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La Familia del Taller
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 Bernardo Palombo is the founder and Artistic Director of El Taller Latino Americano. He began the Workshop in 1979 in a small space on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and moved to the current location on Broadway and 104th Street in 1996.
Born in Mendoza, Argentina, Palombo achieved his first musical success at the age of 17 when his song "Vendimiador" was recorded by the legendary Argentinean vocal group, Los Trovadores, and became an immediate and long-lasting hit. He moved to New York City in 1969 and continued to write songs that have been recorded by some of the best-known exponents of Latin music in New York and Nueva Canción in South America including Mercedes Sosa, Philip Glass, Conjunto Libre and Lucecita Benitez. Palombo also became a musical consultant and composer for film and television, involving himself in such diverse and innovative projects as the Lucas/Coppola production of Powaqqatsi, the film Americas in Transition and the PBS show Sesame Street, who have featured some of his Spanish language songs.
Bernardo's musical background and 30+ years of teaching inspired the development of El Taller's unique acoustic based language programs for adults and children. Prior to founding El Taller, Bernardo taught at the New School, Sarah Lawrence, Yeshiva University and the United Nations School. But it is at El Taller that his vision for language education flourished. In recognition of his unique contribution to the education and the arts, Bernardo received the Independent Educator's Award from Teachers College at Columbia University and numerous grants from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Meet some of the other teachers, artists, musicians and volunteers (both Famosos and Infamosos) who are important parts of the El Taller family:
Administrative & Creative Staff
Bernardo Palombo, Founder & Artistic Director
Michael Latorre, Director of Operations
Veronica Aberham, Director, Casa de las Artes
Leonor Ferrero, Office Administrator
Victor Hernández, Maintenance
Christine Kahn, Student Counselor
Marissa Lewis, Grant Writer
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Teachers
Bonnie Baez (Spanish)
Becky Bliss (Dance)
Alicia Cruzado and Peter McNaughton (Tango)
Libia Gil (Spanish)
Leonor Ferrero (Spanish)
Victor Hernández (Spanish)
Edwin Andrés Martinez (Spanish)
Maria Nieves (Spanish)
Alexandra Ochoa (Spanish)
Angelo Romano (Art)
Yolanda Torres (Spanish)
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Board of Directors
Bernardo Palombo
Stephen Brown
César Chelala, MD
Henrietta Gwaltney
Ricardo Pliego
Carmen Rivera
Renée Typaldos
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Board of Advisors
Rev. Reginaldo Braga, PhD
Evelyn Z. Daitz
Raphael Figueroa, PhD
Cornelia McDougald, JD
Linda Rossi
Pete Seeger
Zackary Sklar
Joe Smith
Gary Stix
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