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Creative Percussion Workshop
and concert with master percussionist Adriano
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| A creative percussion workshop led by master percussionist
Adriano Adewale takes place on Saturday 7th February from 2.30 - 4.30pm at
the Lakeside Theatre at the University of Essex, prior to an evening concert
by the Adriano Adewale Group presented by Eastern Roots. Organised by Wivenhoe based Segue Music, the workshop will explore an Afro-Brazilian style of music called Igexa, which was taken to Brazil by the Nigerians. It is usually played in religious ceremonies and carnival parades by a group of people who gather together playing a varied set of percussion instruments, alongside dancing and singing in chorus. Participants will have a chance to explore the percussion techniques of instruments such as congas, shakers, agogo bells, gourds, and afoxes, which will then lead to a an arrangement of a final piece involving the whole ensemble playing and singing a traditional song. In addition to that, participants will be encouraged to have a creative input by finding new ways to play percussion (conventional and non conventional instruments) and use their voices in a non conventional way, exploring and inventing percussive sounds. The workshop is open to all ages and abilities and although instruments will be provided, participants are encouraged to bring along their own drums, shakers and, of course, voices. Please reserve or book in advance for the workshop by contacting Fiona Mason, Segue Music, Tel: 01206 825600 fiona@segue.org.uk Tickets are £10 and £5 for concessions. Join Adriano and his band for a concert in the evening (concert starts at 8.30pm doors 8pm). Throw aside preconceived musical prejudices, abandon all attempts to catalogue: a rich chemistry of cultural influences is at work when the Adriano Adewale Group take to the stage. Rooted in the musical traditions of Nigeria, Angola and Brazil and infused with contemporary European classical and jazz styles, Adewale's music is a colourful cocktail of infectiously funky rhythms and intimate soulful ballads peppered with free-jazz improvisation. Touring to support the release of their debut album SEMENTES (Segue Records 2008) the group features Afro-Brazilian Adriano Adewale on percussion and vocals, Australian Nathan Riki Thomson on double bass and flutes; Kadialy Kouyate from Senegal on Kora and vocals and fellow Brazilian Marcelo Andrade on sax, flutes and rabeca. Tickets are £10 (£6 concessions) Booking Agent (Mercury Theatre) 01206 573948 www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/artson5 www.segue.org.uk www.easternroots.co.uk Click here for more on Segue Music |