May 14

May 14 Epi 67 Ami Molinelli

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Bio:

Ami Molinelli is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and Latin percussion.

Ami received her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Her performance and recording credits include theater, television (NBC). She is a freelance performing artist as well. She is endorsed by Latin Percussion (LP) and Rhythm Tech.

Here last album, História do Choro with Duo Violão Brasl + 1 was released in 2019 and was celebrated as one of the best jazz albums from the Bay Area for 2019. (Andy Gilbert, San Jose Mercury News)

She co-leads the Brazilian and Jazz ensemble, Grupo Falso Baiano with three albums to their credit: “Depois” released in 2017, “Simplicidade – Live at Yoshi’s” and “Viajando em Choro e Jazz.” Grupo Falso Baiano have been featured on NPR’s the California Report, Radio Latina and Pandora LIVE!

Her percussion curriculum has been used and published in clinics and education workshops including the Los Angeles Philharmonic,The San Francisco Jazz Center, Los Angeles Music Center, Music in Schools Today, Young Audiences of Northern California, UFBA Ouro Preto, Brasil, HeadStart (San Mateo County), Los Angeles Music Academy, California Brazil Camp, Jazz Camp West, etc. Her curriculum, “Recycled Rhythm” was created for her artist residency of 7 years at the Los Angeles Music Center. Currently Ami is a music integration and curriculum specialist with organizations such as The San Francisco Jazz Center, Living Jazz and San Francisco Unified School District.

Links:

Ami will be giving a pandeiro workshop at California Jazz Conservatory May 31st, 2020. I plan to answer questions on tuning, tricking out your pandeiro and rhythms. Not really an intro but "dig deeper" class.
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/intro-to-pandeiro-with-ami-molinelli/Event?oid=29315015

Ami will be giving a class on the history of bossa nova and jazz with professor Sherry Keith (special guests Jovino Santos Neto, Claudia Villela, and more!) May 24th, 2020.
https://healdsburgjazz.org/

Ami’s website
http://www.amimo.com/

Ami’s Frame Drum festival
https://www.norcaldrum.com/

Free História do Choro free download!!!
https://soundcloud.com/user-78474801/sets/historia-do-choro/s-aFqk9

Ami’s Music First Nonprofit
https://www.musicisfirst.com/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ami.molinellihart

Choro group Falso Baiano
http://www.falsobaiano.com

Documentary about Choro
https://youtu.be/Io1sOXC-Wqw