Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Drumming Workshop

Mediterranean &Middle Eastern Drumming Workshopwith David Alderdice

Sunday, January 10th
3-5pm
Blue Sage Center for the Arts
$15
All skill levels encouraged to attend.  Extra drums are available.
call 970.527.3826 to pre-register and for more information

The workshop will focus on grooves and rhythms from North African, Persian, Arabian, Balkan, and Turkish orgins. We will also look at modern applications and musical sensibilities from these regions.  Traditionally these rhythms are played on frame drums (including the tar, the riqq, and the daf) and goblet drums (including the dumbek, darbuka, and zarb), but can be adapted to all hand drums.  Bring your drum or use one of ours.  This workshop is open to beginners and is great for drummers, musicians, dancers, composers, and all humans.  This workshop will broaden our musical awareness and rhythmic understanding while making these ethnic rhythms fun and accessible.

David Alderdice has been studying percussion, drumming, and rhythm vividly for over twenty years.  He is the drummer/percussionist for the musical sensation FEAST, as well as other diverse musical projects.