One on One Latin Percussion lessons or Latin Big Band Workshops with Jose Madera April 4, 2011

Latin music master, Jose Madera is offering latin big band workshops and private instructions on Latin percussion. From beginner to advanced, this is your opportunity to study with a master! Classes and Workshops are currently in session. Spots are open to new students and big band musicians and gift cards are available for the musician you love!
Latin Big Band Workshops; Join Jose and play tunes from the best Latin Big Bands of all time!Denver better be ready to SWING, because Latin Big Band Workshops will be starting in September! You want to be on the list for this one! You can reserve your spot early by emailing: info@josemadera.org or calling us!
About the workshops: Bi-Weekly workshops will run from early September through June. Tuition: $25 per session (+ applicable paypal fees). Workshops are open to intermediate and advanced musicians. What you need: Your instrument and advance payment.
The following seats are open:Vocal, Timbales, Bongos, 5 Saxophones, 4 Trombones, 5 Trumpets, Piano, Upright Bass
Where: St. Thomas Episcopal Church: 2201 Dexter Street, Denver, CO. 80207;Parking in the lot South of the church.

*When:
6pm-8pm
Wednesdays
December: 1st, 15 and 29.
January: 5 and 19.
February: 2 and 16.

All future classes listed online at: www.JoseMadera.org
*Dates are subject to change, please call or check our website to see date additions or rescheduling.

Call Services for Artists at 720.475.1182 for Reservations!
Classes

Private instruction with Jose Madera is now available in the Denver area. These sessions focus on Latin Percussion instruments: Timbales, Conga and Bongo. Classes are tailored to your specific needs and level.

Timbales We explore the basic sounds and rhythm pattern; learn how to play paila, bell, side shells, mambo, cha cha cha, rumba, afro, bolero and others.
Syncopated Drum Music Reading We cover the many times uncovered area of syncopated drum music reading. Giving students a better understanding of Drum Music reading , allowing for a well rounded education in the drum playing.
Conga Drum We will explore the basic sounds and rhythm patterns from beginning to master level classes are available. Focusing on tumao, open tones, slaps, mambo, cha cha cha, guaguanco (folkloric), rumba (folkloric), afro, bolero and others.
Bongo Drum We will explore the basic sounds and rhythm patterns from beginning to master level classes are available. Focusing on martillo, open tones, fingertip applications, mambo, cha cha cha and others.

All classes, clinics and workshops are currently open for booking. Please contact us to reserve your place with Jose for your upcoming classes.
Call Services for Artists at 720.475.1182 for Reservations!

About Jose Madera
Born in New York City, son of Jose "Pin" Madera, who was the first arranger for the Machito Orchestra, Jose spent 31 years with the Tito Puente Orchestra. While there, he served as a percussionist and later went on to become a musical arranger and the musical director of the Orchestra. He has written many arrangements for countless commercial Latin artists and has recorded or worked with many of them as well. Some of them include: Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco, Chico O'farill, The Lincoln Center Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra, Celia Cruz, Tito Rodriguez, Fania All-Stars, Willie Colon, Joe Farrell, Machito, Graciela, Mario Bauza, Willie Rosario, Earl Klughand Eddie Palmieri, just to name a few. Jose has also worked and recorded with many pop, R&B and jazz artists. Some of them include Diana Ross, James Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Paquito D'Rivera, George Benson and Lionel Hampton among others. Mr. Madera has performed on over 250 recordings. He has worked on several! television show soundtracks, the most recent being: "The Simpsons" and several motion picture soundtracks, the most recent being "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," where he was the musical arranger and conductor for the Tito Puente segment of the film. Jose also taught the art of playing Latin percussion instruments at BOYS HARBOR in New York City for 28 years. He is currently a Latin Percussion Company endorser/artist and has done and continues to do musical clinics around the country at various schools. He was the musical director of the Latin Giants of Jazz from 2001 to 2009. Jose continues his musical direction with the Mambo Legends Orchestra, a band comprised of former members of the Tito Puente Orchestra, which is dedicated to performing new creative Latin and Latin jazz concepts, as well as some of the music of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente. Mr. Madera has personally recreated and re-arranged much of the music that those bands performed during the heyday of the mambo at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City, considered by many critics to be the "Greatest and most innovative Era" in the history of Latin music.

Official Website: http://www.josemadera.org