Join Rosi Amador for a hands-on celebration of Latin rhythms, voice, and collective sound. Discover the orchestra within!  You’ll explore…

• Cuban salsa, Afro-Puerto Rican bomba, Afro-Uruguayan candombe, Brazilian rhythm games, and Venezuelan joropo
• Playful vocal and body-percussion patterns woven with rhythmic improvisation
• How to recreate the sounds of instruments, including piano (drum), barril, cua, chico, repique, claves, congas, maracas, campana (cowbell), and more
• Vocal improvisation techniques from the beloved Brazilian troupe Música do Círculo

In this dynamic workshop, Rosi Amador will guide you through select vocal percussion and improvisation techniques inspired by Caribbean and South American rhythms. You’ll embody the sounds of a Cuban salsa band, a Puerto Rican bomba group, and much more. No experience is necessary — just your voice, your body, and your curiosity.

In addition to improvisation, participants will learn a song in the workshop which they are invited to sing along with the band in the evening concert. 

About Rosi Amador:

Rosi Amador is a Puerto Rican/Argentine vocalist, percussionist, and educator with over 17 years of study in vocal improvisation and body percussion with world-renowned teachers, including her primary mentor Rhiannon (a close collaborator of Bobby McFerrin). She attended Bobby McFerrin’s Circle Singing School in 2022 and also studied Latin vocal percussion with one of the founders of Vocal Sampling, the groundbreaking Cuban ensemble known for recreating entire salsa bands using only the human voice.

Rosi cofounded her first Latin band with her husband Brian Amador in 1984. Together, they founded Sol y Canto in 1994, now celebrating its 31st anniversary. She regularly teaches this workshop across the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Spain.