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Festival Sponsors 1 - 2 Percussion Festival Welcome 3 Our Sponsors 4 2015 Artists 5 - 7 Our Sponsors 8 Friday Schedule 9 Saturday Schedule 10 Saturday Night Concert 11 Sunday Schedule 12 Festival Sponsors 13 - 24
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Welcome to the 4th Annual
Asheville Percussion Festival!
We’re excited about the remarkable blend of international and
local artists who have gathered for this musical exchange of
culture, history and innovation.
The mission of the Asheville Percussion Festival is to promote and
foster musical diversity through education and community
building.
We are grateful to our local and national sponsors for helping us
manifest this intention by providing delightful meals, rehearsal
spaces, gear and much more. Because of your generous
contributions, this vision is evolving to become a festival for all of
the senses.
The festival this year includes many workshops, ensemble
performances, awesome vendors, a community drumming/fire
circle, dancing, a visual art show, and more.
As you join the workshops and concerts, listen to the rhythm of
your own body and to the voice of the drum. Pay attention to how
they harmonize and intersect. Listen also to the collective sound
of the drumming community and revel in it! We produce art to
explore undiscovered worlds within ourselves and share them with
others. We hope this festival helps you experience some of that
collaborative, creative magic.
In Rhythm,
River, Tom, Rima, and the Rest of the Asheville Percussion Team
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2015 Artists
River Guerguerian Suphala
Bashiri Johnson
Monette Marino
Jeff Sipe
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Adam Maalouf
Miranda Rondeau
Kevork Guerguerian
2015 Artists
Nacho Arimany
Matthew Richmond Adama Dembele
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2015 Artists
Billy Jonas Free Planet Radio
Brandi Mizilca
Opal String Quartet
Emily Keebler Aparna Keshaviah
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Friday Schedule
2:00 – 3:00 pm Registration/Meet & Greet
3:00 – 4:10 pm Room A: Rhythm & Wellness: NACHO ARIMANY
3:00 – 4:10 pm Room B: Introduction to West African Djembe
MONETTE MARINO
4:15 – 5:25 pm Room A: Modern Approach to Drumset for all styles JEFF SIPE
4:15 – 5:25 pm Room B: Approaches to Middle Eastern Doumbek ADAM MAALOUF
5:30 – 6:30 pm Room A: Introduction to Indian Drumming; concepts, time cycles, and the language of Indian rhythms: SUPHALA
5:30 – 6:30 pm Room B: How to play In a Drum Circle LARRY MCDOWELL
6:30 pm Dinner Break – Food Vendor: CECELIA’S KITCHEN
Friday Night Events - Free & Open to the Public 8:00 pm - Performance by Brazilian Percussion Troupe -
ZABUMBA
8:30 pm - Community Drumming Circle/Dance around the Campfire facilitated by KEVORK GUERGUERIAN, LARRY MCDOWELL and other Teaching Artists
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Saturday Schedule
10:00-11:15 am Room A: The Art of Frame Drumming RIVER GUERGUERIAN
10:00-11:15 am Room B: Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Congas & more: MONETTE MARINO
11:30 am-12:45 pm Room A: Live Performance, Studio Recording, Touring & Teaching - Interactive Workshop and Q&A BASHIRI JOHNSON
11:30 am-12:45 pm Room B: Intermediate Indian Drumming; concepts, t ime cycles and the language of Indian rhythms: SUPHALA
1:00-1:50 pm Free Lunchtime Concert: CHIKOMO MARIMBA
12:45-2:00 pm Lunch Break: Food Vendor – GYPSY QUEEN
CUISINE
2:00-3:15 pm Room A: Community Drumming Facilitation Techniques: KEVORK GUERGUERIAN
2:00-3:15 pm Room B: Singing & Drumming MIRANDA RONDEAU
3:30-4:45 pm Room A: Body Percussion & Found Sound
RePercussion workshop/demo for all ages: BILLY JONAS
3:30-4:45 pm Room B: Advanced Djembe Drumming
ADAMA DEMBELE 5:00-6:15 pm Room A: Footwork and Rhythms of Indian Dance
APARNA KESHAVIAH 5:00-6:15 pm Room B: Handpan Workshop/Demo
MARC GARNER & PETER LEVITOV of SARAZ Handpans
6:30 pm Dinner break: Food Vendor - GYPSY QUEEN CUISINE
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8:00 pm: Saturday Night Concert Diana Wortham Theatre – 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828-257-4530 ‘Asheville Percussion Residency Ensemble’ performing the collaborative efforts
and compositions of the Teaching Artists. Innovative percussion pieces are created during a 5-day Artist Residency. Featuring: Bashiri Johnson Suphala Monette Marino River Guerguerian Jeff Sipe Miranda Rondeau Aparna Keshaviah Adam Maalouf Matthew Richmond Billy Jonas Nacho Arimany Brandi Mizilca Kevork Guerguerian Free Planet Radio Opal String Quartet
Richard Baker Studio
Saturday Night Concert
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Sunday Schedule
11:00am-12:00pm Sound Meditation in Room A: RIVER GUERGERIAN, MIRANDA RONDEAU, NACHO ARIMANY, JOHN VORUS, and more. Relax and rejuvenate to the soothing sounds of Tibetan Singing Bowls, Gongs, Hand Pans, and others. Bring a yoga mat if you would like to l ie down.
12:15-1:15pm Room A RHYTHMIC STORIES "To Be Seen, Heard,
and Felt" – Working with Beyonce, Michael Jackson, P Diddy, James Taylor, Madonna, Sting, Bob Dylan and more. Interactive Workshop and Q & A - BASHIRI JOHNSON
12:15-1:15pm Room B Flamenco Rhythms for Cajon and other instruments - NACHO ARIMANY
1:15-2:45 pm Lunch break : Food Vendor - GYPSY QUEEN CUISINE
1:30-2:30pm Free Lunchtime Concert as part of Make Music
Asheville: KEVIN SPEARS, ADAM MAALOUF & others
2:45-4:00pm Room A: Drumming for Middle Eastern Dance - BRANDI MIZILCA will teach basic bellydance moves as drummers play Middle Eastern rhythms.
2:45-4:00pm Room B: Mandalas and Music Therapy – An Introduction to Guided Imagery and Music, using the Bonny Method - EMILY KEEBLER, Four Seasons Compassion for Life.
4:00-5:00pm Closing Ceremony - APF Teaching Artists
Drumming, Dancing, Celebration of Life. Sacred Circle Dances by TARLETON BROOKS
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Permaculture Design/Consulting
Permaculture In Action Permacultureinaction.net
Hands-On Education
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