playing.
• March 26 – with Juan “Juango” Gutiérrez
Musicality and the güícharo across styles and genres, plena, seises and aguinaldos
¡Join one or join all to learn more about the diverse creative and instrumental layers of La Plena puertorriqueña!
No prior experience necessary. Participants are encouraged to bring their own güícharo (instruments available on a first come, first served basis).
🎟 Register today!
$25 each class
Space limited, pre-registration highly encouraged
About our facilitators:
Carlos Espada: Carlos Espada (born 1970 in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) is a New York–based percussionist and singer, currently the lead singer and percussionist for Los Pleneros de la 21 and Kinto Zonó. (Photo credit: Krystal Pagan)
Sandra García Rivera: Sandra García Rivera is a New York–born Nuyorican poet, vocalist, and güícharo player who has performed and recorded with numerous world music, Latin jazz, and bomba-plena artists, and is a longtime practitioner of Puerto Rican plena and bomba traditions. (Photo: Courtesy of artist)
Juan “Juango” Gutiérrez Rodríguez: Juan J. “Juango” Gutiérrez Rodríguez (born March 8, 1951, in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a New York–based percussionist and cultural leader, best known as the founder and longtime former director of Los Pleneros de la 21. (Photo credit: Krystal Pagan)
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The Un Paso Alante series is made possible in part by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, the Offices of NYC District 8 Council Member Elsie Encarnación, the New York State Council on the Arts, The Rooted and Relational Community Grant made possibly by the Centro for Puerto Rican Studies and Michigan State University, and Sirius XM.