< Back to front page Text size – +

'Playing and Learning Latin Rhythms,' Cambridge, March 16

Print | Comments () Posted by Jen Clark Estes February 27, 2013 09:43 AM

Tweet
E-mail

Join musician Maura Mendoza at Harvard's Peabody Museum for an interactive workshop that explores the tradition of Latin music. During this event, Mendoza adapts her world music repertoire to introduce children to Latin American rhythms in a fun and interactive style. She performs Latin American children's classics, and shows how to keep the beat with the egg shaker, tambourine, and maracas. Participants can make their own maracas and take them home. With a rich background influenced by her upbringing in El Salvador and Panama, Mendoza grew up in a family that welcomed artists and musicians from Latin America. Her music is the result of this musical heritage. Sat., March 16, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Toddlers through age 7, accompanied by an adult. Free with Museum admission. Adults, $12; 65+, $10; ages 3- 18, $8; students with ID, $10; Harvard students and 1 guest, free; under 3, free. Reservations required; online reservations begin March 1. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge. www.peabody.harvard.edu

Tweet
E-mail

About Parent Buzz

Welcome to Parent Buzz, where you can read about and discuss the hot parenting issues of the day, find family-friendly events in Boston and beyond, and get parenting tidbits and tips.

Browse this blog

by category

Contributors

Kristi Palma, Boston.com Moms producer, is the mom of a kindergartner and a preschooler. She is a writer who enjoys cooking her grandmother's Italian recipes (when her son isn't launching paper airplanes into them). Follow her on Twitter @kristipalma.

Jennifer Clark Estes is a teacher, writer, blogger, and the mother of four young children. In her free time, she blogs at A Mom's World, plays with the kids (or chauffeurs them around), and is desperately seeking a quiet spot so she can read a book. Follow her on Twitter @JenniferCEstes.