The Trap Music Orchestra was founded by Ryan Easter in 2014, synchronizing the aural lineage of Black diasporic music around the modern library of the trap music branch of hip-hop, in the orchestral stye made legendary by greats such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charles Mingus.

As part of an ongoing effort to bring world-class Afro Latin jazz to key cultural hubs across the United States, Belongó presents the Arturo O’Farrill Trio at Soraya Center for the Performing Arts in Northridge, CA.

Presented in partnership with The Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at City College and in association with the Harlem School of the Arts, The Harlem Chamber Players' this year’s Black History Month Celebration features music by living composers in celebration of their contributions to American classical music.