Graduate Music Student Adolfo Mendon莽a Completes Masterclass Tour in Brazil
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
USF graduate jazz studies student Adolfo Mendon莽a taught four masterclasses in the Brazilian cities of Sao Paulo, Cubatao, and Guarulhos in October.
Mendon莽a鈥檚 class, titled 鈥淛azz Language and Teaching,鈥� taught the differences between Brazilian music and jazz language, the tradition of improvisation in American music, and Medonca鈥檚 personal thoughts on American and Brazilian teaching.
Mendon莽a also incorporated concepts of form and harmony, differences between popular music and classical music, and accents and articulation in jazz into the classes.
Schools that hosted for Mendon莽a for his masterclass tour included Faculdade Souza Lima, ETMD Ivanildo Rebou莽as, Faculdade Santa Marcelina, and the City Conservatory of Guarulhos.