TIMBALONA: Rumba Workshop
Boom Room, 2021.

TIMBALONA presented a Rumba Workshop on June 10, 2021 at 7:30pm EST! Featuring artists Raul Cisneros and Gilset Mora. The workshop premiered virtually on YouTube.

Featuring: Raul Cisneros / Gilset Mora Musicians/Performers: Andrés Cisneros / Christian Noguera Kenneth "Brinquito/Skip" Burney Alejandro Utria / Adam Bailey Svetlana Cubana / Betsy Casañas The recording of this workshop was made possible through support from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Preserving Diverse Cultures program, and our partner organization Taller Puertorriqueño.

Mann Music Room: Timbalona,
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 2020.

In Episode 15 of the Mann Music Room, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Timbalona, a Philadelphia-based percussion ensemble that focuses on folklore and popular music from the Caribbean and Latin America. In this video, they focus on rumba yambú!

For a printable student activity guide to go along with this episode: https://bit.ly/36L5RmZ

Diasporic Rumba
TIMBALONA productions, 2020.

Through a Preserving Diverse Cultures grant from the PA Council on the Arts, we are hosting a virtual rumba workshop and a livestream performance in late summer/early fall.

Arrangements/Percussion: Andrés Cisneros, Christian Noguera, & Raudelis Cisneros
Percussion: Alejandro Utria
Dancers: Gilset Mora and Svetlana of Philly Con Sabor
Partner organization: Taller Puertorriqueño

Malidelphia
World Cafe Live, 2019

Guest Artist: Luis Fernando “Totin” Agosto
Arrangements/Percussion: Andrés Cisneros & Christian Noguera
Musicians:
Skip Burney, percussion
Dariel Peniazek, Cuban Tres guitar
Sam Harris, upright bass
Marcell Bellinger, trumpet
Betsy Casañas, vocals

Double Feature: Mark Allen Jazz Quartet + TIMBALONA
Painted Bride Art Center, 2014

Arrangements/Percussion: Andrés Cisneros & Christian Noguera
Musicians:
Papo Gely, guitar & arrangements
Marcell Bellinger, trumpet
Victor Pablo, drums
Mariano Medina, percussion
Steve Tirpak, trombone
Jerry Spencer, vocals
Will Andujar, bass

Dance/Performance:
Zoia Cisneros, rumba
Chris Aviles, bomba
Vida, spoken word

Philadelphia Jazz Project
Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts, 2013 

Arrangements: Andrés Cisneros & Christian Noguera
Musicians:
Dennis Guevara, piano
Mike Boone, electric bass
Tahl Shul, tenor saxophone
Gilset Mora, percussion