Basic Marimba Songs for Adults & Teens
with Amy Stewart McIntosh or Randy McIntosh
Tuesday | 7:30-9:00 pm | 4-week sessions | $96 per session

Have you been wanting to try marimba? Deepen your understanding of specific songs? Learn all the parts to a song so you can share it with family and friends? These 4-week song classes are designed for all levels and abilities to learn Zimbabwean marimba song-by-song.

2019 Spring Marimba Songs Include:
Mar 5-Apr 2 | Hondo
Apr 9-30 | Kukaiwa
May 7-28 | Makudo

We are offering a 3-year course of study to learn a body of marimba songs we consider our “standard marimba repertoire.” Each 4-week course allows students to study in-depth a song, including unique basic parts and their variations for each of 7 marimbas, as well as a standard arrangement. Take one, or take them all! No pre-requisite necessary. Instructors will teach to the level of each student in the room. Group playing and jamming will be an integral part of each 4-week course.

Cuban Drumming with Scott Parker Mast
Monday | 7:30-9:00 pm | 10-week session | June 3-Aug 5 | $275

In this class, all levels are welcome, including adults and teens. We will begin with a brief discussion and practice of making the 3 basic sounds of the drum: slap, tone, and bass. Then we will jump right into playing traditional conga rhythms of Cuba. Most of what is taught will be drawn from the lineage of Los Munequitos de Matanzas. Scott received permission to teach this repertoire from elder Jesus Alfonso (RIP), while studying with him in Cuba in 2010. We will learn first and second accompaniments, as well as breaks and bell/clave patterns, and some root lead parts. Cultural context will also be discussed.

Zimbabwean Drumming with Scott Parker Mast
Tuesday | 6:00-7:30 pm | 10-week session | June 4-Aug 6  | $275

In this class, all levels are welcome, including adults and teens. We will begin with a brief discussion and practice of making the 3 basic sounds of the drum: slap, tone, and bass. Then we will jump right into playing traditional rhythms of Zimbabwe, as learned at Chris Berry’s Blue Tribe School, as well as in Zimbabwe. We will learn first and second accompaniments, as well as breaks and bell patterns, and some root lead parts. Cultural context will also be discussed.

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