The concert marks the culmination of an intensive week of creation and rehearsal, developed in the shared space of Culture and Campus Rotterdam, where students worked in close proximity to the Putselaan neighbourhood before bringing the project to Fenix. 

Across oceans and generations, rhythm and voice have travelled with people, carried in song, memory and the body. As music moves, it expands: patterns evolve, melodies adapt, and new forms emerge through encounter. During this hour-long performance, three ensembles will give distinct yet connected performances, reflecting how sound develops through migration and exchange as a result of the transatlantic slave trade. 

What you will hear is not a reconstruction of the past, but a living, contemporary expression: shaped by history and rooted in the present. Come to the Plein for an hour of powerful live music that connects movement, community and shared experience. 

About CaSA — Caribbean and South American Music 
CaSA is part of Codarts Global Musics, a department dedicated to living musical traditions from Western Asia, Northern Africa, Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean and South America. Students learn primarily through aural transmission, the way much of this music has always been passed on, working alongside musicians and engaging with the communities in which these traditions live.