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Bachata Academy 2024 US Tour

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Updated: Dec 17, 2024

Celebrating Latin America's Musical Heritage

October 2024, The Dominican Republic’s Bachata Academy band toured US schools and performing arts centers for Hispanic Heritage Month. The Academy band engaged in 20 performances and workshops in Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York and New Jersey, with a program of interactive Dominican music and dance.


The tour was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and included partnerships with Berklee College of Music, Lotus Festival, Jazzhouse Kids, International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, Old Town School for Folk Arts, UMass Amherst, Middlebury College, Hamilton-Garrett Music and Arts Academy, Hyde Square Task Force, the St. Bernard’s School and Alianza Dominicana.


Grammy-nominated bachata percussionist Juan Abel Mendez (of Romeo Santos and Monchy y Alexandra) is directing the ensemble workshops. The group is accompanied by Bachata Academy founder Benjamin de Menil and professor Demmanuel Gonzalez, who together with leading bachata musicians are structuring the first bachata pedagogy.


The tour ran from October 4 to October 25. Many thanks to our local partners and supporters for arranging this tour for cultural exchange.





Date

Venue

City/State

Program

Friday Oct 4, 6pm, 9pm

Bloomington IN

Saturday Oct 5, 7:15pm, 

10:30pm

Bloomington IN

Tuesday Oct 8, 9am

Kehrein Center for the Arts

Chicago IL

Workshop

Wednesday Oct 9, 10:30am, 6pm 

Chicago IL

Thursday Oct 10, 7pm

Chicago IL

Saturday Oct 12, 3:30pm

Mozart Park Concert presented by Hyde Square Task Force & MetaMovements

Boston MA

Sunday, Oct 13, 7pm

Middlebury College, Wilson Café

Middlebury VT

Public Performance

Tuesday Oct 15

Amherst MA

Workshop

Tuesday Oct 15, 4pm

Amherst MA

Wednesday Oct 16

Boston MA

Workshop

Thursday Oct 17

Boston MA

Workshop

Friday Oct 18

New York NY

Workshop

Monday Oct 21

New York NY

Workshop

Tuesday Oct 22

Jazzhouse NYC, Trinity Bway

New York NY

Workshop

Wednesday Oct 23 

Montclair NJ

Thursday Oct 24

Newark NJ

Workshop Performance

Thursday Oct 24

Jersey City NJ

School Performance

Friday Oct 25

Alianza Dominicana

New York NY

Workshop


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