TRADINSPIRACIÓN

Taller online de composición con ritmos colombianos

Inspírate en nuestra riqueza musical para lograr tus propias creaciones de la mano de Gregorio Uribe y de fabulosos maestros invitados. Obtén herramientas para escribir canciones o crear arreglos inspirados en la diversidad sonora de nuestras músicas tradicionales.

DURACIÓN:

5 semanas (1 sesión de 3 horas por semana)

FECHAS / HORARIOS*:

*Si no puedes atender en los horarios establecidos, podrás ver las grabaciones en tu propio tiempo y enviar tus creaciones para ser compartidas con el grupo durante las sesiones.

Sesión 1: Viernes 7 de octubre / 10am-1pm

Sesión 2: Viernes 14 de octubre / 10am-1pm

Sesión 3: Viernes 21 de octubre / 10am-1pm

Sesión 4: Viernes 28 de octubre / 10am-1pm

Sesión 5: Viernes 4 de noviembre / 10am-1pm

RITMOS/GÉNEROS MUSICALES:

Se trabajarán cuatro ritmos/géneros diversos y de distintas regiones de Colombia. Cada participante tendrá la oportunidad de lograr una creación (canción, composición instrumental, arreglo, improvisación u otro) para ser compartida en clase. Hablaremos sobre la historia y contexto de cada género y aprenderemos sobre sus características rítmicas, armónicas y estructurales.

REQUERIMIENTOS:

Este curso está diseñado para que cada participante pueda lograr crear sin importar su nivel musical o previo conocimiento. Quienes tengan menos experiencia en la creación musical serán invitados a crear usando algunos elementos básicos de cada ritmo/género musical. Aquellos más avanzados podrán profundizar algunos de los temas por medio de preguntas especificas al director del taller y a los maestros invitados. Los materiales de apoyo contarán con distintos niveles de complejidad para que puedan ser aprovechados por cada participante dependiendo de su conocimiento y experiencia.

COSTO:

US$100 ó $400,000 COP (Incluye 5 sesiones, maestros invitados y material de apoyo)

FORMAS DE PAGO*:

Paypal: gregoriouribe@hotmail.com

Zelle: gregoriouribe@hotmail.com

Venmo: @Gregorio-Uribe

Nequi: 3104762382

Bancolombia: 192-000003-52 (Ahorros)

*Para reservar tu cupo envía una copia del recibo de pago a gregoriouribe@hotmail.com o al WhatsApp +16175044167

NEW YORK WORKSHOPS (june 6th-9th)

BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW!

Songwriting With Latin Rhythms

Would you like to write a bolero, a cumbia or perhaps a bossa nova? 

Writing a song can be a very personal journey, yet some guidance can expand our creative possibilities and bring out the best in us. We will explore various Latin American rhythms and how we can use these as inspirations to tell our own stories. We’ll treat the songwriting process in an integrated manner discussing everything from lyrics and melodies to harmonies and rhythms, and  always aiming for a personal sound.

This three-part workshop will challenge you to write a whole new song in a traditional genre from Latin America:

-SESSION 1: Analyzing characteristics of various Latin genres, different approaches to lyrical content and theme, and tips for a flowing creative process.

-SESSION 2: Feedback, suggestions and commenting on the each participants new creation.

-SESSION 3: Participants will have the opportunity to present their new song live in front of their friends and colleague

SKILL LEVEL: The only requirement is that you’ve written at least one song in the past and that you're willing to share it amongst peers.

LANGUAGE: English and Spanish

DATE & TIMES: Monday June 6th, 4-6:30pm (SESSION 1)

                           Tuesday June 7th, 4-6:30pm SESSION 2)

                           Wednesday June 8th, 7pm (SESSION 3/Live Performance)

LOCATION: Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St, Queens, NY 11373

COST: $50 

HOW TO BOOK YOUR SPOT:

1. Transfer a workshop fee of $50 via Venmo or Zelle (see below)

2. Send screenshot of transfer to cielomar.entertainment@gmail.com

3. You’ll get an email confirming your place!

Zelle: delfinazzul@gmail.com  

Venmo: @AlexRodasNeira

Percussion With Signs (Percusión con señas)

Is there anything more liberating, community-building and plain fun than playing drums together? Here’s a chance to connect with your inner drummer and with others through an innovative percussion language. This technique was developed in Argentina by percussionist Santiago Vázquez and it’s best represented by the 16-piece all-percussion band “La Bomba del Tiempo”. In this hands-on workshop you will get to learn and apply the basic concepts of this technique next to a group of fellow percussion-loving friends. The process involves self-expression through improvisation as well as supporting other’s musical ideas in order to play together as a group.

This two-part workshop includes a live performance where we will share with the audience what we learned as a group and enjoy making music together.

SKILL LEVEL: good rhythm and basic percussion. We also welcome musicians that don’t play percussion but think that they can apply their musicianship to a percussion context. Bring at least one percussion instrument  (hand drums, zurdo, drum sticks, maracas, snare drum, güira, cow-bell, claves or other)

LANGUAGE: English and Spanish

DATE & TIME: Wednesday June 8th, 3pm-6:30pm (Workshop)

      Wednesday June 8th, 7pm (Live Performance)

LOCATION: Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St, Queens, NY 11373

COST: $20

HOW TO BOOK YOUR SPOT:

1. Transfer a workshop fee of $20 via Venmo or Zelle (see below)

2. Send screenshot of transfer to cielomar.entertainment@gmail.com

3. You’ll get an email confirming your place!

Zelle: delfinazzul@gmail.com    

Venmo: @AlexRodasNeira

Gregorio and his orchestra offer a variety of unique workshops and artist residencies. If you are interested in hiring their services for educational purposes please visit our "Contact" section.

Artist-in-Residence

Rehearsing/performing original music with student big band

Gregorio was recently invited to Dartmouth College as an artist-in-residence where he spent a week rehearsing his big band compositions with the student ensemble and finally performing this repertoire at the College's auditorium in front of 5000 thousand people. Gregorio's music presented new challenges for the students and he saw in these challenges an opportunity to go in depth into concepts of time-feel, rhythmic accuracy, in-context improvisation, style and on-stage performance that resulted in a profound learning experience for each student as a member of a large ensemble. During this week he also presented interactive workshops about Colombian music for various school departments. The following video shows footage of this residency including student testimonials.

Composition/Arranging/Band leading

Adapting jazz big band techniques to new "world music" styles

Although big band music has a tradition of it's own it has been combined with dozens of other musical traditions and hence, renewing itself continuously. The possibilities are endless, but there are various creative ways for finding a personal language and find new, yet organic, ways to combine the rich colors of big band with other traditions of the world. By performing specific examples of original big band compositions, Gregorio goes in depth as to what questions arrangers/composers should ask themselves when attempting these new combinations so as to attain a unified sound, as opposed to a synthetic one. Rhythm, harmony, orchestration and counterpoint all have a role to play in this discussion. Through Gregorio's personal research on Colombian music and active big band writing he will explain how he has managed to create the personal and recognizable sound that has as much big band influence as Colombian elements and which lead Grammy Award winning Arturo O'Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to commission him to write a piece to be performed at Symphony Space in New York City.

(Big) band leading in the 21st Century

All those who love the big band sound and concept find themselves romanticizing about the "good old days" when hundreds of big bands played 7 nights a week to packed clubs and speakeasies. In a time where music can be created by one person and their laptop, the concept of big band can sound almost obsolete. However, big bands are far from extinct (specially in NY) and young big band leaders such as Gregorio are beginning to emerge and to breath new air into this art form. Big band leaders/composers have to be creative not only with their music but in all sorts of non-musical aspects such as promotion, logistics, aesthetic, presentation and even in paying their band members. A big band student may be well trained in voicings, couplings and reharmonization techniques but probably won't know how to start nor maintain an active, energetic big band. Gregorio shares a very personal and contemporary experience on band leading (not just big band) in one of the most competitive cities in the world and will help students with a list of "do's and don’ts" that will help them maintain a solid group of professional musicians together. From social media efforts and crowd-funding to rehearsing and choosing the right musicians this workshops covers every aspect of being a modern bandleader.

Percussion/Cumbia/Colombian music

 Cumbia: a rhythm? a style? a genre?

 Cumbia (recently called "The Backbone of Latin American music" on NPR) has been constantly evolving and pushing the limits of what can be considered a music genre, style or rhythm. Originally from the Caribbean coast of Colombia with a unique blend of African, Indigenous and Spanish elements this music has spread through the Americas taking different shapes and forms every where it travels and combining itself with the local sounds, instrumentation and aesthetic and social sensibilities of wherever it travels. Gregorio will present a workshop that combines a historical context of cumbia's evolution while analyzing some of the differences and similarities between some of it's variations from Argentina's cumbia villera to Colombian traditional gaita ensembles and Mexican cumbia sonidera. This workshop involves the students performing cumbia in its variations and even exploring new possibilities of adapting it to one's own necessities as a performer and/or composer. The workshop can be geared towards an all-percussion class/ensemble and/or an ensemble with mixed instrumentation.

 Colombian rhythms from the Caribbean Coast

Chandé, porro, fandango, tambora, bullerengue, cumbia and vallenato are just some of the many rhythms/styles that come from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. An interactive workshop where students will learn to perform the various percussion patterns involved while understanding the historical, geographical and social aspects that differentiate each style from the next. Each of these rhythms has at least three percussion instruments playing simultaneously and each student will get to play each of these, practicing to lock as part of a rhythms section while learning about new styles of music and their cultural context. This workshop can be geared towards advanced percussionists or toward other instrumentalists with no previous percussion training who want to expand their rhythmic and cultural knowledge. The following videos shows Gregorio leading a percussion rehearsal where all members of his big band learn to play the basic rhythmic patterns of the Colombian Coast. This workshop is the type of initiative that has made his 16-piece ensemble groove as one.

 Colombian music overview: Diversity within a nation

 Colombia is a tremendously diverse country both geographically and ethnically and that has been reflected in its music ever since it’s origins as a modern nation. The Native, African and European influences (and the combination of these) are present in the instruments, lyrics, rhythmic patterns, melodies and types of ensembles that make up Colombian music in it’s broadest sense. European waltz-like pasillos in the Andes mountains, African marimba de chonta in the pacific ocean, llanero (cowboy) improvisations stand-off played with harps in the oriental plains, German accordions with native guacharacas playing vallenato and brass bands playing fandangos in the Sinú valley. These are just a few in an extensive list. In an interactive workshop Gregorio will showcase one or two styles from the four main cultural regions of Colombia giving students and teachers a basic understanding of Colombian musical identity. This workshop can involve the students playing the styles on their own instruments and, in some cases, on the actual native instruments of Colombia.