Sea Horse Ranch Travel
& News, April 2015
Celebrate International Jazz Day and Music Education
International Jazz Day is celebrated annually on April 30 with simultaneous events
around the world. It is organized by UNESCO to honor “the virtues of jazz as an
educational tool, and a force for peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced
cooperation among people“.
The events in Cabarete will
include free concerts in the afternoon with students from the “Casa de Arte de
Sosúa” String Program, and "Escuela Libre Monte de la Jagua" of Moca
to be held in the neighborhoods of La Ciénaga and the Callejón de la Loma.
In the evening at 6pm, a
fundraising event will be held at The Beach Club at Sea Horse Ranch, which will
include a jazz concert by the talented Rafaelito Mirabal and “Systema
Temperado”, and a fashion show. Tickets are $100 usd and proceeds will benefit
the FEFUJAZZ music program.
FEDUJAZZ is a non-profit
foundation whose main objective it is to bring about social change through
music education of Dominican youth. The FEDUJAZZ music program aims to educate
and expose Dominican children ages 7-18 with structured music programs that
enhance their overall education and learning, and increase their opportunities
in life.
FEDUJAZZ has a new space to
call home in Cabarete in a rental building which offers classroom and
administrative space. Currently there are over fifty students being provided
free musical instruction and training, under the instruction of music professor
from Santiago, Jefry Casimiro, with program oversight from Santy Rodriguez from
Santo Domingo.
