NAFDA Canada – Canadian Frame Drum Festival Toronto


NAFDA Canada – Canadian Frame Drum Festival – June 14, 2009 – Sunday in Toronto!

Featuring artists from Canada, India, Ireland, USA, and Iran.

Workshops: June 14, 2009 – SUNDAY – 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

  • Trichy Sankaran – Kanjira Techniques & Style
  • Patrick Graham – Mediterr-Asian Tambourine Techniques
  • Ziya Tabassian – Persian Daf & Dayereh Techniques & Rhythms
  • N. Scott Robinson – Modern Bodhran Techniques
  • Alan Hetherington – Brazilian Pandeiro Techniques & Rhythms
  • Steáfán Hannigan – Irish Bodhrán Techniques & Rhythms

Concert: June 14, 2009 – Sunday – 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Featuring

Trichy Sankaran & Suba Sankaran,

Steáfán Hannigan (percussion, uilleann pipes, tin whistle & laptop)
with Cairdeas: Saskia Tomkins (fiddle, nyckelharpa), Elizabeth Barlow
(voice & harp), Oisin Hannigan (bodhrán) & dancers Eile Hannigan and
Ayisha Hannigan,

N. Scott Robinson & K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocals),
Patrick Graham & Debashis Sinha (percussion & electronics),
Ziya Tabassian,
Todd Roach,
Alan Hetherington & Escola de Samba de Toronto,
& Alderville First Nation Drummers (all-female singing frame drummers)!VENDOR: Cooperman will have a booth with frame drums for saleLocation:

The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1W2 Canada

COST – $90.00 Canadian ($75.00 US) – all-inclusive (lodging, travel &
meals not included)

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INFO – http://www.nafda1.com/nafdacanada.php