BRUNSWICK — On Monday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m., the Bowdoin College Department of Music will present Hector Morales and the Afro-Peruvian Ensemble at the Studzinski Recital Hall.

The concert/workshop will be offered free of charge to students and the general public, and will follow the methodology presented in the instructional book and DVD “The Afro-Peruvian Percussion Ensemble: From the Cajon to the Drum Set.”

Peruvian percussionist and the book’s author, Hector Morales, will direct the concert accompanied by The Afro-Peruvian Ensemble that recorded the DVD that comes along with the book.

The ensemble includes Peruvian Grammy-awarded Oscar Stagnaro; former “Peru Negro” musicians Mariela Valencia, Marcos Napa and Hector Ferreyra; and special guests Yuri Juarez on guitar and Ali Bello on violin.

Guests will not only have the opportunity to attend a free concert and workshop given by top musicians in the field of Afro-Peruvian music, but also to buy the instructional book and DVD at a 25 percent discount. This book is the first of its kind and will be published by Sher Music Co.

According to Morales, “Afro-Peruvian music has generally been limited to those who have learned it by oral tradition. An integral instructional book containing music history, video examples and complete music charts using western notation on Afro-Peruvian percussion did not exist until now. This book is aimed to help musicians around the world to understand and incorporate this tradition in their musical practices.”

For information, contact Alessandra Brivio at (201) 944- 0411 or (201) 602-8100, or email alebrivio@hotmail.com.