Caral

Cumbia sureña (Southern Andean cumbia) is a Peruvian regional variant of cumbia that took shape in the highland cities of Puno, Juliaca, Cusco, and neighboring southern regions.

Chicha is a Peruvian branch of cumbia that crystallized in urban migrant neighborhoods during the late 1960s and 1970s. It fuses Colombian cumbia rhythms with Andean huayno melodies, played on electric guitars that carry surf- and psychedelic-rock inflections.

Cumbia is a syncretic dance-music tradition from Colombia’s Caribbean coast that blends African rhythmic heritage, Indigenous (especially gaita flute) melodic practice, and Spanish colonial instrumentation and forms.

Choral refers to music written for and performed by a choir—an ensemble of voices organized into sections such as soprano, alto, tenor, and bass (SATB), or same-voice groupings (SSA, TTBB). It encompasses both sacred and secular repertoire and may be sung a cappella or with accompaniment by organ…