Los Juglares del D.EX.A are a Panamanian
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
group representing the
University of Panama
The University of Panama ( es, Universidad de Panamá) was founded on October 7, 1935. Initially, it had 175 students learning education, commerce, natural sciences, pharmacy, pre-engineering or law. , it had 74,059 students distributed in 228 b ...
, founded in 1971 to preserve
Panamanian traditional music. The group's foundation was coordinated by
Juan Andrés Castillo
Los Juglares del D.EX.A are a Panamanian folk music group representing the University of Panama, founded in 1971 to preserve Music of Panama, Panamanian traditional music. The group's foundation was coordinated by Juan Andrés Castillo, a ''mejor ...
, a ''
mejoranero''; other founding members included violinists
Escolastico "Colasco" Cortes and
Miguel Leguizamo Sr.[Broadbank, Robin and Nigel Gallop. "Dancing Between the Oceans". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), ''World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific'', pp 477-480. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ]
Second generation members
*Miguel Leguizamo: violin
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Nicolas Aceves Núñez: Recognized Composer in Panama, book author, professional accordionist, philanthropist, music director, music teacher and professional accordion repair technician.
*Tonita Rudas: ''mejoranero''
*Victor Ruiz: percussion
*Ricaurte Villareal: percussion
*Raul Vital: singer and ''
churuquero''
2015 Los Juglars Members now known as Orchestra of folkloric Music:
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Nicolas Aceves Nunez : Composer, book author, professional accordionist, music director and accordion teacher with The University of Panama, Panama, Central America. Members are as follows:
*Efraín González: guitar and violin
*Eric Duviel Vargas: ''mejoranero''
*Hipólito Alvarado, churuquero
*Ricaurte Villareal: percussion (tambor)
*Daniel Guardado: percussion (Caja)
*Carlos Castor: singer
References
Panamanian musical groups
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