July 25
Agbadza: Ewe Drumming (Ghana)
Faculty: Sowah Mensah
Description: Participants will each learn by ear the five instrumental parts to agbadza. Participants will receive some recordings prior to the workshop, so that they may use those to play along during class and practice after class. In addition to learning the instrumental parts of the piece, participants will also learn one or two agbadza song.
5 Hours
Time:
9:30am-12:00pm, continuing 1:00-3:30 CST (Central Standard Time)
Maximum Participants: 10
Participant Materials: Gankogui, pair of sticks, shekere, two stick drums (one high, one low), separate audio system for listening to recordings
For further information about resources from Sowah, contact sowahmensah@gmail.com/ (651) 276-5113
Platform: Participants are to have the (free) Zoom app downloaded:
https://zoom.us/download