HERITAGE IN MOTION: IDENTITY THROUGH MUSIC
A three-day music and history-based collaborative event held at Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center. Each day’s program will feature a performance by exceptional Connecticut based musicians, as well as an interactive experience, all designed to explore the evolution of cultural heritage and the part music plays in identity.
Friday, September 15 – 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 16 – 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 17 – 4:00 PM
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Tickets Per Day: $20 Adults, $15 Seniors, $10 Students (18 & under)
To purchase individual tickets, click the Buy Tickets button below each concert photo.
Friday, September 15th – 7:00 PM
TORRES TRIO
Marcos Torres, guitar & vocals | Marcos Torres, drums | Daniel Torres, bass guitar
The Origins of Salsa: The Puerto Rican Heritage
Salsa has its roots firmly based in the Afro-Caribbean musical traditions of Cuba, but its worldwide popularity is largely attributed to the Puerto Ricans of New York. The Torres Trio explores the musical origins of Salsa, from its early influences to the identity of today’s Connecticut based musicians and their audience.
Saturday, September 16th – 7:00 PM
MARC CHAN & FRIENDS
Marc Chan, composer, pianist, songwriter
Gunnar Sahlin, cellist | Suzanne Corey-Sahlin, violist | Benjamin Steinhardt, pianist
Connecticut Composers: The Musical Identity of our State
Connecticut has been the home to great American composers of a variety of musical genres, from Charles Ives, to Dave Brubeck, to John Mayer. Composer Marc Chan explores the heritage of music in the Nutmeg State.
Sunday, September 17th – 4:00 PM
BREJEIRO
Acoustic Brazilian Jazz Quartet
Beryl Diamond Chacon, concert violinist | Roni Ben Hur, renowned jazz guitarist
Café, Grammy-winning Brazilian percussion legend
Eduardo Belo, brilliant Brazilian upright bassist
Samba, Choros and Bossa Nova: The Music of Brazil
Brejeiro will perform a creative and engaging concert, including an interactive discussion and exploration of Brazilian rhythms and percussion instruments. During the performance, Brejeiro will highlight pieces that connect American jazz, classical compositions and Brazil’s iconic composers, as well as showing how these musical trends and genres intersected resulting in the music we identify with today.
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