Brazilian music artists

The University of Florida’s Brazilian Music Institute (BMI), directed by Dr. Welson Tremura and sponsored by the UF School of Music, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for World Arts, U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program, Dr. Madelyn Lockhart and Visit Gainesville, is now in its fourteenth year. Eeach year the BMI brings outstanding Brazilian musicians to Gainesville for an intensive week of instruction. BMI provides unique opportunities for singers, guitarists, percussionists, drummers, flutists, saxophonists and other instrumentalists to study with five exceptional musicians: Jorge Continentino (flute, saxophone, pífano), Ulisses Rocha (acoustic and electric guitars), Alexander Crook (drum set) and UF Professors Larry Crook (percussion) & Welson Tremura (voice/guitar).

The weeklong institute ends with a closing concert on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Squitieri Studio Theatre, located off the main lobby of the Phillips Center in Gainesville, Florida. Tickets for the closing concert, which features guest artists and selected BMI participants, are $17.