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EDUCATION:
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Percussion, California Institute of the Arts,
2000.
Concentration: World Percussion, Composition, Flute.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Music. California Institute of the Arts, 1997.
Concentration: World Percussion, Composition, Flute.
Summer Studies at Ali Akbar College of Music, San Rafael, C.A. July 2002,
2003.
Concentration: North Indian Tabla,
Bhavan Center of Indian Music, London, England. July 2000.
Concentration: South Indian Percussion.
Simon Frasier University Summer Percussion Program, June 1996.
Concentration: Frame Drumming Intensive with Glen Velez.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
FRAME DRUM & RHYTHM SKILLS
CLINICS
Colleges/Festivals:
Tambouri Mundi Festival,
Frieburg,Germany
August 2011
Graz
School of Music
Graz, Austria,
August 2011
Zurich
School
Zurich, Switzerland
August, 2011
North American Frame Drum
Association Conventions (NAFDA)
Vermont, New Jersey and Los Angeles, CA (2008 -10)
Middle Eastern
Music Camp, Mendocino, CA
August 2008.
PAS Day
of Percussion
Frame Drum Demonstration
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
"Inner
Rhythms"
Private music teaching studio (2007 to current)
DRUMMING RETREATS
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
May 2011
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, CA
June 2008 & 2009
Haramara Retreat Center, Sayulita, Mexico
August, 2008
Kalani Retreat Center, Big Island, Hawaii
April 2003 and April 2005
DRUMMING WORKSHOPS
- In the Mudra Yoga Studio,
Canoga Park, CA (2010).
- Inner Power Yoga Studio,
Calabasas, CA (2010).
- Exhale Center
for Sacred Movement, Venice, CA (2010).
- Bhakti Festival,
Joshua Tree, CA (2009)
- Kripalu, Lennox MA, (part
of Saul David Raye’s yoga retreat, 2009).
- Yoga World, Long Beach, CA
(2009).
- Lightening in
the Bottle Festival, Santa Barbara, (2009).
- Esalen, Big Sur, CA (part
of Hala Khouri’s yoga retreat, 2008;
as part of Saul David Raye’s Yoga Retreat, 2009).
- Feather Pipe
Ranch (part of Saul David Raye’s yoga retreat, 2008).
- Topanga Earth
Day Festival, Topanga, CA (2007-2010).
- Middle Eastern
Music Camp, Mendocino, CA (2008).
- Ruach Ranch, Topanga CA (2007).
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Center for Spiritual Studies, Topanga CA (2003).
- Infinite Yoga Studio, San Diego, CA (2003).
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Yoga
Yoga Studio, Valencia CA (2002).
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Music Teacher, International School of the Hague, The Netherlands (June
1997).
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Music Teacher, Village Camps School, Sabres, France (June 1998).
PERFORMING EXPERIENCE:
RHYTHMJUJU- World Music Ensemble
Performed as a soloist or with my own ensemble (“Rhythmjuju”) at
venues/events such as:
The Skirball Center, Tambouri Mundi Festival, NAFDA Festival, Luzerne Music Festival, Knitting
Factory, Irish Summer Festival, Earth Day Festival, Harmony Festival,
Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles and the Hawaii Arts Festival
(1994-2010).
Accomapnied artists such as: Swapan Chaudhouri, Glen Velez, Hamsa Lilah,
Hands Onsemble, Donna DeLory, David Stringer, Karnamrita Dasi, Suzanne
Sterling, Saul David Raye, and Joey Lugassy
MUSIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Commissioned composition, “Spicy
Nectar” for Hala Khouri’s “Yoga
for Stress Release” DVD (to be released in Summer 2010)
- Commissioned piece, “Raw Honey” for the film “Bold Native” (2010
- Created own Signature Series Frame Drum with the Cooperman Drum Company
(2009).
- Commissioned composition for the Brooklyn Middle School Percussion
Ensemble (2008).
- Commissioned composition for the University of Kentucky Percussion
Ensemble (2007).
- Created an instructional DVD for hand drumming, “Time Zone” (2006).
- Composed the score for the short animation piece, “The Cellist” (2005).
SPECIFIC TRAINING:
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Ghanaian African Drumming - teachers Alfred Ladzekpo, Kobla Ladzekpo.
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Middle Eastern Frame Drumming - teachers John Bergamo, Glen Velez, Randy
Gloss
(1994 - current).
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North Indian Drumming- teachers Pandit Swapan Chaudrhi, John Bergamo,
Randy Gloss (1995-current).
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South Indian Drumming -
teachers
Trichy Sankaran, Poovalar Srininvasan (1994- current).
- Yoga – teachers Saul David Raye, Hala Khouri (2007- current).
GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
- Runner up for Fulbright Scholarship to study drumming in Israel, April
2001
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Hostelling International Travel Grant to study South Indian drumming at the
Bhavan Center in London, England (July 2000).
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