Get match fit for the Big Bang with our series of Drum and Dance Workshops in Clare and Dublin over June and July.
Drumming workshops with Brian Fleming / Nicolas Severin for 5 weeks.
These workshops are free, but you must register to book a place.
With Godfred Asare (African Dance Centre) and Catherine Young Dance for 5 weeks.
These workshops are free, but you must register to book a place.
Get started in West African Drumming in 3 workshops. The first two workshops will introduce the basic techniques and a traditional rhythm on djembes and dunduns with Brian Fleming. The third is a masterclass with Monette and Nasira Marino Keita!
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14 years since the historic visit to the Big Bang (in the National Concert Hall) by the late great Guinean percussion icon, Mamady Keita, two extraordinary drummers, his then wife Monette and his daughter, Nasira, make a return visit to continue his teaching, with a stop off in Co Clare. This is a unique opportunity to learn West African percussion from two of the best.
Price – 45 euro (3 workshops)
Five days of events – 27th to 31st July
TBA
Monette Marino Keita is a world percussionist. She spent the majority of the last 20 years studying under Master Drummer Mamady Keita from Guinea.
A night of classical Indian and fusion percussion with the maestro from Kolkata and a selection of his musical collaborators. from Kolkata, India, ‘Debu’ is a world class exponent of the Indian tabla. His training began at age four with his father, and continued with luminaries of the tradition, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and Pandit Shankar Ghosh. Regularly visiting Ireland over the past decade his teaching and performances have had a profound effect on the playing appreciation of Indian classical music in Ireland.
An evening of Indian percussion.
An evening of Indian percussion.
An evening of Indian percussion.
presented by Big Bang Festival of Rhythm in association with the NCH
Remembering John Wadham 20 year anniversary concert in honour of the late great John Wadham, featuring the Jam Doherty trio, with Conor Heffernan and special guests.(USA).
At a jazz gig in Donnybrook, Dublin in 1952, a 16 year-old boy sat in behind the drum kit, as a guest and within 16 bars changed the face of percussion in Ireland forever. For over forty years, John Wadham played in every Irish jazz group of distinction, and was constantly in demand as a session musician.
_Collaborators included Brian Dunning, Rock Fox, Dave Fleming, Jim Doherty, Peter O Brien, Noel Kelehan, Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael and Richie Buckley, Mike Neilsen, Honor Hefernan, Spike Robinson, Barney Kessel, Zoot Soma and Georgie Fame, to name but a few.
_George Hodnett described Wadham’s playing as having ‘the precision of a chronometer and the vitality of a saturation bombing. Johnny was also a broadcaster on RTE with an unparalleled collection of jazz on vinyl.
_Arguably, John’s greatest legacy, however, was his teaching. Over a period of decades, he taught hundreds of aspiring drummers from his home in Dalkey to the extent that by the 1980s and 90s it was difficult to point to a successful drummer in Dublin who hadn’t been taught by John or by someone who had. He taught every genre of kit drumming and his former students can be seen behind kits, congas, timbales and bodhrans with everyone from jazz bands to U2, Kíla and the Chieftains.
_20 years on from his untimely passing, this is a small musical tribute to ‘The Wad’ from those who were lucky enough to know him.
At a jazz gig in Donnybrook, Dublin in 1952, a 16 year-old boy sat in behind the drum kit, as a guest and within 16 bars changed the face of percussion in Ireland forever. For over forty years, John Wadham played in every Irish jazz group of distinction, and was constantly in demand as a session musician.
_Collaborators included Brian Dunning, Rock Fox, Dave Fleming, Jim Doherty, Peter O Brien, Noel Kelehan, Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael and Richie Buckley, Mike Neilsen, Honor Hefernan, Spike Robinson, Barney Kessel, Zoot Soma and Georgie Fame, to name but a few.
_George Hodnett described Wadham’s playing as having ‘the precision of a chronometer and the vitality of a saturation bombing. Johnny was also a broadcaster on RTE with an unparalleled collection of jazz on vinyl.
_Arguably, John’s greatest legacy, however, was his teaching. Over a period of decades, he taught hundreds of aspiring drummers from his home in Dalkey to the extent that by the 1980s and 90s it was difficult to point to a successful drummer in Dublin who hadn’t been taught by John or by someone who had. He taught every genre of kit drumming and his former students can be seen behind kits, congas, timbales and bodhrans with everyone from jazz bands to U2, Kíla and the Chieftains.
_20 years on from his untimely passing, this is a small musical tribute to ‘The Wad’ from those who were lucky enough to know him.
_An evening of Indian percussion.
Introduction to West African Percussion on djembe and dunduns, with Monette Marino Keita and Nasira Marino Keita.
14 years since the historic visit to the NCH and Big Bang by the late great Guinean percussion icon, Mamady Keita, two extraordinary drummers, his then wife Monette and his daughter, Nasira, make a return visit to continue his teaching. This is a unique opportunity to learn West African percussion from two of the best.
Participants are invited to bring your own drum. A limited number of drums can be supplied.
Tickets €10
Students / Unwaged / Spectator €8
Capacity 20 borrowing drums plus additional 20 with own drums, plus 20 spectators
An evening of Indian percussion.
At a jazz gig in Donnybrook, Dublin in 1952, a 16 year-old boy sat in behind the drum kit, as a guest and within 16 bars changed the face of percussion in Ireland forever. For over forty years, John Wadham played in every Irish jazz group of distinction, and was constantly in demand as a session musician.
_Collaborators included Brian Dunning, Rock Fox, Dave Fleming, Jim Doherty, Peter O Brien, Noel Kelehan, Ronan Guilfoyle, Michael and Richie Buckley, Mike Neilsen, Honor Hefernan, Spike Robinson, Barney Kessel, Zoot Soma and Georgie Fame, to name but a few.
_George Hodnett described Wadham’s playing as having ‘the precision of a chronometer and the vitality of a saturation bombing. Johnny was also a broadcaster on RTE with an unparalleled collection of jazz on vinyl.
_Arguably, John’s greatest legacy, however, was his teaching. Over a period of decades, he taught hundreds of aspiring drummers from his home in Dalkey to the extent that by the 1980s and 90s it was difficult to point to a successful drummer in Dublin who hadn’t been taught by John or by someone who had. He taught every genre of kit drumming and his former students can be seen behind kits, congas, timbales and bodhrans with everyone from jazz bands to U2, Kíla and the Chieftains.
_20 years on from his untimely passing, this is a small musical tribute to ‘The Wad’ from those who were lucky enough to know him.
Debodjoti Sanyal, from Kolkata, India is a world class exponent of the Indian tabla. His training began at age four with his father, and continued with luminaries of the tradition, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and Pandit Shankar Ghosh. Regularly visiting Ireland over the past decade his teaching and performances have had a profound effect on the playing appreciation of Indian classical music in Ireland.
Sadanand Magee has been studying Indian classical music for over 20 years and is the Director of the Gandharva Loka world music store, clelbrating its 10 years in Dublin, He plays Indian Tabla, Drumkit, Handpan, Bodhran, Harmonium, Djembe, Cajon, Kanjiri, Udu, Jews harp, Flutes, whistles and Ukulele.
An evening of Indian percussion.
Intermediate to Advanced
14 years since the historic visit to the NCH and Big Bang by the late great Guinean percussion icon, Mamady Keita, two extraordinary drummers, his then wife Monette and his daughter, Nasira, make a return vist to continue his teaching.
An evening of Indian percussion.
An evening of Indian percussion.
Introducing The Folas Ireland’s first all female West African Percussion ensemble, taking to the stage alongside two of Irelands leading West African music ensembles and the great Monette and Nasira Marino Keita from California. 14 years since the historic visit to the Big Bang (in the National Concert Hall) by the late great Guinean percussion icon, Mamady Keita, two extraordinary drummers, his then wife Monette and his daughter, Nasira, make a return visit. This promises to be a festival highlight and one of the big West African drum and dance jams of 2023!
An evening of Indian percussion.
This workshop is to be confirmed.
An evening of Indian percussion.