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Matt Stonehouse Arabic Drumming Workshop in Hobart - Enrolments due NOW (Australia)

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Date & Time: Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Sunday, January 18, 2009
12:00 PM
Location: to be confirmed on enrolment
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
More Info: www.bellywood.com.au
Following on from his workshops in Burnie in August 2008, Matt will be returning to Tasmania in January 2009 & teaching workshops at the Bellywood studio in Hobart. Please contact Adriana for an enrolment form. adriana@bellywood.com.au

Melbourne based percussionist Matt Stonehouse has been performing and teaching for over twenty years. Matt has studied with master musicians throughout Turkey and Iran. His playing has been featured on more than twenty albums and he is currently performing with The Melbourne/Istanbul Kolektiv, Yggdrasil (Ig-dra-sil, who will be performing at the 2009 Cygnet Festival) and The Reefers.
Matt holds workshops throughout Australia and internationally and has a very unique, accessable and inspirational teaching quality. He specializes in Darbuka as well as Frame drums of the Middle East and Central Asia.

Students participating at the workshops will learn many different aspects of Arabic percussion including:

Techniques from the different regions of the Middle East

How to play for a belly dancer

The art of the drum solo (This will include learning a full composition)

Odd time signatures in Arabic percussion.

Trance drumming and an explanation on frame drums.

Workshops are aimed at Intermediate level upwards. There is also an opportunity for dancers to pick up some tips for working with live drummers.

Please direct correspondence to adriana@bellywood.com.au as I don't check this site regularly & it may be a while before you receive a response if you only leave me a message on tribe!

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