at Rutgers University
...different races, common heritage
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Fillipino/ Puerto Rican Musical Convergence
at Rutgers University
...different races, common heritage
 The goal of the event was to celebrate the shared musical legacy of Spanish-speaking and Filipino peoples. The instruments played by the young filipino musicians are closely related to the bandurrias, laúdes and bandolas of Spain. |
A beautiful event
of musical convergence of two different races sharing similar cultures occured on the 20th
of November, 1999 at Robson Hall of Rutgers University in Newark, Nueva Jersey. Featured
was the splendid rondalla [student string ensemble] of the University of the
Phillippines, together with the invited artists of the Puerto Rican Cuatro Project and
their Orquesta Jíbara Antigua. |
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The director of
the Rondalla of the University of the Phillippines embraces the members of the Cuatro
Project's Orquesta Jíbara Antigua which consists of: Alvin
Medina- Early and Modern cuatro, lead vocal |
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Some of the young student musicians of the Rondalla of the University of the Phillipines together with members of the Orquesta Jíbara antigua |
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The extraordinary Puerto Rican cuatrista Yomi Matos standing out before the audience at the event |
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Closing events: a world apart, yet so close... |
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