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We have the great pleasure of welcoming Sirani Guevara from Santiago Tuxtla, Mexico to Oslo. She will introduce both aspiring and experienced musicians to the polyrhythmic world of son jarocho, a music genre revered both in Mexico as well as the rest of the world. Learn the basics of polyrhythmic phrases in the son jarocho tradition and how to sing, dance zapateado and play jarana (an eight-string guitar).

Her workshop introduces the participants to the possibilities of the 6/8 rhythm which predominates in the music of the southern Veracruz and other regions of Mexico, as well as other international music genres. The students will learn ways in which the rhythmic patterns can be combined to generate the polyphonic richness that is appreciated in the son jarocho music genre and to identify key elements to different «zones» by associating the timing of the rhythmic measures with specific verbal phrases.
Instruments are not mandatory.

Dates:
Saturday 14th of September 13.00-15.00
Sunday 15th of September 13.00-15.00
Cost: Recommended donation 250,-

Register: docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSf…

About Sirani:
Sirani Guevara González is a pillar of the son jarocho community, attending fandangos, cultural events related to son jarocho, and performing in concerts internationally and in the town she lives, Santiago Tuxtla, where there is one of the most vibrant and traditional communities of son jarocho and the fandango.
Sirani was born in the capital of Veracruz and grew up in Santiago Tuxtla, where she began learning music and dance from the Los Tuxtlas region at the age of 8. She studied Arts in high school at INBA and then Hispanic Literature at UV.

She has worked on various projects in active pedagogy, literature, ecological agriculture, and music for children. She also founded a cultural and culinary center called La Bruja in her hometown, where she organized and carried out the «Mesas de Diálogo» (dialogue tables) sessions about Traditional Music of the Veracruz Sotavento, an event that they later documented in a book. She has organized music festivals with an altruistic focus, such as Rezuma and Sueño, and has been a founding member of groups such as La Surada, Jarántula, and Flor de Limonaria. She has also recorded and participated in bands such as Mogo Mogo, Tarantella sin Fronteras, and El Balcón, organized four self-managed international tours, participated in 8 albums as a guest artist, and developed original didactics to introduce the public to son jarocho. Currently, she is a guide, student, interpreter, manager, and musician.