{"id":58808,"date":"2020-02-26T12:57:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=58808"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:57:34","slug":"brazilian-choro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/brazilian-choro\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizons Concert Series presents &#8216;Brazilian Choro,&#8217; Brazil&#8217;s traditional musical art form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travel to South America for a unique musical journey through Brazil\u2019s greatest musical art form, <em>choro<\/em>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/music\/programs-events\/horizons-concert-series\/\">Horizons Concert Series<\/a>, sponsored by the NAU School of Music, presents Duo Viol\u00e3o + 1 for their performance of \u201cBrazilian Choro\u201d at 7:30 p.m. on March 2 in Kitt Recital Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Duo Viol\u00e3o + 1 started with two guitarists, Rog\u00e9rio Souza and Edinho Gerber, and the desire to explore and expand the musical possibilities of playing two <em>viol<\/em><em>\u00f5es<\/em>, or Brazilian guitars. In 2019, Bay Area percussionist Ami Molinelli joined the group.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble navigates 20th-century Brazilian popular music while also showcasing the artists\u2019 original works and inventive arrangements. <em>Choro<\/em> is known for its rhythmic and harmonic permutations. The group released its first album, \u201cA Historia de Choro,\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrazilian Choro\u201d is cosponsored by NAU\u2019s Center for International Education, College of Arts and Letters, Department of Global Languages and Cultures and Latin American Studies.<\/p>\n<p>General admission is $25 and $17.50 for seniors, NAU faculty and staff. Children (17 years and under) and NAU\/CCC students are free with a valid ID. Tickets can be purchased in advance through the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/cto\">Central Ticketing Office<\/a>. A $2 processing fee will be added to tickets purchased at the door. Parking passes can be purchased through <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/university-transit-services\/\">University Transit Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/brazilian-choro\/\">Travel to South America for a unique musical journey through Brazil\u2019s greatest musical art form, choro. The Horizons Concert Series, sponsored by the NAU School of Music, presents Duo Viol\u00e3o + 1 for their performance of \u201cBrazilian Choro\u201d at 7:30 p.m. on March 2 in Kitt Recital Hall. Duo Viol\u00e3o + 1 started with two&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":58810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}