LA Workshops by Miranda Rondeau

REMO Recreational Music Center
Introductory & Intermediate
FRAME DRUM WORKSHOPS
for women and men
Lap style Position
with Miranda Rondeau

:: Two affordable Workshops ::

Join Miranda as she shares her passion for one of the oldest archetypal instruments in the world. Come explore rhythm and the unique sound of the frame drum for the first time or come to get a refresher review.

For those more experienced, Miranda will be sharing some personal techniques as well as other stroke variations. Miranda will pay attention to the melodic aspect of the drum and improve your listening skills

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**FRAME DRUMS PROVIDED BY REMO**

**** 10% Off on all Frame Drums on Day of Workshop****

INTRODUCTION
Lap style position
1- 2:30pm

No drum experience needed

* Learn to recite and play the basic strokes
* Learn basic music concepts
* Explore different rhythm combinations
* Embody the rhythm

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INTERMEDIATE
Lap Style Position
3-5:00pm

( Solid Experience needed in the basics)

* Variations on Stroke techniques
* Tuning into the tones
* Roll variations
* Snaps

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Saturday October 22, 2011

BEG 1:00 - 2:30pm $20 / $15 paypal by 10/19

INT 3:00 - 5:00pm $25 / $20 paypal by 10/19

cash/door
RSVP/ paypal mirandarondeau@yahoo.com

Remo Recreational Music Center
7308 Coldwater Canyon Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 91605
818 982 0461

Miranda Rondeau is a singer, frame drum artist and teacher.
http://myspace.com/mirandarondeau

RhythmJuJu and Frame Drum Workshop Cancelled

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the RhythmJuJu and Framedrum workshop events scheduled for this weekend in Nevada City and Grass Valley have been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances with one of the performers.

We'll reschedule for later in the year.

You can find the latest events by Sonic Planet Productions here: http://www.sonicplanetproductions.com

Rhythm JuJu with Marla Leigh and friends

Here's a teaser for the upcoming Rhythm JuJu event with Marla Leigh and friends in Nevada City on May 14th.




For more information: www.sonicplanetproductions.com

The Art of FrameDrumming Workshop with Marla Leigh

Sonic Planet Productions Presents

The Art of FrameDrumming Workshop with Marla Leigh

In this compelling workshop, we will uncover the dynamic and magical world of frame drumming and rhythm from the Middle East, Africa and India as well as the art of improvisation.

You will leave this powerful and very informative percussion immersion with all of the tools necessary to become a confident, creative and fully inspired improvising drummer.

WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 10:30am-4pm & Sunday, May 16, 12 -4pm

COSTS: Saturday ONLY, $55 - Saturday and Sunday, $95

Bring a friend and each receive $5 off workshop

WHERE: Grass Valley Taiko Dojo, St Joseph’s Cultural Center, Grass Valley, CA

To Register: Call 530.432.2716 or visit http://www.sonicplanetproductions.com/

About the Instructor: Marla Leigh is a Los Angeles based professional Percussionist, Flautist, Composer and Educator, who specializes in the frame drum. She is a well-recognized teacher and performer in the world of frame drumming, and has created a unique approach both in playing and in teaching this instrument.

For more info: www.sonicplanetproductions.com 530.432.2716 www.marlaleigh.com

RHYTHMJUJU: A World Groove Trance Dance Experience with Marla Leigh

Sonic Planet Productions Presents

RHYTHMJUJU: A World Groove Trance Dance Experiencewith Marla Leigh and Friends

"Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, I know you're tired, but come. This is the way." – Rumi

Come Dance and Celebrate Your Life In Rhythm! Join us for this powerful, healing, percussive ~ dance ritual, featuring ancient sacred drums from India, the Middle East and Africa, tastefully combined with worldy flutes, Hebrew & Sanskrit chants and other worldly instruments.Dance, meditate, release, reveal, explore to sacred sounds from around the world.

Featuring Marla Leigh and special local musicians Aminah Christi (Fanna Fi Allah),Yinon Darwish, Narayan Light and Mike Oitzman.

WHEN: Friday, May 14, 2010, 8 PM - 10 PM

WHERE: Wild Mountain Yoga, 574 Searls Avenue, Nevada City, CA.

TICKETS: $18 / $20 Door Tickets available at: Briar Patch, Record Connection
Sponsored by Wild Mountain Yoga

Brought to you by Sonic Planet Productions
For more info: www.sonicplanetproductions.com or www.marlaleigh.com

Call 530.432.2716

Jabbar Karyagdioglu, Kurban Primov

Here's an awesome old movie from the 1930's. I am not sure exactly who's playing the drum, the email on FrameDrummer lists Jabbar Karyagdioglu as the famous singer from Azerbaijan singing and playing on Dayere (Ghaval). But the Youtube notes say that it's Kurban Primov (Qurban Pirimov on framedrum. If you know, please leave a comment (in English). The quality isn't great, but it's a charming video:

Women Frame Drumming Channel on Youtube

Layne Redmond has a new Women Frame Drumming channel on YouTube:

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/WomenFrameDrumming

DRUMS OF ILLUMINATION

DRUMS OF ILLUMINATION
Women and Frame Drums from Around the World

with
ALESSANDRA BELLONI, JUDY PIAZZA, MIRANDA RONDEAU, DANA MAMAN

Workshops and concert honoring the feminine and healing power of the drum
Saturday & Sunday, November 7 & 8, 2009

For women and men; no previous experience necessary

Workshops:
Saturday, November 7th
1:00 - 3:00 Miranda Rondeau - Introduction to Frame Drums
3:30 - 6:00 Dana Maman- Brazilian Pandeiro
Concert – Saturday – 7:30 (Concert fee $15) ... Also featuring special dancers

Sunday, November 8th
1:00 - 3:00 Judy Piazza - Egyptian Riqq (Tambourine)
3:30 – 6:00 Alessandra Belloni – Southern Italian Tambourine and trance dances

Fees: Two days, including 4 workshops & concert, $ 125
One day, $75 (includes concert)

Payment at the door: accepted by cash or check
For pre-registration: Mail Check / MO to Judy Piazza, PoBox 1825,Ojai CA 93024,
( 248) 563-0049; judypiazza@gmail.com

LOCATION:
REMO Recreational Music Center
7308 Coldwater Canyon Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91605
(818) 982-0461 ~ contact Mike or Jerry
www.remo.com

Alessandra Belloni - artistic director, internationally renowned
tambourine virtuoso, singer, dancer, actress, author - REMO artist -
www.alessandrabelloni.com – www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni

Judy Piazza, internationally known and recognized for her
extraordinary talents, skilled teaching, and generous spirit.
www.resonanceandrhythms.com / www.myspace.com/judypiazza

Miranda Rondeau, Devotional singer frame drum artist, and teacher
passionate creator of online Women Frame Drumming about WDF
www.myspace.com/womenframedrumming / www.myspace.com/mirandarondeau

Dana Maman – Musician involved with capoeira and Afro-Brazilian
drumming for over 10 years, studying primarily under Mestre Amen Santo
www.danamaman.com.

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Event coordinated by:
Judy Piazza
Resonance & Rhythms
248-563-0049
www.resonanceandrhythms.com
www.myspace.com/judypiazza

Tamburi Mundi 2009

Tamburi Mundi - huge international frame drum festival in Freiburg,
in Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg - Germany

Info: info@tamburimundi.de

Web: http://www.tamburimundi.com/circle/index.php? ?
option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=7&Itemid=100026&lang=en

Featuring workshops & concerts by:

• Glen Velez & Lori Cotler
• Ramesh Shotham
• Hakim Ludin
• Andrea Piccioni
• Murat Coºkun
• Todd Roach
• N. Scott Robinson & K. S. Resmi
• David Kuckhermann
• Joss Turnbull
• Michael Metzler
• Gilson de Assis
• Nora Thiele
• Michael Metzler
• Thórralf Schuh
• Bruno Spagna
• Shakir Ertek
• Sattor Fozilov
• and more!
  

Vendors - Cooperman, Anklang Musikwelt, and many others!

NAFDA North 2 - Cooperman Frame Drum Festival 2

NAFDA North 2 - Cooperman Frame Drum Festival 2

Get this event on your calendars now! It will sell out again this year!!

WHEN: Oct. 2-3, 2009 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

COST: $100.00

Reservations: nafda1@gmail.com

Info: http://www.nafda1.com/nafdanorth.php

Workshops by:

• Patrick Graham - Mediterr-Asian Tambourine Techniques
• Yousif Sheronick - Lap Style Frame Drumming
• David Kuckhermann - Tar & Hand Held Frame Drum Techniques
• N. Scott Robinson - Riqq Techniques
• Todd Roach - Frame Drum Compositions

Concerts on Oct. 2 & 3, 2009

Featuring: Yousif Sheronick, David Kuckhermann, N. Scott Robinson &
K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocals), Patrick Graham, and Todd Roach & Mac
Ritchey (oud).

Glen Velez San Francisco Frame Drum Intensive Training

Glen Velez
San Francisco Frame Drum Intensive Training, sponsored in part by Cooperman

Three Weekends: February-May 2009

Join Grammy-award winning musician Glen Velez for an intensive training with the frame drum. This 3 part weekend series will explore the wide range of frame drum techniques which form the basis of Velez's playing. Included in the series are detailed exercises and systematic approaches to developing the sounds and finger manipulations needed to produce the extensive array of musical forms and rhythms used by Velez in his performances.

Students will learn methods for enhancing their sense of steady pulse by using vocalizations and stepping. This use of voice and simple body movements effectively increases one's feeling of groove and syncopation. As an important support to our drumming we will use overtone singing to increase our awareness of breathing as well as drum language to accelerate our learning of new rhythms. Frame drum techniques from the Middle East, South India, Central Asia and South Italy will be thoroughly covered in the classes. We will learn how to master the individual styles, as well as incorporate them into a hybrid frame drum style, while using our new knowledge to examine and develop drum compositions. As a group we will discover the potential of the frame drum as a solo instrument, a drum ensemble instrument, and as an instrument for meditative self reflection.

INFO will appear here: http://www.ciis.edu/publicprograms

Event contact: publicprograms@ciis.edu

Glen Velez: http://www.glenvelez.com

Andrea Piccioni has new website

Andrea Piccioni has his new website up, and it's a nice design (in my opinion). He's still putting content online, but you can listen to tracks from his albums, and check out his quiver of instruments. If you have a link to his old site, (the .com site) delete it and link to his new site: http://www.andreapiccioni.net

American Frame Drum Gathering this weekend!

American Frame Drum Gathering
When: May 16-18, 2008
Where: Asheville, NC USA
More Info: http://www.guerguerian.com/AFDG2008.pdf
Hosted by River Guerguerian & the FrameDrummer Group

Mission Statement:
An International Event that will feature the incredibly diverse family of the Frame Drum; designed to support and promote its aesthetic value. Workshops and performances will feature traditional and contemporary styles from the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, South & North America, and India.

The drums include Tar, Kanjira, Tamburello, Ghaval, Riq Tambourine, Pandeiro, Bodhran, etc…

Teachers, professionals, and hobbyists, will come together to share the technical, cultural, and medicinal aspects of this ancient drum.

Featuring:

• David Kuckhermann – Germany -
  http://www.framedrums.de/
• Abbos Kosimov - Uzbekistan -
  http://www.abboskosimov.com/
• Patrick Graham – Montreal, Canada - http://www.patrickgrahampercussion.com
• Rafael Pereira – Atlanta, USA -
  http://www.rafaelpereira.com
• Jon Singer – New York City, USA - myspace.com/jonathansingermusic
• River Guerguerian – Asheville, NC USA - http://www.ShareTheDrum.com
• Chris Sampson – Houston, USA - http://www.omradio.com/ - Media Sponsor
  

Cooperman Drums will be demonstrating and selling
drums
http://www.cooperman.com/handdrums/handdrums.htm

Fees:
$50 – Registration
$100 - $200 sliding scale Teacher Fee
-no one will be refused on the basis of money
For Registration and more info (including lodging):
contact River – river@guerguerian.com tel. –
(828)-301-6605

SCHEDULE: (subject to change)

May 16:
Bobo Gallery, 22 Lexington Ave., Asheville, NC 28801
http://www.bobogallery.com
4:00 pm-6:00 pm - Meet and Greet/Playing,
Registration
6:00 pm-7:00pm – Discussion –
“Historical and Medicinal aspects of the drum”
7:00 pm-8:00 pm – Clinic – Chris Sampson; “Promoting
your music”

May 17:
Workshops - Namaste Yoga Center, 57 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
http://www.namasteasheville.com
tel. 828-253-6985
9:30 am – Registration
9:45 am-10:45 am – “My Favorite Warm-ups” Group
warm-up
with Tips featuring all the teachers
10:45 am– 12:00 pm - Workshop – Jon Singer;
“Kanjira and it’s applications to other Frame Drums”
including a crash
course on Carnatic music
(Jon will also bring his Mrudangam)
12:00 pm-1:00 pm – Workshop – David, River, and
others;
“Middle Eastern Percussion Styles and Demonstrations”
with Tar, Riq,
(and even a little Doumbek)
1:00 pm-2:00 pm – Lunch and group knowledge exchange
2:00-3:30 – “Uzebkistan Doira”
3:30pm-5:00pm – Workshop - Rafael Pereira;
“Pandeiro Styles and Applications”
5:00 pm-6:30pm - Patrick Graham;
“Irish Bodhran Applications and More”
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm - free time
9:00 pm - 12:00 am: Performance Concert @ Bobo
Gallery-$8 cover;
all teachers and other performers, including
Lotus Women’s Frame Drummers Group

May 18
Workshops - Namaste Yoga Center
11:00 am-12:30 pm – Workshop - David Kuckhermann;
“Persian hand drumming techniques and applications”
12:30 pm-1:30 pm – Lunch and group knowledge sharing
1:30 pm-2:30 pm – Workshop – River Guerguerian;
“Composing, Improvising, and Studio applications
of the modern Frame Drum”
2:30 pm-4:00 pm Workshop - David & River;
“Multiple Frame Drum set-ups”
*all events are in downtown Asheville and are within walking distance*
*more details to be announced as they progress*
http://www.guerguerian.com/AFDG2008.pdf
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/framedrummer/

N.Scott Robinson appearing at the International Native American Flute Association Convention

For those who haven't heard the news, N. Scott Robinson will be the in-house world percussionist for the 2008 INAFA convention. Scott will be appearing on stage with a variety of Native American Flute players. The performances which will be held each evening of the convention. Scott is no newcomer to the Native American Flute, as he has appeared on several recordings, most notably with Mark Holland and Autumns Child.

When: July 9-13, 2008

Where: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Details: http://www.inafa.org/2008convention.htm

NAFDA Frame Drum Fest, March 28-30

The North American Frame Drum Association is presenting the first annual Frame Drum Fest later this month on March 28-30, 2008 in Mendham, New Jersey (USA).

I just got word that there is an opening for one more attendee (apparently somebody had to cancel...). So if you were hoping to attend, but unable to get in, this may be your chance!

Please contact N. Scott Robinson at sonrob@msn.com if you would like to attend. The festival
costs is only $375.00, which includes room and board (2 nights and 7 meals), 2 concerts, 1 clinic, 2 presentation, and 9 workshops with an amazing list of frame drum artists.

A complete schedule is included below

Final & Confirmed Schedule:

COST: $375.00 per person for entire festival
WHERE: Mendham, NJ - USA.

SCHEDULE:

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 and Improvisation (Tar).

4:30 pm -5:30 pm - Clinic: Jamey Haddad - Frame Drums & Looping.

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner on site.

7:30 - 9:30 pm - Concert: [click on links to learn more about the performers]

• Valerie Dee Naranjo
• Marla Leigh
• Rafael Pereíra
• John de Kadt
• Shane Shanahan
• Steafan Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins (fiddle) with Oisin Hannigan, and Jamey Haddad with Simon Shaheen (oud & violin) and Peter Slavov (acoustic bass) with Michel Mirhej Baklouk and other performers.

Post-concert: Evening hang / practice / jam sessions

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SATURDAY: March 29, 2008

8:00 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: Abbos Kosimov - Techniques of Uzbek Doyra.

12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch on site.

1:10 - 2:00 pm - Presentation by N. Scott Robinson on "Conservation, Performance, Practice, and Pedagogy: Issues in Kanjira Research in India.

2:10 - 3:20 pm - Workshop: Steafan Hannigan - Traditional Irish Bodhran.

3:30 - 5:30 pm - Workshop: Andrea Piccioni - Italian Tamburello Styles.

5:30 - 7:00 pm - Dinner on site / 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) & Carl Landa (hammer ducimer & melodica)
• David Kuckhermann
• Andrea Piccioni
• Abbos Kosimov
• Glen Velez & Lori Cotler
  
  Post-concert: Evening hang / practice / jam sessions
  
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  SUNDAY: March 30, 2008
  
  8:00 am - 8:45 am - Breakfast on site.
  
  9:00 am - 10:20 am - Double 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 "The Tammorra as a Symbol of Cultural Heritage in Campania, Italy."
  
  2:20-3:20 pm - Double Workshop: Glen Fittin & N. Scott Robinson - Duets for Bendir & Fusion Techniques for Ghaval.
  
  3:30-5:30 pm - Workshop: David Kuckhermann - Persian Hand Drumming Techniques of Tonbak & Daf on Frame Drums.
  
  5:30-7:30 pm - Dinner on site & Disperse.
  
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  LOCATION:
  
  The Community of St. John Baptist & St. Marguerite's Retreat House
  
  82 West Main Street
  Mendham, New Jersey 07945
  
  North American Frame Drum Association, Inc.
  
  My Space.com Frame Drums Group
  
  Frame Drums.org
  
  Reservations & Info: N. Scott Robinson
  
  

Art of Hand Drumming with Marla Leigh, March 2008

ART OF HAND DRUMMING MARCH SESSION

Dates/Location:

Venice, CA:: March 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 3pm - 5:15pm

Topanga, CA:: March 1, 8, 15, 22 @ 11 - 1:15pm:

In this special percussive intensive, you will learn:

• Traditional drumming styles from around the world (Middle East, North and West Africa, India
• Traditional Middle Eastern Rhythms
• The art of improvising
• Techniques to play in solid time
• Basic music theory and hand drum notation
• How to play various polyrhythms based off of Ghanaian and Moroccan music
• Solkattu, (traditional South Indian rhythmic vocalizations and exercises
• Gentle yoga stretches and pranayama to prepare the body for drumming
  

Frame Drums and some African drums provided, please bring a drum if you have one, no yoga mats needed. All levels welcome
Please reserve your space today as there are limited spaces available.

*THERE WILL BE MAKE UP CLASSES OFFERED IF YOU HAVE TO MISS A CLASS

Fee: $120 if register before Feb. 29, $145 thereafter

Registration: Reservations accepted via PayPal or send check to
Marla Leigh, PO box 293, Topanga, CA 90290.....thank you !!

Once you registrar, please send email to Marla (marla@marlaleigh.com) to tell her which workshop you would signed up for.

Special discount:
Bring a friend, and each receive $10 registration fee.

FOR MORE INFO, please visit
http://www.marlaleigh.com/ArtofHanddrumming.htm

Julie Surba, Pyrography Design

Here's an excellent video of Julie Surba from http://www.pyrography-design.com/ creating a the artwork on a drum for David Kuckhermann. I love her work, and I also love how this video showing the production process, the smoke curling away with each burn.

Hatem Ammous Demonstrates Tunesian Rhythms Part 4

In part 4 of this video podcast series, David Kuckhermann interviews music professor Hatem Ammous, while on a recent trip to Tunesia.

Here, Professor Ammous demonstrates the Tunesian rhythm "Barwel" on all three drums.

Hatem Ammous Demonstrates Tunesian Rhythms Part 3

In part 3 of this video podcast series, David Kuckhermann interviews music professor Hatem Ammous, while on a recent trip to Tunesia.


Here, Professor Ammous demonstrates the Sufi and Tunesian rhythm "Btaihi", illustrating the Sufi method, the modern method and the popular method of playing it on the Bendir. He also plays it on the Dourbouka. I really like the finger work on this rhythm.



Also, in this video Professor Ammous demostrates the Tunesian method for playing the Riq (known in Tunesia as the "Tar"). He then goes on to play the rhythm "Btaihi" on the Riq. It's a unique and really cool method of 'turning' the drum, keeping the right hand stationary in space.



He finishs the session playing the rhythm "M'dawar" on all three drums.



So far, this is my favorite video of the series!

Hatem Ammous Demonstrates Tunesian Rhythms Part 2

In part 2 of this video podcast series, David Kuckhermann interviews music professor Hatem Ammous, while on a recent trip to Tunesia.



Here, Professor Ammous demonstrates the oriental rhythm "M'rabaa Bedwi" and the Sufi rhythm "Aji" Al Ghita rhythms on both the Bendir and Dourbouka, illustrating the different interpretations of the rhythms with respect to the Dum and Tek for each drum.