The Betsy Writer's Room Escribe Aquí program celebrates the literature and composition of artists from Latin America.
7PM: Liliana Zambrano presents Dive Into Spanish Level 3 – a colorful approach to learning the language and a practical tool for adults who want to speak this beautiful language.
Liliana was born in Pasto Colombia, worked in Market Research for 10 years and has lived in Miami Beach for 15 years. She studied English at Miami Dade College and Notre Dame College of Maryland in Baltimore. She has dedicated herself to teaching Spanish to adults for 11 years. Through this experience she has been able to understand many students’ needs in their search to speak Spanish and has written a series of four books as tools to understand and interpret the Spanish language utilizing the concept of Metalanguage. This consists of going beyond the literal translation, analyzing the way of thinking and the cultural context of the Hispanic speakers. Her books seek to be a simple and fun guide to pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and practice that motivate people to persist in their goal to speak Spanish, and this facilitates clear, effective and harmonious communication between the Hispanic and English speaking community.
Books: Simple Latin American Spanish Phrases: Of love and other things… (2012), Dive Into Spanish Level 1 (2010), Dive Into Spanish Level 2 (2014), Dive Into Spanish Level 3 Forthcoming on July 2017
8PM: The South Beach Chamber Ensemble presents works by Latin American Composers Torrente, del Águila and Golijov.
Al Torrente Hospital Suite and Manisero Fantasy, Miguel del Águila Life is a Dream and Osvaldo Golijov Tenebrae
Tony Seepersad, violin
Ericmar Perez, violin
Amanda Diaz, viola
Michael Andrews, cello
Angela Maleh, cello
ABOUT THE COMPOSERS
Born in Cuba, Al Torrente came to this country at age eleven and grew up in Miami, playing in bands as a guitar and trumpet player. After graduating from the University of Miami with a Theory and Composition degree, he taught at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, teaching Composition and Arranging. Al received a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in Jazz Composition. Currently Al is a Band Director in Westchester, NY. Both of Al's pieces were written for the South Beach Chamber Ensemble.
Three-time Grammy nominated American composer Miguel del Aguila was born 1957 in Montevideo, Uruguay. In more than 100 works that couple drama and driving rhythm with nostalgic nods to his South American roots, he has established himself as one of the most distinctive and highly regarded composers of his generation.
Osvaldo Golijov grew up in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, Argentina. Born to a piano teacher mother and physician father, Golijov was raised surrounded by classical chamber music, Jewish liturgical and klezmer music, and the new tango of Astor Piazzolla. After studying piano at the local conservatory and composition with Gerardo Gandini he moved to Israel in 1983, where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy and immersed himself in the colliding musical traditions of that city. Upon moving to the United States in 1986, Golijov earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with George Crumb, and was a fellow at Tanglewood, studying with Oliver Knussen.
The May 16 concert at the Betsy Hotel is free.
The event is free and open to the community, but your RSVP is requested.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Liliana Zambrano was born in Pasto, Colombia and graduated as a psychologist from the University of Los Andes, Bogota specializing in market research. She lives in Miami Beach and has dedicated herself to teaching Spanish. Through this experience she has been able to understand many students’ needs in their search to speak this beautiful language. Her series of books, Diving into Spanish (1 to 3) were born to solve the needs of beginners for a simple guide to pronunciation and basic vocabulary.