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Percussionist/Drummer TUPAC MANTILLA is highly regarded as a world-class instructor with 25 years of teaching experience in several countries around the world. A pioneer of innovative educational rhythmic contents, he is the creator of the curriculum and core methodologies of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION, becoming a key referent and a leading force in the rhythm field.
Among some of the examples of his accomplished trajectory stand the creation of the first institutional program based on the Stomp Technique in Latin-America (Colombia - Javeriana University, 2004), the launching in 2014 of the ‘World Rhythm Program' at Stanford Jazz Workshop (Stanford University), and the successful ‘Componente Rítmico’ program developed for the district’s public schools in Bogotá, Colombia as part of the ‘Currículo 40x40’ initiative, as well as numerous workshops and academic programs for universities, companies and governments in America and Europe, based on world percussion, improvisation, body percussion and the implementation of every-day-objects as percussion instruments.
He was a faculty member at Javeriana University and El Bosque University in Colombia from 2002 to 2005 and became a Teacher Assistant at New England Conservatory (Boston USA) in 2006. In 2008 he was named by famous jazz pianist Danilo Perez, Director of the Children’s Program at the Panama Jazz Festival, where he regularly coaches and gives percussion related workshops with the PERCUACTION Panama Team, supported by the Danilo Perez Foundation (DPF). In 2009 Mr. Mantilla was invited by the Literature Department at the prestigious Harvard University (Boston - USA) to give a lecture on his "Sound Metaphors in Music" thesis, and most recently, Stanford University (California USA) hired him to work regularly as a Faculty Member for the Summer Jazz Programs (SJW), position he has held since 2010.
He was a faculty member at Javeriana University and El Bosque University in Colombia from 2002 to 2005 and became a Teacher Assistant at New England Conservatory (Boston USA) in 2006. In 2008 he was named by famous jazz pianist Danilo Perez, Director of the Children’s Program at the Panama Jazz Festival, where he regularly coaches and gives percussion related workshops with the PERCUACTION Panama Team, supported by the Danilo Perez Foundation (DPF). In 2009 Mr. Mantilla was invited by the Literature Department at the prestigious Harvard University (Boston - USA) to give a lecture on his "Sound Metaphors in Music" thesis, and most recently, Stanford University (California USA) hired him to work regularly as a Faculty Member for the Summer Jazz Programs (SJW), position he has held since 2010.
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