Guided Roda de Choro

Regional Samaúma – Guided Roda de Choro (Fall 2025)
Location: World Arts East, 115 W 29th St, Suite #1106, New York, NY 10001
Schedule: Saturdays, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dates: September 13 – November 15, 2025 (10 sessions total)

Regional Samaúma offers a guided group Roda de Choro in New York City, designed to immerse musicians in the choro playing style while fostering community through shared musical practice. This guided Roda de Choro promotes both the repertoire and spirit of choro as a living tradition with deep historical roots.

Led by instructors Fernanda Silveira (cavaquinho) and Fabio Oliveira (pandeiro), the guided group Roda de Choro meets weekly and includes hands-on instruction in ensemble settings typical of a Roda de Choro. This Fall for 2025, we are joined by the great Cesar Garabini (7-string guitar) for our guitar instruction.

Special Masterclasses

This fall, we are thrilled to offer three exclusive masterclasses, co-led by guest artists alongside Regional Samaúma:

• 🎶 Vitor Gonçalves (accordion) – September 20, 2025

• 🎼 Anat Cohen (clarinet) – October 11, 2025

• 🎹 Henrique Eisenmann (piano) – November 8, 2025

Note: Masterclasses are included at no additional cost for students enrolled in all 10 regular sessions.

Participant Guidelines

• Harmony instruments should be able to comp and read chord symbols.

• Melody instruments should be fluent in reading standard notation.

• This guided group Roda de Choro is ideal for intermediate to advanced players, whether already familiar with choro or new to the genre (especially classical and jazz musicians seeking to expand their stylistic fluency).

Please arrive 15 minutes early and bring:

• Your instrument

• Printed sheet music or a tablet

• A music stand