Over 50 musicians unite in flash mob A flash mob of over 50 young musicians aged between 11 and 25 years old from World Heart Beat Music Academy and Brazilian orchestra Maré do Amanhã took shoppers by surprise at the newly restored Battersea Power Station one Saturday in July. The group performed a spontaneous and […]
Tag: Brazil
Aleh Ferreira – Viola Caipira
Kicking off this month (March), Brazilian singer-songwriter Aleh Ferreira will be teaching Viola Caipira (Brazilian 10-stringed guitar) to sixteen Year 7 students at Harris Academy, Battersea as part of the World Heart Beat Online Music Programme. Aleh is best known as the front man of legendary Brazilian funk band Banda Black Rio. His warm, distinctive voice, […]
Latin Jam 2 Festival
Join us: Nine Elms, on Saturday 28 August World Heart Beat Music Academy will be holding Brazilian Rhythm Workshops for young people (aged 6 – 25 years) plus a performance by Charlles Andre Souza De Almeida (known as Charlles Junior) and his Samba Band (plus World Heart Beat musicians) at the Latin Jam 2 Festival in Nine Elms, on Saturday 28 August. Charlles Junior Charlles Junior is a gifted Brazilian […]