NORTH AMERICAN FRAME DRUM ASSOCIATION
A new association for professionals and enthusiasts of the frame drum in all styles and locations. The association is located in the USA but open to all to join. More info about becoming a member will appear on the NAFDA websites soon. The NAFDA websites are http://www.myspace.com/northamericanframedrumassociation
http://groups.myspace.com/framedrums
Each year NAFDA will put on a large frame drum festival for its members that features concerts, workshops, and presentations from top frame drummers in all styles.
The frame drum festival makes it a point to feature a concentration of frame drummers from the northeast USA area including female frame drummers, national and international frame drum artists, and new and up and coming talent in frame drumming.
The North American Frame Drum Association's FRAME DRUM FEST 2008, the first ever of its kind in the USA, will take place on March 28-30, 2008 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. This special first event of the NAFDA will be open to all. Following events will be open to members only.
Confirmed artists for the festival concerts, workshops, and presentations include:
- Carlo Rizzo - http://www.pagesperson-orange.fr/Carlo.Rizzo/cariboost1/index.html
- N. Scott Robinson - http://www.nscottrobinson.com/
- Shane Shanahan - http://shaneshanahan.com/
- Jennifer Caputo - http://www.rasbliutto.net/concerts/7concerts.html
- David Kuckhermann - http://framedrums.de/
Guest Artists:
- Kathryn Lockwood - viola - http://www.myspace.com/kathrynlockwood
- Saskia Tomkins - fiddle - http://steafan.com/saskiatomkins
Festival is all inclusive on site: 2 concerts, 2 presentations, 1 clinic, 9 workshops, 2 nights lodging, and 7 meals for $375.00 per person.
Artists' booth will have frame drums, CDs, DVDs, and books for sale.
Private lessons with individual artists available (extra charge per lesson).
Proposed Schedule (subject to change):
North American Frame Drum Association – Frame Drum Fest 2008 in Morristown, NJ - USA.
FRIDAY: March 28, 2008
11:00 am - 2:30 pm - meet & greet.
3:00 pm - 4:20 pm - Workshop: Marla Leigh - Intro to Frame Drumming (Tar).
4:30 pm -5:30 pm - Clinic: Jamey Haddad - Frame Drums & Looping.
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner
7:30 - 9:30 pm - Concert: Valerie Dee Naranjo, Marla Leigh, Rafael
Pereíra, John de Kadt, Shane Shanahan, Steafan Hannigan & Saskia
Tomkins (fiddle), Jamey Haddad Trio.
Post-concert: Evening hang / practice / jam sessions / private lessons
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SATURDAY: March 29, 2008
7:00 am - 8:45 am - Breakfast on site.
9:00 am - 10:20 am - Workshop: Rafael Pereíra - Modern Pandeiro & Tamborim Styles.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Workshop: Glen Fittin - Techniques for Bendir.
12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch on site.
1:10 - 2:00 pm - Presentation by N. Scott Robinson on Kanjira Research
in India.
2:10 - 3:20 pm - Workshop: Steafan Hannigan - Traditional Irish Bodhran.
3:30 - 5:30 pm - Workshop: Carlo Rizzo - Tamburello & Polytimbral Tambourine.
5:30 - 7:20 pm - Dinner / Break.
7:30 - 9:30 pm - Concert: Michel Mirhej Baklouk, Yousif Sheronick & Kathryn Lockwood (viola), Glen Fittin & N. Scott Robinson with K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocals), David Kuckhermann, Glen Velez, Carlo Rizzo.
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SUNDAY: March 30, 2008
7:00 am - 8:45 am - Breakfast on site.
9:00 am - 10:20 am - Workshop: Michel Mirhej Baklouk & Yousif Sheronick - Traditional & Modern Riq Techniques.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Workshop: Shane Shanahan - Techniques for Multiple Frame Drums.
12:00-1:00 pm - Lunch on site.
1:15-2:10 pm - Presentation by ethnomusicologist Jennifer Caputo on
Tammurriatta and Tammorra in Southern Italy.
2:20-3:20 pm - Workshop: N. Scott Robinson - Fusion Techniques for Ghaval.
3:30-5:30 pm - Workshop: David Kuckhermann - Persian Hand Drumming Techniques of Tonbak & Daf on Frame Drums.
Post concert - dinner & disperse.
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