AFRO-COLOMBIAN PERCUSSION WORKSHOP WITH JANER AMARÍS & CRISTIAN CASTILLO FOLLOWING MARTINA CAMARGO’S CONCERT AT SOUNDS, COLOMBIAN TAMBOREROS JANER AMARÍS AND CRISTIAN CASTILLO LEAD A PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP EXPLORING THE RHYTHMS, DRUMS AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN COAST. JANER IS A TRADITIONAL PERCUSSIONIST, EDUCATOR, RESEARCHER AND CULTURAL MANAGER WHO SPENT MORE THAN 15 YEARS AS A TAMBORERO WITH LEGENDARY SINGER PETRONA MARTÍNEZ, INCLUDING PARTICIPATING IN HER 2021 LATIN GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUM ANCESTRAS. HE IS LEAD DRUMMER FOR ANÓNIMAS & RESILIENTES: VOCES DEL BULLERENGUE, NOMINATED FOR THE LATIN GRAMMYS IN 2019 AND 2025, AND HAS ACCOMPANIED MARTINA CAMARGO ON TAMBOR ALEGRE/CURRULAO SINCE 2016. IN 2016, HE FOUNDED TAMBORES DE LAMBA TO PRESERVE AFRO-INDIGENOUS CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE. TOGETHER WITH CRISTIAN CASTILLO, JANER WILL GUIDE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH TRADITIONAL PERCUSSION TECHNIQUES, RHYTHMIC PATTERNS, ENSEMBLE PLAYING AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT BEHIND THE MUSIC. OPEN TO BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED MUSICIANS. NO PREVIOUS PERCUSSION EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.