Cultural Study and Exchange

By creating an international network and bringing artists together through music, RCW hopes to foster cultural exchange and awareness.

RCW has sponsored three successful cultural study and exchange trips to Cuba since 1999. Approximately 25 people travel for two weeks on a cultural exchange visa to study the folkloric drum, dance and song of the Arara and Yoruban cultures in Mantanzas and Habana. Studying with the Baro family in Jovellanos is an historic event. In the "Cuba 2000" trip, it was the first time the Baro family taught a cultural workshop outside their family. In 2000, RCW also presented Amilia Pedroso, one of the greatest singers of Cuban folkloric music.

August 2001 marked RCW's first cultural exchange and study trip to Sado Island, Japan to study with Kodo, and Hana Yui. For more information about the Japan trip in 2001, click here. For more information about the Japan trip in 2003, click here.

KASA/MIX '05
KASA/MIX '03
KODO BEAT
JAPAN '01
JAPAN '01 PHOTO ALBUM
CUBA '01
CUBA '00
CUBA '99
Cultura Comunitaria