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Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Aguinaldo - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Aguinaldo
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable…
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
The Raíces Crew with Gabriel Muñoz
Raíces Cultural Center co-founders Nicole Wines and Francisco G. Gómez with Gabriel Muñoz after his performance at the Forum Theatre.
Screenshot from “Relief, Renewal & Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath”
Screenshot from the premiere screening of the first Raíces Cultural Center produced documentary “Relief, Renewal & Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath”. This frame pictures Noemi Chaparro, director of the new organization…
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas with Francisco G. Gómez
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez with members and friends of Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas. Raíces was proud to present Gabriel Muñoz & Melodias Borinqueñas, as they shared their traditional Jíbaro music from Puerto Rico as…
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series - Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas
On September 22, 2018, Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas shared the traditional Jíbaro mountain music of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ as part of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series.
Gabriel Muñoz was born in Puerto Rico in…
José Gabriel Muñoz
Gabriel Muñoz sings and plays the Puerto Rican folkloric Jibaro music at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ, sharing the tradition of the island where he was born with his neighbors from his current state of residence, New Jersey.
Playing for Puerto Rico
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas play for Puerto Rican disaster relief and recovery support. Along with all other musicians who played at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, the group helped raise funds for our sustainable relief support…
Cecilia López
Cecelia López performed as a guest artist with Melodías Borinqueñas, traveling from Puerto Rico for musical collaborations. Cecelia shared not only her beautiful voice, but also her story of her experience during and after Hurricane María’s…
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas share their talents, knowledge and cultural traditions with an audience in Central NJ.
Cuatro
Gabriel Muñoz playing the Puerto Rican cuatro as he introduces Jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ.
Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas playing traditional Puerto Rican Jíbaro music at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ.
Guitar
Anibal Ortiz of Melodías Borinqueñas plays the guitar, keeping the rhythm for aguinaldos and seis chorreaos.
Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez playing bongo with Melodías Borinqueñas at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Rhythm and Percussion
In Puerto Rican Jíbaro music, some of the instruments include the congas and the guitar, both keeping the rhythm of the songs.
Gabriel Muñoz
Gabriel Muñoz was born in Puerto Rico in 1976. When he was 2, his family moved to New Jersey, where he grew up and still resides. He was introduced to the cuatro—a traditional Puerto Rican musical instrument similar to the mandolin—at the age of 14.…
Jíbaro Music - A Puerto Rican Folkloric Tradition
At the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series presentation at the Forum Theatre, September 2018, Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas, introduced the Puerto Rican folk music genre of Jíbaro music to Raíces Cultural Center’s community in Central NJ. to…
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas performing traditional Jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ in September of 2018. This performance was part of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series and helped to…
Habana Province - Old Havana street
Busy street in Old Havana in front of the Capitol building.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Bombazo
Bomba is community! Students from the audience were invited up to dance bomba before the drum with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Dancing Plena at Paul Robeson School
Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed bomba and plena and presented about the tradition of Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico, an Afropuertorican folkloric tradition. After the interactive performance, participants had the opportunity to dance and…
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Paul Robeson School Assembly
As part of the 2009 Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico arts residency program, the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed their vejigantes presentation at Paul Robeson Community Theme School for the Arts in New Brunswick, NJ. Students learned about…
Raíces 2010 Newsletter (6 pages)
Page 1 of the Raíces 2010 Newsletter. Article about the Hip Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange Program.