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Overview | Music | Venue | Hotel
 Beleza Brazil (formerly Grupo Saveiro), twice voted "the best Brazilian group in the United States" by the Brazilian International Press Association, the group has performed at the annual Brazilian Independence Day celebration in Manhattan, at Lincoln Center "Midsummer Night Swing," at the Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art "First Saturday," Irving Plaza, Manhattan Center, Windows On The World and many other venues. Based in New York, they perform regularly at festivals, clubs and events throughout the East Coast. Individual group members have countless years experience in Rio's most famous Samba Schools.
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For sound sample, click here. (RealPlayer required)
 Acadêmicos da Opera, is Austin's Samba School composed of a multitude of local drummers and dancers trained in performing authentic renditions of Rio's great carnaval groups, the escolas de samba. Director Robert Patterson, leader of Sambaxe among other Austin Brazilian groups, spends many weeks each year in Brazil learning new drum techniques and rhythms which he transmits to the group's members in long, dedicated hours of rehearsing. They offer a great taste of the amazing sound of Rio's legendary carnaval parades.
For an Acadêmicos sound sample, click here.
If you want to get involved with this great new Austin group,
go to their website on the downbeat, here.
Like Drums?
We have added an interesting dissection of Rio's samba school
drum sections, the baterias, explaining their makeup, their role
in the parade, etc. Complete with photos and sound! Click here.
E-mail: click here
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