Wayanay

Spanish World Academy

July 26 2008

Post-Concert

To see Wayanay perform, click the musical instruments.

Wayanay Inka

Peru, heart of the Inka culture in South America, has presented us with a priceless gift: the musical group WAYANAY INKA. Founded July 4, 1984 in Lima-Peru,

they have established a firm international reputation for being among the finest ambassadors of Andean music.

WAYANAY INKA plays music from the Andes of Peru and all of Latin America. They perform traditional songs, which the musicians rearrange to create a unique style, as well as original compositions.

The group presents full‑scale stage productions and lecture/performances for schools, directs student workshops, and can also provide musical training. On a regular basis, the group plays for concerts, festivals, museums, universities, schools, theaters, shopping centers, clubs, restaurants and private parties,

Through remarkable talent, intimate knowledge of their culture, and passionate drive, WAYANAY INKA fills theaters and auditoriums internationally while preserving down‑to‑earth humility and love for human contact at the personal level. The Quechua word Wayanay means, "swallow”. It is also the name of an ancient rural community located in the heights of the Andes, far removed from the reaches of technology. This community endures to this day, vigorously full of life, alongside the rain and the snow, next to the fire of the sunset, reaching out through the years for a better tomorrow.

THE MUSICAL WORKSHOP

This musical workshop will provide students with a unique opportunity to learn how the Andean panpipes and flutes are made, learn of the materials that are used to build them, and more importantly, how these instruments are played.

The group performs traditional music of the Andes of Peru and Latin America in indigenous and colorful customs. Each song performed has a special meaning in Andean folklore, which Wayanay Inka expresses and explains.

The Incas are remembered for a number of reasons: for the strength and character of emperors; for the gold and silver they wrested from the cold Andes; for the panpipes and drums of their eerie, breathy music; for the few words they contributed to the English language, like quinine and alpaca; for the image of a farmer, in a woven cap and poncho, herding llamas along a wind-blown ridge.

Therefore, this workshop will include an in depth discussion of the Inca culture beliefs, tradition, and its philosophy as well as a comparison with the Andean culture today. Audiences will learn more about some of the world's oldest and most diverse classical traditions with these artists and take a trip through Peru=s regions, cultures, children' s stories, dance forms and musical heritage, and history. Slides are used to show images of modern and ancient Peru.

This workshop and WAYANAY INKA performance will be an enlightening and exciting cultural experience. It can be adjusted to any school age, from preschool to university students.

The purpose of WAYANAY INKA is to introduce and educate the world about the richness of the Andean Culture, to nurture future audiences for the arts, to stimulate individual interest in artistic performance and give young people an appreciation of a different culture.

Joyce Bernau-Enriquez

Performing that evening with WAYANAY INKA, as guest artist, is Joyce Bernau-Enriquez. She is a vocalist, music director and educator in Rhode Island. Her singing career spans the globe nationally from California to New York, where she recently represented Peru at the United Nations, and internationally in England and in South America.

Wayanay Inka

THE MUSICAL WORKSHOP

Joyce Bernau-Enriquez

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