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Tommy B Weekend Frame Drum Workshop August 28-29, 2010 PDF Print E-mail

tommyfd1.jpgTommy Be's Frame Drum workshop to Brunswick

 

Dates: August, 28-29. (Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 10-4)
Level: Intermediate to advanced players,
Location: 111 Pleasant Street in Brunswick, Me
Cost: 190.00

Tommy Be's workshop covers sounds and technique, composition, improvisation, dynamics and using the frame drum to accompany other musicians. He demonstrates and teaches frame drum rhythms using his own new compositions.

Tommy Be is a highly acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer & music producer. Also known as Tommy Brunjes, he is a master of the frame drum and multiple world percussion instruments. He has performed and taught internationally, and has composed for and produced a wide array of recordings, including the award winning Trance Union, Vibratribe, Chanting the Chakras, and Invoking the Muse. Tommy has recorded and performed with Layne Redmond, with whom he collaborated with for nine years, and such artists as P.M. Dawn, Steve Gorn, Amit Chatterjee, Kamaniya, Shyamdas and Wah!, Tommy Be released a solo melodic hand drumming CD through Sounds True recording entitled Theta Transport .

Check out Tommy's YouTube video!

If you have interest in taking this workshop and would like more information please email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
Giving Birth to Ourselves (GBTO) Frame Drum Intensive PDF Print E-mail

shirsten_frame_01.jpgA six month program of intensive study, practice, and play on the frame drum with Tori Morrill and Shirsten Lundblad, will begin in 2011. Dates will be announced this fall. 

For more information please email  Tori @ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Shirsten @ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it


The frame drum is a hand held instrument  played in a variety of forms through out the world for at least 4000 years, for ritual, entrainment, healing, shamanic journeying, and ecstatic celebration.

 

Together we will learn rhythms and hand techniques from the Middle East, South India, North Africa, and Brazil on the Tar and Tambourine, utilizing the curriculum created by Layne Redmond and Tommy Be called Giving Birth to Ourselves (GBTO). We will meet one weekend each month for six months.

tori_frame.jpgThe strokes of the drum allow one to connect with elemental energies within our bodies and in the world around us.  Rhythmic practice synchronizes the brain and the internal pulsations of our body rhythms, and it allows us to connect deeply in community.  Rhythmic play also invites an immense joy into ones being.

Drummers of all levels are invited to participate.  The material presented can facilitate seasoned drummers to refine and develop their technique and play, and students new to the drum become fully initiated through this six month immersion.  Students are expected to have participated in at least one weekend or series of classes with Shirsten, Tori, or Layne etc. prior to the program.  Throughout the six months, students are asked to make a commitment to an hour of practice a day. The program includes study materials and practice CDs, and possibly Laynes new DVD's which make home practice delightful.

Tori and Shirsten are a graduatse of Layne's very first GBTO training. In addition to Laynes work, they will bring their special talents and teachings to this class including singing, rhythmic exercises, body work, meditation, and a sense of humor.
 

Total cost: $900 ($120 deposit $130 per /weekend), includes study materials.  Repeaters of the GBTO will be given a discount. Meals and lodging are not included in the cost, but we will help you to either be placed with local students, or at nearby  B and B's.  Students are invited to bring their own lunches and snacks each day. 

 

FMI and Registration:
Tori: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 207.332.5892
Shirsten: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 207.725.7774

 
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