ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Some lucky kids got to learn from an award-winning artist about African drumming. Weekly classes in African drumming at the Baden Street Settlement are underway. Classes are hosted ...
There are as many reasons to take an African drumming class as there are people taking the class. Students in Heidi Alina’s Wednesday morning class at Red Crags Arts & Agriculture House in Manitou ...
They had to compete with graduations, the incipient Memorial Day weekend holiday, and a dreary morning, but a trio of drummers and dancers nonetheless drew a crowd. Christian Adeti, Maxwell Ayivi and ...
It is customary to be quiet when in a library. This was not the case however at the Dixon Public Library on Saturday. Master percussionist and native Nigerian Onye Onyemaechi hosted an interactive ...
Kids in Distress brings African drumming education to children for Black History Month in South Florida James accomplished ...
Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she even visited Africa. Through a drum club at her college, Lehmann, who had no ...
Reviewed by Cecilia Durojaye in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 10 (3) 2017, pages 170-173 (ML5.A25 AFA). AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. African Drumming: ...
Elementary school music teacher Susan Harding asked her students what’s for dinner, drumming out the four syllables. The 22 second-graders responded with word and rhythm as they took turns on 15 ...
New Orleans wouldn't be New Orleans without the drum. There can be no arguing this fact. Without the drum, we wouldn't have the Bamboula beat. Without the Bamboula beat, there could be no second line.