Saturday, July 23 - The 'LA Choro Club' is bringing Brazilian style music to The Harmony Room @ St. Be.!
Bring your neighbors and friends for Eagle Rock’s favorite laid-back summer evenings at The Harmony Room! The LA Choro Club is performing live at The Harmony Room on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 7PM.
The LA Choro Club is a group of amateur and professional musicians in Los Angeles that celebrate community and friendship through their shared love of Brazilian music. The group's repertoire features music by Jacob do Bandolim, Pixinguinha and Ernesto Nazareth and includes many classic choros, maxixes, waltzes and sambas.
The Brazilian musical style of Choro represents the coming together of European melodic and harmonic traditions with African rhythms and sensibilities. Emerging in Brazil in the middle of the nineteenth century, Choro is a cousin of jazz, with a sense of yearning that is often described as a “sweet lament.” Many ethnomusicologists believe that the name Choro comes from the Portuguese verb chorar—that is, to weep or to cry. It often seems bright and happy on the surface, but if you dig deeper you’ll find a kind of sadness, a longing that Brazilians call saudade.
Something about the combination of Portuguese and Italian influences resulted in melodies with a strong romantic feeling. When joined with its African influences, Choro has an irresistible groove and rhythmic momentum that is uniquely Brazilian.
The LA Choro Club is headed by violinist and mandolinist, Ted Falcon, who lived in Brazil from 2007-2016. He is recognized by his peers as a leader and catalyst of the Brazilian Choro movement in the U.S, regularly teaching at summer camps around the country and leading a monthly jam session for several years at Ernest Debs Park with the LA Choro Club.
As a performing artist, Ted has independently released ten albums and has published five books. He has traveled the world as a headlining musician, performing in Japan, Europe, Brazil and throughout the U.S. He has toured as a featured violinist and mandolinist with the Trans- Siberian Orchestra, Ringling Bros’ Kaleidoscape and most recently, the Brazilian Strings Trio. He is a long-time string teacher at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit school co-founded by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Admission is $15. Ticket purchase options are now expanded- Feel free to purchase tickets online at our Eventbrite page here between now until July 22 5PM PST, or purchase tickets at the door via cash or card on the date of the performance. Light refreshments will be available. Feel free to bring a beverage or snack of your own to enjoy. See you there!