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Events PAS has a current and extensive listing of percussion events held throughout the world. Whether you are looking for concerts, festivals, Day of Percussion events in your local area or a summer workshop to attend, PAS provides the most complete and up to date information. Submit your own events (or events you are aware of)! Zeitgeist More Info July 01 Contact:651-755-1600 Lowertown Listening Session: July 1, 7:30 p.m., Studio Z: Our last performance of the season includes creative work from Zeitgeist's Composer Workshop with three local composers. Lowertown Listening Sessions: $5 Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 651-755-1600. Visit www.zeitgeistnewmusic.com for more celebration, more events, more reasons and opportunities to come together this season. Eastman Summer Percussion Institute More Info July 05-10 Contact:mburritt@esm.rochester.edu Michael Burritt, director with guests: Lee Vinson-BSO, Bill Cahn-Nexus,Ruth Cahn-ECMS. The weeklong seminar includes daily master classes and lectures. Lecture topics such as musicianship, technique, interpretation, expression, performance anxiety,composing, choosing repertoire, physical awareness, listening sessions and pedagogy. Students will be required to have two major works from the standard marimba or percussion repertoire prepared. Multiple percussion set-up pieces will need to be approved by Professor Burritt. Michael Burritt will do an opening concert and the participants will do a closing concert. A 30 minute private lesson with Michael Burritt is included. Non credit tuition: $510 one credit tuition: $1,050 COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE More Info July 12 COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE from 5pm to 6pm featuring local composer/improviser/percussionist Curtis Glatter at the Body, Mind, Spirit Wellness Center, 2007 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48104. Bring your own drum and join the throng! No experience necessary. For more information or to make reservations for a seat go to www.bmswc.com Eastman South Indian Percussion Institute More Info July 13-17 Contact:rohan@rohanrhythm.com South Indian Percussion Institute July 13-17/MondayThursday, 6 - 9 p.m. and Friday, 4 -7 p.m. Room: ESM 120 Rohan Krishnamurthy An exciting, weeklong course in South Indian percussion for teachers, collegiate and high school students, and community members. The institute will provide an overview of Carnatic music, an ancient form of classical music from South India, and will explore techniques and approaches of the Carnatic percussive tradition, considered one of the worlds most complex. Participants will get hands-on experience playing several traditional instruments, including the pitched mridangam, the primary drum of the South India, as well as other secondary hand drums including the khanjira frame drum, ghatam clay pot, and konakkol, a unique system of vocal percussion. The program will culminate in a group performance. This institute is not only an opportunity to learn Indian music, but also an avenue to use music as a means of understanding and appreciating various aspects of Indian culture at large. It will employ a variety of learning tools and approaches, and will not require any prior musical background. Participants' Concert: Friday July 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall shared with the Mbira Workshop students. Professional Development Hours: 15 Tuition: $1,050/1 credit CRN 15625 $360/noncredit CRN 15611 South Indian Percussion Institute More Info July 13-17 Contact:1-800-246-4706 Rohan Krishnamurthy, director The institute is open to teachers, collegiate or high school students and community members. It provides an overview of Carnatic music and will explore techniques and approaches of the Carnatic percussive tradition. Participants will get hands-on experience playing several traditional instruments including the mridangam, khanjira, ghatam and konakkol (a system of vocal percussion). The institute is also an avenue to use music as a means of understanding and appreciating various aspects of Indian culture. it will employ a variety of learning tools and approaches, and will not require any prior musical background. Participant's concert July 17 at 7:30. non credit tuition: $360 one credit tuition: $1,050 Mbira Workshop More Info July 13-17 Contact:1-800-246-4706 Glenn West, director The workshop will introduce students to the basic playing techniques of this ancient instrument through performance of two traditional songs as well as exposing them to traditional singing practices, hosho playing, and the social and cultural context of the music. Students will be guided to understand the music from the traditional Shona point of view, while also integrating it with their own musical understanding. Participants concert: July 17 at 7:30 p.m. non credit tuition: $360 one credit tuition: $1,050 Gillian Maitland - Summer Concert Series More Info July 18 Contact:gillianmaitland@gmail.com Solo marimba recital featuring 6 mallet marimba including works by Kai Stensgaard, Keiko Abe, JS Bach, Robert Paterson among others. Concert takes place at St Johns Episcopal Church - Forfar, Scotland at 7.30pm. Southern Drum Show and the Snare Drum Olympics More Info July 18-19 Contact:330 940 3786 Not So Modern Drummer Magazine has confirmed the dates of the Southern Drum Show and the Snare Drum Olympics for Saturday July 18 and Sunday July 19, 2009 in Nashville Tennessee at the Sound Check rehearsal facility. Further details about contacts, schedule, registration, exhibitor booths and snare drum Olympics entries and requirements can be found at NotSoModernDrummer.com. Formerly known as the Southern Vintage and Custom Drum Show, magazine publisher George Lawrence and editor John Aldridge have expanded the show to include any and all legitimate drum businesses and organizations World Rhythm Boot Camp More Info July 18-24 Contact:mulmer@newenglandconservatory.edu NEC Jazz percussionist Jerry Leake presents his original method of reciting African and Indian drum compositions against a background of stick patterns and basic movement. A challenging but accessible entry into African and Indian musical practices for musician and non-musician. Indiana University Summer Percussion Adacemy/Workshop More Info July 19-25 Contact:jtafoya@indiana.edu, 812-855-4839 This intensive 6-day event is offered to talented percussionists. Applicants in grades 7 through 12 are invited to apply for the Pre-College Session. Applicants over 18 years of age are invited to apply for the Adult Session, with both offerings running concurrently. Master classes, clinics, and performances will be presented by internationally-renowned performers. Sessions will include: audition techniques (for college and professional auditions), chamber music, sight reading, orchestral timpani and percussion,marimba, drum set, accessories, world percussion, career development, and much more! Students will also perform in the IU Percussion Ensemble, presenting a 'grand finale' concert. Students will have ample individual practice time and small group hands on sessions with faculty! Drumscapes live percussion sampling More Info July 25 Contact:contact@forgevenue.org Multi percussion live sampling performance Using a range of percussion instruments, vocal percussion & live sampling, UK percussionist Jon Sterckx creates live multi - percussion rhythmic soundscapes - 'Drumscapes' So Percussion Summer Institute More Info July 25-09 Contact:eric@sopercussion.com So Percussion is proud to announce the So Percussion Summer Institute, to be held July 25 to August 9, 2009 on the campus of Princeton University. The Institute is an intensive two-week chamber music seminar for college-age percussionists. The four members of So Percussion serve as faculty in rehearsal, performance, and discussion of contemporary music for percussion. The Institute emphasizes the most creative aspects of collaboration between composers and performers. Three distinguished composers-in-residence at the Institute will be: Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, and Dan Trueman. All are members of the Princeton faculty who have worked closely with So in the past. Bob Becker Ragtime Xylophone Institute More Info July 27-01 Contact:hprice@udel.edu The ninth annual Bob Becker Ragtime Xylophone Institute will again be held at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Daily activities include a technique class, an improvisation class, an historical listening session and ensemble rehearsals. Gala Saturday night concert features all participants. Practice rooms and keyboard instruments are available for all students. Director, Bob Becker; host and contact, Harvey Price; guest lecturer, Ryan Lewis. Potomac Arts Academy/Drumline Colorguard Clinic More Info July 27-31 Contact:Libby Curtis at 703-993-9889 or ecurtis@gmu.edu The Potomac Arts Academy and George Mason University Drumline and Colorguard Clinic offers rising 9th graders and above the opportunity to ignite their passion and deepen their commitment to music and movement. Directed by Dr. Michael Nickens, this three-day clinic allows students to work with cutting-edge faculty in a fun and intense setting. By focusing on basic techniques and striving for excellence in performance, students will move towards discovering their limitless potential. Sacheon International Percussion Festival More Info July 29-02 Contact:jinseokjin@hotmail.com From July 30 to August 2 of 2009, The SIPF will be held in Sacheon, South Korea and take place under the Samcheonpo Bridge the most beautiful bridge in Korea. Along with World Percussion Instrument Exhibition, Percussion Contest, Workshop/Drum Clinic and various events, visitors can enjoy 3 hours passionate night percussion concert during the festival. The SIPF has gained a reputation as a masterpiece festival in Korea and received a lot of interests for the unbelievable line-up from all around the world. All flew in for the festival to put together a collective show and share the same stage and some artists play ensemble with other artists, so the audience can enjoy various percussion music, which is hard to find in other places. Through the past SIPF, a lot of people had took a trip from Indonesia, India, Australia, Japan, China, Brazil, Italy, Taiwan, Ghana, Guinea to Korea in percussion music. In the next years SIPF, please dont miss the chance to take a trip to the percussion world you never experienced. Beauty, Passion, Enjoyment and more, feel more than you expected. 14th Annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp & Festival More Info July 30-02 Contact:1-800-541-8401 14th Annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp & Festival comes home to Montréal! July 30-Aug2, 2009. FEATURING Memo Acevedo " Pierre Béluse Anne Julie Caron " Ndugu Chancler Mario DeCuittis " Dom Famularo Aldo Mazza " Allan Molnar Giraldo Piloto " Walfredo Reyes Jr. Jim Royle " Répercussion Dave Samuels " Trichy Sankaran Glen Velez " Michael Wimberly and special guests! The 14th Annual Celebration of drums, percussion and the music that connects us all comes home to Montréal, July 30 through August 2, 2009, to help us celebrate the Grand Opening of the brand new KoSA Centre for the Arts. Featuring a spectacular group of talented artists, the KoSA Faculty promises to turn KoSA 2009 into another life-changing year of learning, growing and one-of-a-kind live performances. Located just minutes from Downtown Montreal, and a short walk from this international city's convenient underground mass transit system (The Metro - Vendome Station), KoSA 2009 promises to have several surprises in store. We are pleased and proud of each member of this exceptional faculty, but we would be remiss in our great joy in welcoming Cuba's Giraldo Piloto. Leader of the internationally renown Cuban band Klimax, "Piloto" is more than a drum and roots percussion master, he (like many of our KoSA Artist Faculty) is a composer arranger, and will lead students into recognizing not just the drummer and percussionist's place in the "big picture", but the big picture itself! GO TO OUR WEBSITE and learn more about the 14th annual KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp and Festival... FOR MORE INFORMATION: KoSA Communications PO box 333 " Station A Montreal QC H3C 2S1 Canada Local: 514.482.5554 Toll Free: 1-800-541-8401 kosamusic.com |
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