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Rumba de la MUSA is a diasporic collective of artists who gather around the voice of the Caribbean drum. Our community encompasses members from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Chile, Panama, Colombia, and the US. La Rumba de la Musa is a multi-generational group of musicians, composed of long-standing pillars of the NYC Rumba scene as well a young group of rising stars. This event is part of the MUSA Critical Series supported by NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Creative Research Fund.
Rumba de la Musa performs traditional Afro-Cuban Rumba, a musical form with roots in the African and European musical traditions that coalesced in Cuba sometime around the end of the 19th century. Rumba is interpreted by a lead singer and a chorus of voices that engage in call-and-response singing. They are accompanied by three conga drums and various percussion that play intricate, polyrhythmic parts. Though there are strict rules that govern the structure of Rumba, it is a highly improvisatory and nuanced musical form in which the singers, drummers, and dancers co-create each musical moment.
Musicians:
Román Díaz
Alfredito (Pesca'o) Viamonte YORUBA ENKENE
Jainardo Batista
Keesha Brown
Lua Arroyo
Orlando Carr
Dylan Blanchard
Sebastian López
Artistic Direction:
Giancarlo Luiggi & Luis Rincón Alba (Co-Artistic Direction)
Camila Falquez (Staging and Set Design)
Diorlenis Rodríguez (DP)
Fran Rios (Lighting and Camera)