Welcome, Brazilian Music Fans!

Location
Santa Monica, CA 34.01-118.47 90405US
Meetups
33 so far
Members
96 Brazilian Music Fans
Rating
Santa Monica Brazilian Music Workshop 5.00 5.004
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Founded
September 7, 2008

This is a twice-weekly percussion class ($20) plus a monthly "workshop meetup" ($5) at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica to sing, play, and enjoy Brazilian music (samba pagode, chorinho, bossa nova, forro, batucada, samba reggae, and more!), led by Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro of the Mangueira samba school in Rio, and known around the world as one of the great Brazilian percussionists. If you play any instrument, or like to sing, please come and enjoy the music.

Every Sunday at 4PM, and on Tuesday evenings at 7:30PM, we meet at the 18th Street Arts Center for our regular Brazilian percussion class, which is $20. This is focused instruction on pandeiro, tamborim, tan-tan, caxixi, surdo, agogo, and other key instruments.

Students get a solid grounding in percussion techniques, a better understanding of Brazilian musical forms, and you'll meet other local fans of Brazilian music. All those who share a love for the music of Brazil are welcome!

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What members are saying

“ If you love Brazilian music and want to learn how to play the pandeiro, the tan-tan, etc., this is a great meetup group! ”

—Nick

“ If you really want to learn Brazilian music—how to play it and how to sing it—you should come down and take a class. ... ”

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  • Nov 3
    • New member
      Norm Roper
      “Join in on percussion / drum classes Meet new people Recently moved to Santa Monica”
  • Oct 29
    • New member
      Anet Hartunian
      “Hi. My name is Anet and I am crazy about Bossa Nova and Just music in general. I would love to meet others who share my love for Bossa Nova. I am also looking for places that play live music.”
  • Oct 6
    • New member
      Greg Camphire
      “i'm a drummer/percussionist who is in love with brazilian music. i hope to visit brazil in 2010 to study music there, but want to learn from carlinhos while he's in my backyard!”
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