The British Council will be delivering for the first time in Jamaica, our international live-music skills training programme for young people - Backstage to the Future: Caribbean - in partnership with the Rebel Salute Festival. The British Council will support ten (10) young trainees from Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela, offering them the opportunity to enhance their skills, and knowledge in stage management, lighting and sound, through on-site teaching of technical skills and hands-on shadowing, at Rebel Salute’s annual live music event on January 12-13, 2018.
Dallasis Pena Padilla
Cuba
She is currently a sound engineer at Areito studio, part of EGREM, a Cuban recording company and record label. It has been awarded with the 2014 Cubadisco award in the music archive category (restoration and remastering) and nominated in other categories. In 2016, she received the same prize in the category of Popular Dance Music for New Talents. She is also a talented guitarist and teacher.