Their performance features lively and spirited traditional drumming as well as their own jazz influenced compositions. In the program, the drummers explain the history of the taiko, demonstrate how it is played and, following a lively clapping exercise, invite members of the audience to come up and play the taiko. Each year, Chautauqua's Forum Series offers a musical gift to the community. This summer acclaimed bandleader Willie Hill presents his big band interpreting the music of George and Ira Gershwin. As an encore to the Center of the American West Music of the West Conference, Willie has selected tunes highlighting the musical stylings of Boulder favorite Glenn Miller.
Music is more than just entertainment in Brazil.
It is the soundtrack to life, a constant ambiance of rhythm and melody that enriches and supports people through good times and bad. Chico Cesar and Rita Ribiero, two of the more colorful figures on the contemporary Brazilian Music Scene, will grace the stage. Opening for the Festa will be Colorado s own Conjunto Colores salsa band. Experience the inspirational power of the impossible as Sven Jorgensen uses a phenomenal and fluid array of object manipulation, dance, martial art, and juggling to explore the relationship between humans and the earth. Stunning costumes, unprecedented props, dramatic lighting, and a haunting original score by Beth Quist complete this must see world premier event.