Come along to recap things you already know, do stamina practice with pals, and bring along questions from your own practice. Equip yourself for playing with others and/or consolidating previous learning.
Sessions will include rhythmic ideas, improvisation phrasing, Q&A opportunities, individual feedback, tips and tricks, and technique pointers to take your playing to the next level.
Drums and straps can be provided. If you do have a timbal please bring it along.
Recommended age is 14+ (14-16s accompanied by an adult). Younger participants will be considered if they already have a good level of focus for a 2 hour class, and some hand drumming experience already.
These sessions are designed as an opportunity for personal progress, individual feedback, and plenty of ideas and techniques to release everyone back into their hand drum playing worlds.
Preference is for players to attend all sessions as a three-week course where possible.
What to Expect:
– Technique pointers – individual feedback on your playing to help cement good habits and make your playing feel great.
– Stamina building – exercises, warm ups, and games to build stamina whilst playing fun grooves together. Expect an eclectic playlist!
– Background context and rhythms – introduction to some of the popular rhythms found in Afro-Brazilian music.
– Small ensemble playing – a chance to play other small accompanying percussion instruments to experience playing Caixa as part of a band situation.
– Co-ordination – practical exercises to improve and promote co-ordination and independence.
– Improvisation – enjoy and master improvisation phrases that are characteristic of each style.
Instrumentation: all instruments are provided, please bring along your beloved timbal if you have one.
Time:
7pm-9pm
Venue:
The Vale (theatre space), Unit 2 Vale Mill, Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9JL
About the tutor: Emma Marsh
“I am a multi instrumentalist and producer with diverse influences and styles eg. Jazz, Afro swing, hip hop, world music. Percussion inspired me as a young person and helped me to be in touch with my heritage, where I spent lots of time learning and shadowing my mentors and other musicians. This brought around opportunities for me to write my own percussion arrangements and teach them in different groups, and develop as a teacher/leader.
When producing I feel I have creative freedom, where I can fuse unlikely styles together to create my own sound, whilst still learning from traditional styles. And love to mix that with solos of my live instruments.
As a leader I love to bring out other people’s creativity and passions so that when working together we have the best outcome and make lifelong memories like that of mine when I was young and being inspired by my mentors.”
We have had the pleasure of working with Emma since she was around 10 years old. Emma completed our first ever Future Leaders programme in 2014, and has since become one of our lead artists and workshop facilitators.
Access:
If you have any access requirements to be able to attend, please complete the form at the base of this page, or let us know via email or phone ([email protected] / 01618706895).
