Discover Percussion

Presented by: Cambridge Jazz Festival

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0	CAMBRIDGE: St Matthew's Primary School
P	Saturday 26th November, 2016
N	1:30pm

Event information

Discover Percussion Workshop

Saturday 26th Nov.
2:00am - 3:30pm

St Matthews Primary School

WORKSHOPS
Saturday 26th Nov.
2:00am - 3:30pm
Discover Percussion Workshop
St Matthews Primary School

Tickets:
£5 full / £3 concessions, students & under 18s

Led by local percussionist, educator and founder of local jazz & world music band, Iroko, Jane Hollingworth, come along and discover percussion by helping to rec-create a Cuban Carnival as you work on 2-3 pieces.
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In the streets of Santiago de Cuba at carival time, groups of drummers parade up and down steep hills playing intricate rhythms. The drum grroves are of African origin, but in Santiago, ther eis also French influence from Haiti and this can be heard in one of the pieces.
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Come and play a conga, a cow bell, a bass drum or a clave, whichever you prefer! No experience needed and all instruments provided.