Profession: Musician, Teacher, Events Producer & Cultural Entrepeneur.
Professional experience and career objectives: 18 years of teaching experience in the UK. and 8 years in Brazil. 20 years Promoting Brazilian Culture in the UK and Europe. Founder of the London School of Samba in 1984 as well as various carnival groups and MPB bands in the UK. Artistic Director of "Encontro Europeu do Samba" at London's South Bank Centre, involving 11 countries. Production Assistant for FAN Festival de Arte Negra in Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil in 1995. Founder of NGO - PAX INTERNATURAL 1997 - in Baixada Fluminense - Rio
Skills and areas of expertise: Masters in Ethnomusicology, Environmental Management, Cultural Management, Marketing & Social Responsibility.
International Liason, Funding Applications, Payroll, Logistics and Infrastructural Coordenation, Communication, Marketing & Multi-Media, Photography. Portuguese - English Translations, Messenger & Coffee Boy.
Education
University of Cape Town South Africa
, january 1972 - november 1974
Performance Certificate, Ethnomusicology
About me
Interests:
Love movies by Fellini,Kurosawa and John Carpenter.
Favourite books include "The Name of the Rose" by Humberto Eco and Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Poetry and lyrics of Sergio Natureza, Salgado Maranhão and Ferreira Gullar of Brazil. Poetry of Wopko Jensma of South Africa.
Other:
I work for the NGO called PAX INTERNATURAL. "PAX" represents, "Environmental Preservation of Xerém". Our new, bilingual website is online, so please check it out and let us know what you think. One of our concerns is to make partnerships to obtain support and communicate with people everywhere. Please give us some feedback and let us know what you think, by logging on, as follows:
www.paxinternatural.org
Languages:
English, Portuguese, Afrikaans
Groups and associations:
NGO / ONG "PAX INTERNATURAL" Vice-president
Residents Association - Associação dos Moradores, Municipal Council for the Environment, etc.
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