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Choro Guys Press Release - From a new Brazilian Chorinho ensemble
in St. Louis What: Choro Guys, plays live music from Brazil Where: The performances are done in night clubs, festivals, private events and more... The music from Choro Guys: * The Choro Guys features a trio, and it is under the direction of Mo Marchini, a native of Brazil, who has been playing in the Midwest area for over 20 years. * Choro (or Chorinho), a richly melodic sound driven by string instruments like guitar, mandolin, violin and the cavaquinho and some percussion. For more instruments Click here * Choro Guys enjoys a following through its direct mailing list, e-mail list, web-page, press releases to local and national media, press clippings and radio/TV interviews. * Upon request, The Choro Guys will be performing others music styles from the peoples of Brazil. Little history about Choro: Much of the success of this style of music came from the early days of radio, when bands performed live on the air. By the 1960s it had evolved into urban samba. However, in the late 1970s there was a successful effort to revitalize the genre, through TV-sponsored nation-wide festivals in 1977 and 1978, which attracted a new, younger generation of musicians. Thanks in great part to these efforts, choro music remains strong in Brazil. More recently, choro has attracted the attention of musicians in the United States, such as Mike Marshall and Maurita Murphy Mead, who have brought this kind of music to a new audience. Most Brazilian classical composers recognize the sophistication of choro and its major importance in Brazilian instrumental music. Radamés Gnattali said it was the most sophisticated instrumental popular music in the world. Heitor Villa-Lobos defined choro as the true incarnation of Brazilian soul. Notably, both composers had some of their music inspired by choro, bringing it to the classical tradition. According to Aquiles Rique Reis (a Brazilian singer), ”Choro is classical music played with bare feet and callus on the hands” The Musicians from Choro Guys Derek Pardue: Accoustic guitar, cavaquinho, percussion. Craig Myers: Mandolin, violin. Mo Marchini: Cavaquinho & percussion. For more information please contact: Mo Marchini Phone number: (314) 477-6226 or (773) 661-4126 Email: moacyr@hotmail.com - Web-page: www.choroguys.com |
