Batuquê Trio offers a variety of educational opportunities for musicians and the general public, including clinics, illustrated lectures, and residencies. Contact us for customized clinics and lectures designed to meet the needs of your organization, festival, or conference. We will work with you and your students to improve their performance as individuals and as a group. Below are our current offerings of clinics, masterclasses and illustrated lectures:
Latin Jazz Improvisation Concepts: The trio presents improvisation concepts in Latin jazz styles for all instruments, including improvising over a montuno, phrasing and soloing in clave, and the roles of rhythm section members.
Brazilian Rhythms Workshop: An explanation and exploration of Brazilian rhythms beyond samba and bossa nova. Discover the richness of maracatu, forro, baião, frevo and more. Suitable for rhythm section and all instruments.
The Art of Small Group Performance: The trio addresses communication, the process of decision making, working together toward a unified musical concept, creating a unique voice, collaborating on composition and arranging, and strategies for marketing the small ensemble.
Contemporary Samba Clinic: Learn about the stylistic nuances of contemporary samba on the drum set, samba in odd meters, and implications of these rhythms for other instruments in the rhythm section.
Common Threads: New Orleans Second Line to the Parading Music of Cuba and Brazil: Through live and recorded musical examples, this illustrated lecture emphasizes the historical and living connections between the music early jazz styles of New Orleans, and the music of Cuba and Brazil.
Understanding Clave in Latin and Caribbean Jazz: The trio demonstrates rhythm section approaches to Afro-Cuban genres, Puerto Rican bomba and plena, as well as Trinidadian calypso and soca; and explores clave as a cross-cultural phenomenon.
Creativity: An examination of the creative and democratic process of music composition and arranging, and how musicians nurture and develop their creativity, overcome obstacles, and organize themselves.
Brazilian Rhythms Workshop: An explanation and exploration of Brazilian rhythms beyond samba and bossa nova. Discover the richness of maracatu, forro, baião, frevo and more. Suitable for rhythm section and all instruments.
The Art of Small Group Performance: The trio addresses communication, the process of decision making, working together toward a unified musical concept, creating a unique voice, collaborating on composition and arranging, and strategies for marketing the small ensemble.
Contemporary Samba Clinic: Learn about the stylistic nuances of contemporary samba on the drum set, samba in odd meters, and implications of these rhythms for other instruments in the rhythm section.
Common Threads: New Orleans Second Line to the Parading Music of Cuba and Brazil: Through live and recorded musical examples, this illustrated lecture emphasizes the historical and living connections between the music early jazz styles of New Orleans, and the music of Cuba and Brazil.
Understanding Clave in Latin and Caribbean Jazz: The trio demonstrates rhythm section approaches to Afro-Cuban genres, Puerto Rican bomba and plena, as well as Trinidadian calypso and soca; and explores clave as a cross-cultural phenomenon.
Creativity: An examination of the creative and democratic process of music composition and arranging, and how musicians nurture and develop their creativity, overcome obstacles, and organize themselves.