Larry & Joe Concert & Workshop

Don't miss your chance to see **Llanera superstar Larry Bellorín** (Venezuela) and **Latingrass GRAMMY-nominee Joe Troop** (North Carolina) at the Buckland Public Hall for an intimate concert. Musicians of all levels are also invited to participate in a pre-concert workshop beginning at 4pm.

**Concert: 7-9PM**

Join **Larry & Joe** at the Buckland Public Hall for an evening of music without borders. Reimagining their two musical traditions, **Llanera superstar Larry Bellorín** (Venezuela) and **Latingrass GRAMMY-nominee Joe Troop** (North Carolina) play harp, banjo, fiddle, cuatro, maracas, guitar, upright bass, and sing to inspire joy and unity.

Sliding scale concert admission: $20 - 60

**Pre-concert Workshop: 4PM**

Gabán / Latin Strings / Venezuelan Strings

During this afternoon workshop, Larry & Joe will teach attendees a two-chord gabán, a fundamental rhythmic and harmonic structure of the musical style, la música llanera. Participants will learn how strings are used percussively through muting and golpes to create the iconic joropo feel. Though Larry & Joe will use the cuatro (an instrument intrinsically bound to the Venezuelan identity) as a teaching tool, this language is translatable to other string instruments like the banjo.

Workshop open to musicians of all-levels. Instruments welcome and encouraged but not required.

Sliding scale workshop & concert admission: $40 - 80

**Larry & Joe** is the duo of **Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín** (Monagas, Venezuela) and **GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime star Joe Troop** (Winston-Salem, North Carolina). These two virtuosic multi-instrumentalists fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas to prove that music has no borders. Their engaging bilingual (esp / eng) program includes storytelling, humor, singalongs, and dancing.