Bolokada Condé - Djembe/Dunun Workshops
- When
- Event has passed (Sun Feb 8, 2015 - Sun Feb 22, 2015)
- Cost
- $20 - $50
- Tags
- Music, Music Classes
Description
Djembe and dunun instruction from one of the Masters of Mandingue music and culture! Bolokada Conde is a master among masters, and one of the richest treasures of Malinke music and folklore on earth.Dive deep into Malinke rhythms where Bolokada Conde will teach djembe and dunun parts, while sharing cultural history and stories, song lyrics, solo phrases, dunun echauffements and all the nuances that are paramount to this type of music.
Workshop Schedules:
Malonga Center, Oakland
Sundays 1-3pm, February 8th, 15th & 22nd
Price: $20 per workshop, $35 if you sign up for two at once, and $50 if you sign up for all three at once.
Contact John Evans at [email protected] to register and for more info and questions at: http://www.facebook.com/events/865601506841859
Rental Djembes are available
Other Bay Area Workshops:
Sebastopol
341 Jewel Ave Sebastapol, CA 95472
Thursdays 5:30-7pm January 22nd & January 29th 5:30-7pm
Price: $20 per workshop
More info at: http://www.facebook.com/events/420323914785084/
Santa Cruz
Raizes do Brazil Santa Cruz
207 Mcpherson St. Suite A, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Saturdays 4-6pm, January 31, February 7, February 21
Price: $25 per workshop
More info at: http://www.facebook.com/events/420323914785084/
Bring your pad and paper! Audio recording is OK. Video recording is prohibited.
Bolo will have his 2 latest CDs and maybe even a djembe or 3 for sale.
More about Bolo:
Bolokada Conde is true Master Djembefola (master drummer), expert of Malinke Rhythms and one of world’s best djembe players.
Bolokada was a young musical prodigy who became a sensation in the Sankaran region of Guinea, West Africa. As a master folklorist, he was the premier djembe player in all the major village celebrations in the region for many years. Bolokada joined the world famous Les Percussion du Guinee to replace the legendary Mamoudy Keita as their lead drummer. He traveled and performed in major performance venues all over the world since 1996 and was featured in the IMAX movie PULSE: a Stomp Odyssey.
Since 2004, he has been performing and teaching in the United States. He is the musical director and lead soloist of Ballet Waraba in North Carolina, Ballet Wassa-Wassa in Santa Cruz, California and Les Percussion Malinke in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has conducted percussion workshop all over the US and Europe.
He has released four musical CD's including Morowaya, Sankaran, Djiraworo, and Famille Dundunba, and is the subject of a documentary "Bolokada Conde- Malinke Village Djembefola”. Condé is an Artist Associate at the Robert E. Brown Center For World Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, having previously been a visiting lecturer/teacher from 2008 to 2011.
Mamady Keita, the best known djembe player in the world, calls Bolokada “A brilliant and entertaining performer, a patient and precise teacher, and as one of the few masters of his instrument. Few others are able to captivate his audience as he does, an even fewer are able to clearly and concisely teach this music."
More about Bolokada at:
http://www.bolokadaconde.com
http://www.facebook.com/bolokada.conde
http://africandrumminganddance.com/africa-united-ballet-international-lets-go
Video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch
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