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Harvard Jazz Bands Present...

HARVARD JAZZ

IN CUBA 2017

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Harvard Jazz Bands To Make History with 2017 Tour to Cuba

The Harvard University Jazz Bands are announcing a historic educational and

performance tour to Cuba from June 2-9, 2017, led by Director of Jazz Bands and Senior

Lecturer on Music Yosvany Terry. Designed as a hands-on opportunity for Harvard

College undergraduate students to experience and learn about Cuba’s world-renown jazz

culture, the Monday Jazz Band will spend a week in Cuba performing and learning

alongside Cuban performers, professors, and youth.

WHY CUBA?

As a native Cuban, Director Terry possesses a rich background that will allow students to

be uniquely immersed in Cuban culture. Director Terry was born in Camaguey, Cuba to

an illustrious musical family and was educated in Cuba’s outstanding musical

conservatories in Havana—including the prestigious National School of Arts (ENA) and

Amadeo Roldán Conservatory. Coming to New York in 1999, Director Terry has since

been nominated for GRAMMY Awards and performed at the Newport Jazz Festival,

among many other accomplishments (For more information about Director Terry’s

musical background, please visit www.harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu/staff) With his unique

musical background and in-country relationships, Director Terry has planned a one-of-a-

kind tour throughout Havana and its neighboring provinces to expose and help Harvard

Jazz Band members interact with less-accessible aspects of Cuba’s jazz scene. Unlike

most artistic groups on campus, the Harvard Jazz Bands have also not toured in several

decades, since our domestic tours over 20 years ago. Combining Director Terry’s unique

perspective and a thawing US-Cuban international relationship, there couldn’t be a better

time for students to engage with Cuban culture and further American and Cuban cross-

cultural understanding. As such a unique musical opportunity, this particular tour is

strongly supported by Harvard’s Office for the Arts and Director Jack Megan.

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TOUR DESCRIPTION

After joining the Harvard community last year, Director Terry has sought to bring the

Harvard Jazz Bands to his homeland and introduce students to a side of Cuba not

accessible to most visitors. So after a year of deliberations, Director Terry has designed a

weeklong tour especially for the Harvard Jazz Bands. Students will have the opportunity

to visit, perform, and learn at many of Cuba’s top conservatories and performing arts

schools, such as the National School for the Arts (ENA), the Amadeo Roldán

Conservatory, and the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). In addition, students will also

have the exceptional opportunity to perform with some of Cuba’s most renowned jazz

figures, such as legendary performer and composer Joaquín Betancourt, trumpeter Julio

Padrón, pianist Harold López-Nussa, pianist Roberto Carcassés, saxophonist Cesar Filiú,

percussionist and vocalist Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry, bassist Gastón Joya, drummer

Rodney Barreto, and vocalist Bobby Carcassés.

Working with the Horns to Havana Project (www.hornstohavana.org), a charity dedicated

to donating musical instruments to young Cuban musicians, Harvard students will also

bring musical instruments to several Cuban conservatories that educate young musicians.

Members of the Harvard jazz band will also perform American jazz compositions for

these young students and engage firsthand in new avenues for intercultural exchange

between Cuba and the United States.

Overall, this tour will allow Harvard students to experience seven days of cultural

immersion and exchange, both in formal and informal educational and performance

settings. Students will increase their understanding of a variety of musical approaches

that will influence their own playing and improve their musicianship. Students will also

be able to critically engage with a vibrant culture and gain a unique understanding of

Cuba in the midst of the historic change in Cuban-American relations.

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To fully fund the tour and make this transformative experience possible for all of our

talented band members, the Harvard Jazz Bands will launch a campaign to raise the

$60,000+ necessary in order to make the tour a reality.

We appreciate any and all support. Please send any and all inquiries to via email to our

harvardjazzband@fas.harvard.edu address. In the meantime, we invite you to read our

tentative itinerary attached below.

Gracias! Yosvany Terry Harvard Jazz Bands Director Jake Tilton ’19 Monday Jazz Band Manager Jared Perlo ’19 Tour Manager Diana Gieberich ’18 Treasurer

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Harvard Jazz in Cuba June 2-9, 2017

Tentative Itinerary

Highlights

Visits, Lessons, and Performances at

-Guillermo Tomás Conservatory - Ignacio Cervantes Music Conservatory

- National School for the Arts (ENA) - Superior Institute of the Arts (ISA)

Concerts at

-Teatro Nacional -Matanzas Rumba Celebration

-US Embassy

Cuban-American Jam Session

and much more!

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Friday

Travel from Boston to New York to Havana, Cuba.

Depart Boston 7:30 AM, Arrive New York 11:30 AM Depart New York 1:30 PM, Arrive Havana 5:00 PM

Check into hotel and have group dinner in Havana

Saturday 8:30 AM BREAKFAST

9:00 AM Depart (40 minute drive) to Guillermo Tomás (G.T.) Conservatory

Meet and greet with students and band director, Joaquín Betancourt Short performances by Harvard and G.T. Conservatory groups Music Workshops: Joaquín Betancourt workshops Harvard Jazz Band on Afro-Cuban Jazz tradition, while Yosvany Terry workshops Guillermo Tomás Jazz Band

12:45 PM LUNCH, shared between bands Depart 1:30 PM (25 minute drive) to Ignacio Cervantes Music Conservatory Meet and greet with students, band leaders, and school directors Horns to Havana charity presentation and discussion Workshop and lesson about Cuban arts curriculum by musicologist Cari Diez Short performances by Harvard and I. Cervantes Conservatory

5:00 PM Return to Havana.

6:30 PM Meet Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA) students. Informal presentation about their work and research, then collaborative DINNER with students.

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Sunday 8:30 AM BREAKFAST

9:00 AM Depart (45 minute drive) to Güines, Visit Tata Güines Historical House (famous percussionist) Explore Güines town area

12:15 PM LUNCH

Depart 1:00 PM (45 minute drive) to Havana Harvard Jazz Band Rehearsal Visit and perform at US Embassy

6:30 PM DINNER 7:30 PM Interactivo concert at Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center Monday

8:30 AM BREAKFAST 9:00 AM Depart to Matanzas (1.5 hour drive) Meet and greet with group Muñequitos de Matanzas

Visit to the Casa Museo Miguel Faílde, Birthplace of El Danzon (Cuban National Dance) Historical House 12:45 PM LUNCH

1:30 PM Afro-Cuban Musical Tradition Workshop with Muñequitos de Matanzas 5:15 PM DINNER 6:00 PM Neighborhood Rumba Concert

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Tuesday 8:00 AM BREAKFAST

8:30 AM Depart to Havana (1.5 hour drive) 10:00-11:00 AM Debrief, break at hotel

11:00 AM Depart for National School for the Arts (ENA) and Superior Institute of the Arts (ISA)

11:30 AM Meet school director, take tour of the Arts Schools in Cuba

12:00 PM Exchange Panel between Cuban Students, Harvard Students, Cuban School Directors, and CASA Students

1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30 – 1:45 PM Horns to Havana project presentation and discussion 1:45 – 3:30 PM Workshop exchange between ENA and Harvard jazz band 3:30 – 4:30 PM Performances by mixed ensembles 5:30 PM DINNER 6:30 PM Café Jazz Miramar: Descarga (Jam Session)

Cuban-American jam session featuring Harvard and ENA students as well as professional musicians including:

Trumpeter Julio Padrón, Pianist Harold López-Nussa Pianist Roberto Carcassés, Saxophonist Cesar Filiú Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry, Bassist Gaston Joya Drummer Rodney Barreto, Vocalist Bobby Carcassés Saxophonist Yosvany Terry, Director of Harvard Jazz Bands

Wednesday 9:00 AM BREAKFAST

9:30 AM Depart for El Callejón de Hamel, Afro-Cuban musical tradition concert

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(Wednesday continued) 12:15 PM LUNCH 1:00 PM Return to Havana 2:00 PM Harvard Jazz Band Rehearsal 4:30– 6:00 PM DINNER 6:30 PM Call for concert 7:30 PM Harvard University Jazz Band Concert Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional Thursday

Breakfast 9:30 AM Depart 10:00 AM for Historic Havana: Old Havana, Museum Nacional de Bellas Artes LUNCH

Afternoon Off Friday

Depart 10:00 AM to airport, depart Havana, Cuba 11:30 AM to New York, USA Depart 4:00 PM to Boston, USA