Music as a Social Transformative Tool, Santiago Carvajal and Flora Zenit

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Date & Time: September 23 •4:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: Virtual
Arts and Culture

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The presenters will be Zooming in from Costa Rica to discuss the power of music to inspire social change.

Keynote Speakers

Santiago Carvajal

Santiago Carvajal

Santiago Carvajal is a multi-instrumentalist from Uruguay and Costa Rica. He has played in different venues in Europe and Latin America, playing diverse original music, including meditative, reggae, and fusion; he currently focuses on music production with local musicians.

 

Flora Zenit

Flora Zenit

Flora Zenit, a multi-instrumentalist musician, is deeply inspired by nature. Her facilitation of music improvisation circles and kirtan is a testament to her passion for medicinal music, meditation music, and world and Latin-American rhythms. Her technical degree in botany further fuels her art, making her a source of inspiration for many.

Event Description

Santiago Carvajal and Flora Zenit will share three original songs and videos and discuss their initiatives, social transformation, and preservation of their environment. The music is inspired by the catchy rhythms and activist Afrobeat lyrics of Feka Kuti.

Their presentation will focus on the different cultures in the Caribbean that participate in these songs. Flora Martínez created the idea of the song begins with the phrase that is the driving force of this project: “A conscious people values what they have and defends it,” followed by Carlos Hidalgo, who makes an invocation in the Cabécar indigenous language, Memo —— and Mateo —— add the Caribbean sound in Creolle English. Together, they invite us to reflect on the true abundance and wealth of Puerto Viejo.

Santiago Carvajal, the arranger and producer of the song, has extensive experience in musical projects committed to community and has worked with many local and international artists:

  • Beta Pardo and Mario Vega, Musicians of the band Sonámbulo Psicotropical;
  • Renato Conejo, drummer of Mansa riddim;
  • Fer Lagger of Fer Lagger Ska band; Claudio Ambroso of Plan B;
  • Momo Valverde of Cantoamerica.

Puerto Viejo has it all: jungle, clean rivers, sea, live corals, wild animals, cultural diversity, picturesque architecture, fertile land, and clean air. We invite tourism development but not the deterioration of these riches, which is why Puerto Viejo and its surroundings are a paradise. It is an invitation to preserve the essence of the place, to rescue the identity, as well as an urgent call to become aware of the jewel that we have, that we have the responsibility to protect before it is too late, for harmonious and regenerative development on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation.

For more information, please email artivism@adelphi.edu.

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