Visiting Artist Series Marcelo Torres Masterclass A look at the contemporary bass in Argentine music Born in Buenos Aires on May 12, 1960. Self-taught musical studies. His main instrument is the 6-string electric bass, he also plays guitar, double bass and piano. He joined the group Tantor, outstanding rock group with whom he recorded the L.P "Magic and Natural" and made numerous performances among which stand out the Festival of Solidaridad and B.A.Rock in 1982, He integrated different formations of instrumental music such as: Paulatino, Raffo IV, El Guevo (both formations with keyboardist Juan Raffo), El Trueno, 86 Up (with Sebastian Peyceré, Oscar Feldman and Adrian laies), Francisco Rivero Cuarteto, Mario Parmisano Quartet, duet with renowned keyboardist Juan Carlos "Mono" Fontana. In the mid-80s Marcelo made many sessions and performances with Julia Zenko, Marcelo San Juan, Roque Narvaja, Ruben Rada, Osvaldo Fattoruso, Claudia Puyo, Maria Rosa Yorio, Ruben Goldin among others. This Masterclass, arises as a personal need to share knowledge and experiences collected through more than three decades of musical activity / teaching. Thanks to the different experiences in rock groups, contemporary music, fusion, experimental music, classical, jazz, tango, folklore, in which | have participated, my perspective as a self- taught musician has deepened, expanded and greatly enriched. For this reason my intention in this meeting is to exchange this knowledge with the participating audience. It is my greatest wish that the exchange of ideas and contents poured into the Masterclass enrich and encourage the creativity of all participants, and that they develop, investigate and elaborate their own ideas on the presented material. The Master Class is aimed for those bass players / musicians who just start and for those who already have some degree of experience. For beginners, | hope this meeting is inspiring. For the advanced ones, they will find new ideas and knowledge of great help for their continuous musical training. The topics will be presented and developed according to the interest and feed- back of those present, being able to suffer these variations, omissions and or replacements of the original pro- gram. Rhythms of Carnavalito, Chacarera, Zamba, Candombe, Milonga and Tango. Most used rhythmic patterns. Performance of musical themes as an example. Monday, September 24 l I 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Berk Hall, 1A TS 1140 Boylston Street IS Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the Argentine ARGENTINE FUND OF CULTURAL AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE NATION: Co-Sponsored by LMS Coordinated by Oscar Stagnaro é Student Coordinators: Martin Guas and Joana Obieta Minaterio de Cutura Presidencia de la Nacion