The Paranimf of the University hosted, Sunday 26 March, the VII Percussion Meeting of Catalonia, in which a hundred students from different music schools and conservatories in the country participated.
The previous meeting had taken place on 2019 in Vic and it hadn't started again since the pandemic.
A hundred students from the Bellpuig music schools, Plugs, the Garrigues, Mollerussa, Tarrega, Viladecavalls and the music schools and conservatories of Cervera, Even, Manresa, Sabadell, Tarragona, Terrassa and Tortosa, alongside fifteen teachers they shared experiences, repertoires i the·excitement in a very intense day.
During the morning, body percussion workshops were held - by Sílvia García de Ves -, Percussion Circle - Pau Gimeno- and Kalimbes - by Robert Armengol.
And in the afternoon the meeting culminated with a concert at the Paranimf of the University of Cervera with a sample of the morning's workshops, as well as with the interpretation of two soundtracks specially arranged by Carles Gumí for this occasion.
Finally, the hundred students stand on stage to perform a body percussion show, exemplifying that the future of this instrumental specialty is more than assured.
We must thank the center's percussion teacher, Aleydis Serra, and to the faculty of the Conservatory for being able to organize an activity of such a volume as this, which also has an impact on beer establishments and helps to revitalize the city.
Information provided by Santi River (Cervera Conservatory).