As has happened so often in the past, Berkeley is ahead of the cultural curve. Choro, an instrumental Brazilian tradition that was among the first New World musical styles to combine European ...

In Brazil, choro continues to be heard amid a rich musical landscape. After nearly becoming extinct during the emergence of bossa nova in the early Sixties, choro (pronounced “shóro” in Portuguese, ...

The Department of Music at Hope College will feature Choro das 3 on Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. The public is invited. Admission ...

With a nod, David Sasso leapt into a cascading melody on the mandocello. Naomi Senzer fell in on flute, taking up the same melody, spinning it, and handing it off to Will Minter on accordion while Joe ...

The New School Brazilian Jazz Ensemble was founded in 1995 by guitarist Richard Boukas, a world-renowned expert in Brazilian music, to both promote the music of Brazil and expose young players to its ...

Choro is an instrumental genre of music which dates back to Rio de Janeiro in the late 1800s, when immigrants to the country brought European styles and melodic structures that fused with the native ...

Choro, a genuinely Brazilian musical genre, also known as chorinho, has been declared a cultural heritage of Brazil, recognizing its significance in the country's culture and history. This genre is ...