Colombian Music Program

Music is an enormous part of Colombian culture, no more so than in Ibagué, the Cuidad de Music (City of Music). This programs works with local teachers to give you a chance to learn and study Colombian music in a real and authentic setting.

About the program

This program gives students six hours of guitar each week. The course is focused on Colombian popular and traditional music. In the classes students learn the techniques and songs of Colombia, the many different rhythms used in Colombian music and the strumming patterns. They study the different styles of "Vallenato", "San Juanero", "Bambuco", "Pasillo" as well as Rock Suave (Smooth Rock). While also discovering the groups and artists that are legends in Colombia and Latin America such as "Juanes", "Carlos Vives", "Maná", "Caifanes", "Fitopaez" and Andrés Calamaro.

Whether you are an experienced guitarist or have never played a chord in your life, this program gives you a chance to doing something very special. Music has the unique ability to teach you about the culture of a country in a very real and practical way. Learning and singing songs in Spanish is also a fantastic way to work on your pronunciation and vocabulary.

Other instruments

While our program is principally guitar-based, we are very happy to recommend the Ibagué Music Academy and their excellent range of classes from percussion to unique folklore instruments. Please let us know if you are interested in any other types of Music classes.

Availability and Price

Please note that this activities is available in both our City setting (Ibagué) and Rural setting (Salamina) and has an extra fee of $US 80 per week.