WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, & EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCES

Yasser Tejeda passionately advocates for new generations to explore, promote, and enrich their cultural heritage. Offering workshops, clinics, conferences, and lectures, his hope is to continue sharing the history of Caribbean music, cultural identity, and the contemporary fusion inspired by it. 

Dominican Music Roots Workshop

SCHOOLS AND KID-FRIENDLY SPACES

These workshops highlight the folkloric richness of the Dominican Republic with history, music, and rhythm.

Featuring engaging dynamics, like call and response and clapping on rhythm, audiences are encouraged to sing, feel, and enjoy the power of music. 
“As a guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer, Yasser combines traditional Dominican roots music with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms. Through his music, he inspires students to sing, dance, and celebrate their roots.”

— Carnegie Hall

Afro-Dominican Culture & Traditions

Longform PERFORMANCE/LECTURE

Follow along through a live presentation and demonstration of the African and indigenous cultures rooted in the Dominican Republic; centuries-old traditions that are at the source of the Dominican identity, both nationally and regionally. 

You'll experience the live sounds of percussion, folkloric chants, and ways of living that will provide a deeper understanding of the following practices:

● Los Congos del Espíritu Santo de Villa Mella

● Los Palos y sus diferentes variantes

● La Salve

● El Prí Prí

● La Sarandunga de Baní

 
“The guitarist Yasser Tejeda led a quartet that was one-half percussion, blending rhythmic traditions from his home country, the Dominican Republic, that are rarely put together.”

— The New York Times

DOMINICAN GUITAR WORKSHOP

CONTEMPORARY FUSION IN DOMINICAN MUSIC

These lectures offer an introduction to Dominican folklore and an understanding of Dominican identity and its contemporary fusion beyond social paradigms. 

THESE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN PART OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY CURRICULUMS ALL OVER THE AMERICAS. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE:

  • Carnegie Hall's Musical Explorers
  • Midori & Friends (NYC Schools)
  • Rock Lab (CDMX)
  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
  • Princeton University 
  • SPA Class Visits & Lectures 
  • UCLA 
  • Fordham University 
  • Lincoln Center
  • City College of New York 
  • University of North Colorado
  • Columbia University 
  • Guttman Community College 
  • Brown University – Africana Studies 
  • Lehman College 
  • Colorado State University
  • Bronx Community College 
  • Gallatin School, NY 

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