To celebrate 20 years of the Escola de Música da Rocinha, we had an exciting week of 20 performances, lectures and other events!

Here are some highlights featuring the string students at the EMR:

The string section from the EMR Chamber Orchestra performing Samba da Bênção (Vinicius de Moraes & Baden Powell)

Our string quartet performing an adaptation of Autumn from Antonio Vivaldi’s 4 seasons:

… and a pop arrangement by Stefano Cabrera (String Quartet Pop Arrangements) of Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”: