VARIOUS BRAZILIAN MUSIC COURSES IN RIO OR FLORIANOPOLIS
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro or Florianópolis
Music
is part of the Brazilian soul! What could
make for a more perfect setting in which to while away the hours
spending time developing your love & understanding of music?
In Brazil rhythm flows through each and every conversation, ebbing its way down into the
way the people walk, and in the way they live their lives day-by-day. Music in
Brazil is everywhere – it can be found in a complex rhythmic pattern beaten out
by an old man with his fingers on a cafe table, or, rolling down in the
thundering beat of samba echoing from the hills around Rio in the months leading
up to Carnival.
In Rio, you can learn from
a master of music who has featured in a film which was shown at Cannes
Film Festival 2008.
Music is a passport to
happiness for Brazilians, an escape from everyday frustrations and (for most) a
hard and difficult material life. "There's an amazing magical, mystical quality
to Brazilian music. Their music is paradise,"says jazz flutist Herbie Mann.
►SUMMARY
FACTFILE
Start Dates
All year round - you choose your
start and finish dates!
Duration
Minimum stay 2 weeks and up to 1 year, subject to visa
requirements
Requirements
No qualifications needed.
Price
From £945 for 2 weeks, ranging to £3,395 for 12 weeks.
Full Price List
What's included
►Accommodation
►Breakfast
►Meeting you at the Airport
►Transfer to your accommodation
►Transport to and from
your project
►Course
Fees & Materials
►Full pre-departure support
►Local in-country team support
and backup
►24-hr emergency support
►Two free T-shirts.
What's not included
Flights, Insurance,
Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and
assistance), Lunch and Dinner, Return transfer to
airport.
Who can do this Project?
All our projects are
open to all nationalities.
Unless otherwise stated, you need to be aged between 17 and 70+
PROJECT OVERVIEW In Brazil you
choose:
Music is a very personal and very individual love. No two people will share
entirely the same taste – and certainly musicians are no different.
Abilities, experience, tastes, preferences range immensely.
This is why you
choose!Whether
you want to be thrown in at the deep end and be immersed in your passion or,
you would rather simply devote a proportion of your time to your music
during the weeks leaving time to also explore other interests. It’s
entirely up to you – we will work as closely to your preferences as we
can to ensure you get the absolute most from your time studying music with
us in Brazil.
Because Music is such an
individual passion most music placements are arranged specifically for the
individual. We work with a number of teachers, and can arrange music lessons
in many things - from Brazilian percussion to the jazz trumpet. Simply let us
know your choice of instrument/s, musical preferences / tastes / styles,
ability level and experience, and of course the experience that you’re
looking for and we’ll do the rest!
Example Project: Brazilian Percussion with Jahir
Soares in Rio de Janeiro
"Jahir
is one of the most amazing drummers I have ever had the privilege to see
play. He absolutely blew me away - the volunteers are so lucky to have the
opportunity to work with him" - Elizabeth, Brazil Project Co-Ordinator
Jahir is an old friend of Travellers Rio as he manages one of the favela
social projects that we have been working with for many years. He is a
fantastic musician and teacher, and can play a number of instruments. He is
also an experienced teacher, so he was an ideal candidate to teach our
volunteers the music of Brazil!
Jahir starred in a feature film in 2007, 'Som E O Resto, O' (The
sound and the rest) about music in Rio de Janeiro (trailer on the right)
which was shown at Cannes Film Festival and made him quite a celebrity! If
you choose this project, you will take
6 hours of lessons per week (three lessons of 2 hours each). Two of these
lessons will be taught at your hostel (the hostel has a performance area and
is well known for hosting bands), and the other will be taught at a
professional music studio. This way, you’ll get the chance to see music in
Rio from two different angles, and also of course playing with Jahir’s band!
Course Location:
Your
music placement can be based in the cultural
melting pot Rio de Janeiro or the beach
paradise of Florianópolis - you
choose!
MUSIC IN BRAZIL!
Music is part of the Brazilian soul, and rhythm
is in the way people speak, in the way they walk, and in the way they play
soccer. In Rio de Janeiro, after the national team has won an important
soccer game, fireworks explode in the sky and samba detonates in the
streets.
On sidewalks and in city squares, the celebration begins. Impromptu
percussion sections appear, made up of all types of Brazilians, rich and
poor, black and brown and white. As participants pick up instruments - a
drum, a scraper, a shaker - an intricate, ebullient samba batucada
(percussion jam) builds. Each amateur music-maker kicks in an interlocking
rhythmic part to create a groove that would be the envy of most professional
bands in other parts of the world. The singing and dancing inevitably go on
for hours.
Over the course
of the last five centuries, Portuguese, African, and - to a lesser extent -
Amerindian rhythms, dances, and harmonies have been mixing together,
altering old styles and creating new forms of music.
Most Brazilian
music shares three outstanding qualities:
It has an
intense lyricism tied to its Portuguese heritage that often makes for
beautiful, highly expressive melodies, enhanced by the fact that Portuguese
is one of the most musical tongues on the earth and no small gift to the
ballad singer. Second, a high level of poetry is present in the lyrics of
much Brazilian popular music. And last, vibrant Afro-Brazilian rhythms
energize most Brazilian songs, from samba to baião.
By joining
us on this placement, you can be a part of it with this truly magical way of
living through music!
Additional Activities
you can do while on this Project:
Add to your travel experience in Brazil by doing some additional
exciting activities - you never know, you could develop a passion for
Latin American dance, or learn a new skill!
Capoeira: A cross between a dance, a fight skill and an art form ...
fascinating and fun!
Brazilian Music courses: Choose from a variety of local
percussion/styles
Portuguese Language Courses: Immerse yourself in the language and you'll
be amazed at the effects it brings!
Yoga
Courses
Photography courses
Latin
Dance Lessons
Watersports, Treks and Adventure Activities
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OPTIONAL ADD-ONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Jahir Soares (your teacher in Rio) stars in Som E O Resto... Click above to play the video
support and guidance from Travellers
You'll receive
lots of care and assistance from our very
friendly and helpful UK staff,
from the first stage of applying all the way through to the end of your
placement. We are also available 24 hours a day for any urgent matter
during your time on our placement.
Travellers
will send you our extremely comprehensive information pack with details on
everything - ranging from where to go on your weekend travels to what to
pack and extensive safety tips. We will also provide you with a selection of
manuals that will be very useful on your project.
In Brazil you
will have the support of our Brazil Manager who will be on call 24/7 from
meeting you at the airport and will be around frequently to ensure you are
settled and happy on your placement. You will also find that the teachers at
the schools and institutes where you work will be very happy to help you
throughout your placement.
If you
speak some Portuguese (or even Spanish), you will find it very beneficial on
this project. But don't be put off if languages aren't your thing! You're
sure to pick up some of the basic words whilst you are there, and will find
other ways to converse without language becoming a barrier. Don't forget
that we can also arrange some Portuguese Lessons for you during your
programme if you would like.
TRAVEL:
For
Florianópolis,
you'll more than likely fly into
Sao Paulo or Rio, as these are the nearest international airports. From
there you can either fly to Florianópolis
or you have the option to take a comfortable bus/coach ride instead. The trip
takes about 18 hours and is an excellent way to see some of the country. For Rio, you'll fly
into the international airport.
When you arrive, you'll be welcomed by
our local Organiser and introduced to the people you'll be living and working
with.
You have the option to arrange your
own flights or we can assist you with your flight arrangements. If you would
like us to do this for you, we will liaise with you regarding available flights
and dates to suit you. All arrangements for your flight bookings/payments will
be fulfilled by Murray Rogers Travel Limited, ATOL No. 6856.
Where possible, we arrange for two or more people to travel on the
same flight and we will let you have the names and telephone numbers of other
volunteers on your flight, so that you can chat to each other or even meet up
before leaving for your placement.
Where possible, all flights we arrange for you have changeable return tickets because many of our
volunteers choose to extend their stay once they are in their destination
country.
Changeable return tickets enable you to do so, within the limits of your visa
and the level of your air ticket,
of course. If you choose to book your own flights, you should endeavour to get
a changeable ticket.
VISAS:. In countries where visas or
immigration documents are required, we'll send you all the necessary forms and
information and make the process very easy for you.
To read about the excellentSupport
& Backup we provide before you leave and during
your programme,
please click here.
We can also arrange your flight
dates
to give you additional time at the end of your project for travelling around and sightseeing - this is a
fascinating and wondrous country!
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