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It’s that time of year when the MCC’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeships<\/a> are wrapping up for the year. As part of the grant program, recipients are required to share what they have learned in a public presentation. This coming Sunday, May 19th, two master\/apprentice teams will perform musical selections and share some of the joys and challenges of transmitting musical heritage. The free presentation takes place at Lowell National Historical Park<\/a> Visitor Center theater, 246 Market Street and will begin at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Two continents. Two ancient percussive traditions. And two young people with the good fortune to be born into musical familes headed by master musicians. Balla Kouyat\u00e9<\/span><\/span> <\/a>is a virtuoso player of the balafon, the ancient West African ancester of the xylophone and marimba.\u00a0Above,\u00a0you see him teaching his son Sekou the balafon.<\/p>\n

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Sixto “Tito” Ayala <\/a>comes from a legendary music and dance institution in Puerto Rico – the Ayala family. He is pictured here teaching a\u00a0conga rhythm to\u00a0his daughter Estefany Navarro.<\/p>\n

Come see and hear how\u00a0West African djeli<\/em> music and Puerto Rican bomba & plena<\/em> are being passed on from one generation to the next.<\/p>\n

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