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Samhain 2007, Clonakilty
3rd Festival of Drumming
26th - 29th October
Would you like to play the Djembe, Djun-Djun or Bodhrán, dance to African-Celtic rhythms sing World Music harmonies?
If so then make your way to Samhain 2007 and awaken your creative spirit

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We frequently arrange workshops with many of our acts for schools, local authorities and venues.
These workshops can take place during the evening before a show, over one day or can be part of a structured week-long course. The courses can be designed for beginners, intermediate or professional standard musicians and can include singing, musical practises and production techniques using the latest technology.
 
Take a look at the workshop schedule below which was completed with great success at The Triskel Art Centre Cork and in Belturbet County Cavan in April 2006
 
 
 
Cultural Connections Workshops
(Congo - Colombia - Cork - Cavan)
Triskel Art Centre Cork - Belturbet Co Cavan
 
Congolese, Latin American Music & Production Workshops using Ableton Live 5
As part of our April Springboards, Triskel presents a series of masterclasses and workshops featuring Dorance Lorza from Colombia, Mose Fanfan from The Congo and Rory McGovern, a Cork based ethnomusicologist and music teacher who will be conducting a music production course using Ableton Live 5. This unique series of masterclasses and workshops will also reveal how African and Latin American music have influenced each other over many years and the effect they have had more recently on the ever-changing face of today’s contemporary and popular music.

The whole event will be co-coordinated and managed by Cork based World Music producer Phil Bergan. The workshops will take place from the 10th to 13th of April, costing €50 Euros/week to participate or just €10 per day to observe. The week culminates with a participant showcase on Saturday 15th April at 3pm and a live gig at 8pm. Participants will be selected by open submission, click here to download registration form choose the 'save' option and then email to this address once completed. All forms must be returned to The Triskel by the 6th March or register online at: www.triskelart.com  Numbers are limited to 15 people per discipline so book early.

Dorance Lorza from Cali in Colombia is a multi-instrumentalist, musical Director, composer, producer, arranger bandleader and rising name on the international Latin Jazz scene.

 

Mose Se Sengo the celebrated Congolese guitarist aka 'Mose FanFan’ began his very successful career as a guitarist in Kinshasa in the 1960s. After forming a number of bands across the nations of central Africa Fanfan eventually arrived in Britain in 1983 and has been based there ever since.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Rory McGovern performs with a number of Ireland based world music ensembles and frequently uses a laptop computer to sample, compose and play live music.

The Mose Fanfan Masterclass of Congolese music will be suitable for advanced level musicians who already practise either professionally or within an ensemble that rehearses regularly. This class will be of particular interest to musicians playing: Guitar, Bass, Saxophone, Percussion, Accordion and members of Horn Sections. The Latin Music workshops will be suitable for intermediate to advance level musicians particularly those playing Guitar, Piano, Piccolo, Trumpet, Percussion, Violin, Accordion, Vibes, Tres, Bass (acoustic or Electric) and Brass wind instruments. The Ableton Live production workshops will be suitable for all levels, beginners to advanced users (no musical knowledge necessary) and will provide participants with the skills required to compose music using Ableton Live 5 as a sequencer and with samples taken from the Congolese & Latin Music workshops.

The music workshops will be arranged so that participants will be taught as an ensemble and rehearsed to be able to perform a number of songs/tunes on the showcase day (Saturday 15th April). The final decision of which musicians participate in the showcase event is at the sole discretion of the individual facilitator of each discipline.

Dorance Lorza’s considerable, all-round, experience and knowledge of the Latin Music arena and Fanfan’s lifetime of experience in forming, conducting and arranging bands that play Congolese Rumba will be an invaluable asset to anyone attending these workshops who has an interest in furthering their musical careers or studies in Latin American music, African Jazz and/or Congolese music.

Rory McGovern's experience in composing, sampling and playing music using Ableton Live 5 as a sequencer will very useful for anyone interested in music production, sampling and mixing using the modern technology that has only just become available in recent years.


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