Young Peoples' Percussion Concerts
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KIDDICUSSION
Gary France and the World of Percussion featuring the DRUMatiX Percussion Group
An interactive music educational experience for children of all ages.
Welcome to the World of Percussion educational program presented by Gary France. These special 50-minute presentations are designed to support and enrich studies in pre-tertiary music education.
There are three programs to select from:
- The Big Beat: a special program developed for primary students grades K–3
- In this fast-paced session Gary France will guide the students through the family of percussion with a special emphasis on student participation. Young people will sing, dance, explore and play numerous instruments and rhythms.
- Grooving Hard: Grades 4–7
- Grooving Hard continues with an introduction to the world of percussion but with an emphasis on the characteristics of pulse, meter and timbre. Gary France will explore music soundscapes as they relate to basic music composition in both western and indigenous musics.
- Hold me Back: grades 7–12 This session features more in-depth performances and discussions of contemporary and world percussion. Compositional structures are discussed as well as historical perspectives.
In all sessions students will experience:
- Classical Western Percussion: Keyboard percussion (Marimba, Xylophone, Glockenspiel, Chimes, and Vibraphone) Drums: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Tom Toms, Timpani, Roto Toms Accessory Percussion: Tambourines, Triangles, Wood blocks, Cymbals.
- World Percussion: Drum Gahu, Teka, Batucada: African Drums: Ewe and Ashanti Drums from the Akan Province of Ghana Brazilian Percussion: Berimbau, Cuicia, Repaniquie, Surdo, Tambourim, Ganza and the other instruments in the Samba Batucada; Indonesian percussion instruments of the Javanese Gamelan Orchestra: Gongs, Kendang, Bonang, Kempul and more. South Indian Karnatic vocal percussion (the rhythmic systems of South India)
- "Found Soundz" Body and Junk Percussion: hand clapping, foot stomping music for a variety of every day items found in most homes. Garbage Bins, tin cans, Body Percussion
J. Malonyay and Year 1, Lyneham Primary School
"Back in the classroom the students enjoyed making their own instruments from the information sheets Gary provided."
"A thoroughly worthwhile musical experience."
Val Kendall, Farrer Primary School
Katrina, Year 1, Farrer Primary School
Serena, Year 2, Farrer Primary School
DRUMatiX June 2007
Gary France and the DRUMatiX Percussion Group with special Guests Tuza Afutu, Master Drummer
Percussionist Gary France and ANU DRUMatiX are an award winning combination any year – but particularly in 2007. Audiences will enjoy a very special winter concert on June 1 and 2 at the ANU Arts Centre. Come and hear Steve Reich’s mesmerizing “Sextet”, Fredrick Rzewski’s “Coming Together” a haunting tribute to the 1971 inmate uprising at the notorious Attica Prison, with international jazz artists Eric Ajaye and Miroslav Bukovsky, Erik Griswold’s “Strings Attached” and the ANU World Music African Drum and Dance Ensemble with Master Drummer Tuza Afutu.
School Concerts 2007
Thursday 31 May, Years K-6,
Concert 1: 10.30am – 11.30am for K – 3 Students - capacity 290
Concert : 1pm – 2pm for years 4–6 students–capacity 290
Friday 1 June, 10.30 am Years 10 - 12
Concert 3:
"For booking please contact the School of Music Concert Manager at 6125 5771"
DRUMatiX 10th Anniversary Concert 2007
Friday 1 June, 7.30 pm
Saturday 2 June, 1.00 pm with a pre-concert presentation at 12.30
ANU Arts Centre Theatre
Adult $15, Concession $12, Friends and ArtSound FM Members $10, Student *$5
Tickets are available through Canberra Ticketing
www.canberratheatre.org.au
