Welcome to the homepage! I’m hoping this site will become a real meeting place for music researchers, performers, academics and Charanga del Norte fans alike.
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Some Photos of Charanga del Norte at Grimsby Town Hall Added: September 3rd, 2010
Professional photographer Ian Pickles took these pics of us in action last July – www.mybigdayeventphotography.com
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CUBAN MUSIC: WEEKEND INTENSIVE COURSE Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October 2010 Added: August 3rd, 2010
CUBAN MUSIC: WEEKEND INTENSIVE COURSE
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd October 2010Led by
Musical Director: Sue Miller
Percussion Tutor: Jack McCarthyAt
Yorkshire College of Music and Drama, Leeds
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Expanding My Teaching at Yorkshire College of Music Added: July 27th, 2010
Yorkshire College of Music is moving from its Headingley site to a more modern building opposite the university:
St Marks House, 1 St Marks Avenue, LS2 9BN
In addition to offering flute, saxophone and piano tuition (classical and jazz beginner to grade 8) I will be running some new courses in Cuban music and improvisation – do get in touch with me if you’d like individual or group tuition. I want to set up some small improvisation groups from beginner level upwards and also plan to run some weekend intensive courses in Cuban music there too – the first course is 2 and 3 October and has 8 places left.
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New DVD of Charanga del Norte from Tiny Elephants productions Added: June 21st, 2010
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Workshops and Courses in Cuban Music Added: June 14th, 2010
NEW: A weekend intensive course on Cuban popular music early Autumn in Leeds plus a course in Cuba with Buena Vista Social Club and veteran son and charanga musicians later in the year – email Sue for more details.
My courses and workshops in Cuban music are arrangements-based catering for a big band line-up that also includes strings. I have written over 30 arrangements for brass, woodwind, piano, bass, percussion, strings and vocalists with the aim of teaching the Cuban styles of Son, Son Montuno, Danzón, Mambo, Chachachá, Bolero, Guajira and Pachanga through practical ‘hands on’ rehearsal and performance.
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Photos of Charanga del Norte Live at Leeds May 2010 Added: June 3rd, 2010
Here are some photos of the band taken at Seven Arts Centre in May 2010
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New on-stream track Lola Catula Added: June 2nd, 2010
Check out the new track Lola Catula #2 on the recordings page – just added today!
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Spiral Earth Article on Charanga del Norte’s CD launch Added: May 7th, 2010
07/05/2010
Sue Miller and her Charanga del NorteSue Miller and her Charanga del Norte release a new album Look Back in Charanga on 13 May.
Look Back in Charanga is the sequel to Our Mam in Havana:
Carrying on with the puns Look Back in Charanga pays homage to all the greats of Cuban popular music, in particular [...] -
La Chica Ideal Sue Miller guesting with Orquesta Sublime Added: December 20th, 2009
This is my homage to Melquiades Fundora who died on 14 February 2009
I have played alongside him with La Sublime in Havana in 2006 and 2007 and this performance at the Cabaret Nacional in Havana on April 6th 2009 was a tribute to him as one of the founders of Orquesta Sublime in 1955.
Melquiades Fundora [...] -
Guesting with Orquesta Barbarito Diez Added: December 19th, 2009
In 2006 I guested with Orquesta Barbarito Diez in Bejucal near Havana which was a lovely gig with a sweet rhythm section which included the grandson of Orestes Varona, the timbale player from Orquesta Aragón. On piano a very classy lady called Obdulia , Francisco ‘Panchito’ on bass and Jeronomito Barbón on congas and a [...]