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BOR 2012

Berklee On the Road (BOR) took place for the first time in Brazil from November 1 to 4, in the “Jardins” branch of Souza Lima School of Music. BOR is an intensive course in improvisation designed for all musical styles in which Berklee and Souza Lima together teach classes during four consecutive days and students leave with a certificate from the two institutions.

BOR 2012

This course has been taking place for 20 years now in Puerto Rico and for the past 15 years in Italy. In both of these places, the course lasts up to a week and has an average of 500 students per year. Here in Brazil, this was the first year, but it will become and annual event.

BOR 2012

In this first edition, Fernando Huergo (bass), George Russell Jr. (piano) and Casey Scheuerell (drums) came from Berklee. Lupa Santiago (guitar) and Guilherme Ribeiro (piano) represented Brazil and Souza Lima. During the four days, there were master classes every morning. After lunch, in addition to the master classes, students also had ensemble practice with the professors.

BOR 2012

So that all students could take advantage of all the professors, the student group was divided into four parts and the professors traded off teaching the different groups. On one of the nights of BOR, there was a concert, but on the other nights student jam sessions ruled the evenings, which led to lots of interaction between all the participants, who had come form all four corners of Brazil and all of Latin America.

BOR 2012

“Students of all levels wound up winning,” commented Lupa Santiago. And he already announced that next year the second edition of the BOR will take place: “The course is neither for solely advanced level students nor for just basic level students. There are challenges for all levels,” Lupa explains. “This is a super dense course and everyone will end up with lots of material to work on.”

BOR 2012

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Jazz Day – Souza Lima and Hot Club

Jazz Day – Souza Lima and Hot Club

• Jazz Day took place on April 30th in the auditorium of Souza Lima School of Music, in São Paulo. On this day, two simultaneous presentations took place: one in São Paulo with students from Souza Lima Music College and the drummer Nenê, and the other at the Hot Club in Portugal. Both were broadcast live. Beyond being a celebration of International Jazz Day, the event also marked the year of Brazil in Portugual.

Jazz Day – Souza Lima and Hot Club

• This was the first time that an event of this type has taken place between music schools in different countries. “This was a pilot project,” says the president of Souza Lima Music Schools, Antônio Mário Cunha. “We hope to extend this project to all our partnership schools around the world,” he completes. There were approximately 100 listeners present at Souza Lima, and nearly 350 in Portugal since the transmission there was wired into the subway at the Baixa-Chiado PT Bluestation.

Jazz Day – Souza Lima and Hot Club

MB & Jazz 2012Brazilian Music & Jazz

In São Paulo, the first edition of Brazilian Music and Jazz took place at Souza Lima Music School from January 30th to February 2nd. The course consisted of master classes, lots of ensemble practices, and concerts with the college professors from Souza Lima.

MB & Jazz 2012Brazilian Music & Jazz

In addition, during the course, Pedro Ramos, founder of the famed Choro Ensemble, supervised choro music playing. The course hosted students from countries all over Latin America who wanted to learn more about Brazilian music and many students from Venezuela, who were offered scholarships during the 7th Barquisimeto International Jazz Festival, which took place September 2 to 9, 2012.

MB & Jazz 2012Brazilian Music & Jazz

Master classes in improvisation and composition and musical presentations were offered by Nenê, André Marques, Pedro Ramos, Lupa Santiago, Guilherme Ribeiro, Bob Wyatt, Vitor Alcântara, Vinicius Barros and Daniel D'Alcântara. The classes were quite intensive, lasting six hours per day, from 10am to 5pm. Afterwards there were jam sessions and concerts.

MB & Jazz 2012Brazilian Music & Jazz

MB & Jazz 2012Brazilian Music & Jazz

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CLAEM - Congress debating cultural diffusion in Latin American music schools

& ALAEMUS

CLAEM - Congress debating cultural diffusion in Latin American music schools

The fourth edition of CLAEM included shows, lectures, and workshops. On April, Bogotá, Colômbia hosted the 4th CLAEM - Congress of Latin American Music Schools- founded by Antonio Mário Cunha, director of Conservatório & Faculdade Souza Lima  and by Peruvian bassist and educator, Oscar Stagnaro.  The objective of the event is promoting the cultural dissemination among the involved countries and stimulating the exchange of

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CLAEM - Congress debating cultural diffusion in Latin American music schools

In 2013, the CLAEM will have the participation of schools from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Paraguay, Porto Rico, Mexico, Uruguay, the United States (represented by members from Berklee College of Music) - and Brazil, represented by the Souza Lima.  During this year's congress, ALAEMUS - the Association of Latin American Music Schools - was also created.

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CLAEM - Congress debating cultural diffusion in Latin American music schools

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