“Apparently they need everything,” said Patterson. “String instruments figure quite importantly in Cuban music, especially Afro-Cuban music where they borrow instrumental concepts from ...

Against this backdrop, the cultural exchange program focuses on smaller, more manageable goals, including bringing new instruments to Cuban students at a leading music school on Havana's outskirts.

On Saturday evening, the Prior-Jollek Hall at the Antilles School Campus was filled to capacity with an enthusiastic audience ...