apollo

  • Traditional culture as a catalyst for transformation

    Apollo is a flute player from CearĂ¡, Northeastern Brazil. He has played the flute since he was a child, and is now a teacher and performer. Apollo describes his mission as rescuing traditional music and songs as a way to bring back their associated insights and understandings. Key to his vision is the conviction that music has the power to support transformation through facilitating expression and communication. He has observed music supporting transformation in his students, and attests to its centrality in his own gender transition.