Presented by Jalopy Theatre

Saturday, June 11, 2022
The Jalopy Theatre & School of Music
(315 Columbia St., Brooklyn, NY 11231)

The Brooklyn International Music Festival, which takes place entirely at the Jalopy Theatre, is a two-day celebration of the music and culture of the diverse ethnic communities of New York City. Through dance, music, workshops, and lectures, this festival presents an array of international and diasporic musical traditions extant in NYC and how they are sustained and evolve within the immigrant communities of the city. It seeks to highlight the pancultural experience of how musical traditions are maintained outside their homelands in NYC.

This year, the festival will present Iraqi maqam, Georgian harmonies, Korean percussion, Haitian Folk, traditional Chinese music, Son Huasteca, Guinean Afro-Jazz, and more!

Traditional Korean Drumming Workshop by Vong Pak at 5 PM

Korean drumming, aka Pungmul or Samulnori, has been developed from agricultural society of Korea. Traditionally, Korean use drumming to encourage labor force, to unify community, and to celebrate their ritual. Vong Pak’s Korean Drum Workshop still carries the Korean drum spirit, and it focuses to engage with our New York neighborhood. Music is fun! Music is a language and strong communication tool! We listen each other, know each other, and encourage each other in the Korean drum circle! The workshop is open for every ethnic, religion, and gender and politic. The workshop is for the fundamental and practical technique for beginner. Each participant will learn basic theory of Pungmul and Korean percussive instruments, such as Janggu (hour glass shaped drum), Jing (large gong), Kwenggari (small gong), and buck (barrel drum).

Vong Pak’s Binari with BK-Gut performance at 8 PM
(Doors open at 6:30 PM)

Vong Pak is a freelance teaching artist. He currently lectures about Korean music at the Manhattan School of Music and the Cambridge Ridge Latin School. Vong has served as a panelist for MTA MUSIC auditions and the Brooklyn Arts Council Grants. He is a finalist for the 2012 NYFA Fellowship and holds a MFA Theatre Directing degree from the University of Essex, U.K. More info at www.Koreandrum.org.

To lean more about the event, please visit https://www.viewcy.com/o/thebrooklyninterna.

Jalopy will be following all state and city distancing and capacity guidelines, along with providing UV powered air filtration and adequate ventilation. Jalopy will also be requiring all who attend to show us proof of the following:
Being fully vaccinated and it has been 14 days or longer since your final shot, OR
You had a PCR test administered in the last 3 days and the result was negative, OR You had an antigen test administered in the last 6 hours and the result was negative.
Attendees must follow all mask, distancing and hand washing guidelines when in attendance.

Vong Pak’s Binari with BK-Gut (The 7th Annual Brooklyn International Music Festival)