* CONCERT PRESENTER CHECKLIST *
PLENA LIBRE
Concert Presenter Checklist and Residency Options
Plena Libre would like to customize their performance for your setting. They are adept at
performing in a diversity of settings including festivals (jazz, world, latin, community; large and
small), theaters (large and small), clubs, universities and schools, and more. When speaking
with the agents at Mondo Mundo, please specify which elements you would like to make sure
are included in your performance request:
PRESENTATION
+ Begin pandero performance from the audience level and parade onto stage for dramatic
stage entrance
+ Significant use of folkloric elements such as the traditional hand drums and traditional
costume
+ Substantial explanations of the cultural context from the concert stage (also see
educational offering below)
+ Extended pieces for audience-members to dance
+ Inclusion of instrumental improvisation (well-suited for jazz festivals and venues)
+ Inclusion of salsa tunes (Plena Libre prides itself on playing music based on plena and
bomba, the real roots of Puerto Rico; but they can salsa with the best of them; well-suited for
audiences who are ready to dance salsa)
AUDIENCE INTERACTION
+Opportunities for call and response
+ Opportunities for the audience to sing along
+ Bringing volunteers from the audience on stage to dance in a traditional interaction with the
lead drummer
+ Pre- or Post- concert lecture/demonstration
+ Autographing CDs after the concert
+ Special reception for VIPs before or after the concert
EDUCATION (specify length)
+ K-8th grade workshop
+ High school workshop
+ College workshop
+ Master class for musicians
+ Extended residency (specific goals and elements, such as culminating student
performances, etc.)
Plena Libre would like to customize their performance for your setting. They are adept at
performing in a diversity of settings including festivals (jazz, world, latin, community; large and
small), theaters (large and small), clubs, universities and schools, and more. When speaking
with the agents at Mondo Mundo, please specify which elements you would like to make sure
are included in your performance request:
PRESENTATION
+ Begin pandero performance from the audience level and parade onto stage for dramatic
stage entrance
+ Significant use of folkloric elements such as the traditional hand drums and traditional
costume
+ Substantial explanations of the cultural context from the concert stage (also see
educational offering below)
+ Extended pieces for audience-members to dance
+ Inclusion of instrumental improvisation (well-suited for jazz festivals and venues)
+ Inclusion of salsa tunes (Plena Libre prides itself on playing music based on plena and
bomba, the real roots of Puerto Rico; but they can salsa with the best of them; well-suited for
audiences who are ready to dance salsa)
AUDIENCE INTERACTION
+Opportunities for call and response
+ Opportunities for the audience to sing along
+ Bringing volunteers from the audience on stage to dance in a traditional interaction with the
lead drummer
+ Pre- or Post- concert lecture/demonstration
+ Autographing CDs after the concert
+ Special reception for VIPs before or after the concert
EDUCATION (specify length)
+ K-8th grade workshop
+ High school workshop
+ College workshop
+ Master class for musicians
+ Extended residency (specific goals and elements, such as culminating student
performances, etc.)
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