Celebrate the vibrant "Rhythm of the People" of Puerto Rico in a major festival featuring concerts, films, exhibits, lectures and workshops. Highlighting the cultural and artistic contributions of Puerto Ricans as they make their own rhythm in Hartford's cultural and artistic landscapes, Ritmo de Pueblo will link the Trinity College campus and the Hartford community in a lively and educational celebration.

FINAL SCHEDULE

"La Gran Fiesta"
A Puerto Rican film by Marcos Zurinaga
Screenplay by Ana Lydia Vega

Wednesday, February 2, 7:30pm
Life Sciences Auditorium
Trinity College

Presented by Prof. Pablo Delano
Studio Arts Program

Puerto Ricans: Images of a Culture, Culture of a People,
Juan Fuentes Vizcarrondo,
February 3-18

Open Monday - Friday,
 9am-8pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm.
Free & Open to the Public.

Opening Reception: Thursday,
Feb. 3, 4-6pm.

Cuatro Project Lectures and Demonstrations, Exclusively for Hartford students and teachers:

• Bulkeley High School: 11 a.m.-noon

• Mary Hooker Elementary School: 1–2 p.m.
  

Washington Room, Mather Hall
Trinity College, 11am-12:30pm
Open to the public

Washington Room, Mather Hall,
Trinity College, 2:00-3:30pm
Open to the public

Alumni Lounge, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 11am-3:30pm.

Screening and Open Discussion.

A documentary film on the history and significance of the cuatro instrument in Puerto Rican music, produced by the Cuatro Project, a collective of Puerto Rican cuatro makers, musicians and teachers. 

Bilingual Screening:
Spanish Version:
Rittenburg Lounge
  English Version:
Terrace Room B

Post-screening discussion,
led by Professor Lise Waxer
Music Dept.
Trinity College
Rittenburg Lounge

 Mather Hall, 4:00pm.

The Cuatro Project, with Yomo Toro & Alvin Medina

Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 8:00pm. Admission is $12/$8/Free with Trinity ID. For ticket information, call the Austin Arts Center Box Office at (860) 297-2199.

Roberto Sierra

Associate Professor of Music at Cornell University, and one of Puerto Rico's finest classical composers

Music Composition Seminar

Maestro Sierra joins Trinity Professor Douglas Johnson to discuss the challenges of musical composition. Compositions by Sierra and by Jack Delano will be performed by clarinetist Kathleen Jones of Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico. Open to the public.

Monday, February 7, 1:15-3:55 pm, Austin Arts Center, Garmany Hall.

Focuses on how Roberto Sierra's music explores a merge between contemporary composition techniques and sounds that have their origin in the music of Puerto Rico.

  Monday, February 7, 6 pm,
Austin Arts Center, Garmany Hall. 
Open to the public.