Events Calendar

  April – July 2012

The seminar will be conducted by Rosario Punzo and Santo Vitale on April 9th and 10th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 18:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 200.00.

The focus of this seminar are the many aspects of Indian and Middle Eastern percussion. It will explore the rhythm of tabla, frame drums and darbouka. The course is for beginners or advanced percussionists.

The seminar will be conducted by Massimo Carrano and Santo Vitale on April 16th and 17th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 18:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 200.00.

The theme of the seminar are the answers to these questions:
- Why should a percussionist study the drumsticks technique?
- Why does a drummer need to know how to play the congas?
- How much do we need to learn about the "other" and how should we apply it to our drum set?
Furthermore we talk about:
- Assembly and customization of the drum set
- Hands as drumsticks, drumsticks as hands
- Alternative use of instruments and objects
- Lateral Thinking on the issues of the groove and the joy

Course about social health
The course will be conducted by Massimo Carrano and Santo Vitale on April 29th and 30th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 18:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 450.00.

The theme of the course is personal growth and divulgation of relevant information to the group management through the musical experience. Learning basic techniques used for normal commercial instruments and with recycled objects that will be constantly compared with the individual modes of learning and of the relationship.
The course consists in two phases, an experiential, addressed to the growth and comparison of each participant with their own inner reality (resistance to change, fear of judgment-report potential liability etc.).. The second phase involves the acquisition of basic technical tools to lead groups through the experience of music on percussion.

The seminar will be conducted by Dimas Camargo and Santo Vitale on May 14th and 15th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 18:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 200.00.

The seminar will give all the Brazilian percussion rhythm. Samba, funk carioca and pagodas are the basic rhythms that will be studied. The course is open to beginners and advanced.

Seminar about cajon
The seminar will be conducted by Salvo Compagno and Santo Vitale on May 28th and 29th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 18:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 200.00.

The seminar is a full immersion on the use of interdisciplinary cajon. More than technical aspects of sound we'll study about psychophysical learning (posture, breathing ...), the technical, stylistic and creative execution.

Seminar about frame drums
The seminar of frame drums will be conducted by Arnaldo Vacca and Santo Vitale on June from 3rd to 5th from 10:00 to 13:00 from 14:00 to 17:00.
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 320.00.

This seminar will focus on the many aspects (execution techniques, construction ..) on the frame drums in the areas of greatest diffusion. We'll put in evidence the different and the similar aspect of these instruments.
One part is dedicated to the Italian traditional drums, the second for arabic and east drums and the third, implementing modern techniques and experimentation. The course is for beginners and intermediate and advanced drummers who have had experience with these instruments.

Course for Teachers
The course for teachers will be conducted by Daniele Schimmenti and Santo Vitale and on days from July 4 th to 8th. (from 4^th to 7^th 10:00-13:00 and 14:00- 17:00, on 8^th 10:00-14:00).
Maximum 10 participants.
The price per person is € 450.00.

The course covers the use of music as a privileged non-verbal language in the report and in the process of teaching / learning. Some fundamental theory and practices pedagogic will be connected with music as a form of communication (use / creation of sound events) in order to provide educational models operating. Purpose of the course isn't too follow musical virtuosity, but to discover personal development. There'll be an emphasis on expansion of consciousness, the discovery of own rhythm and communication, through learning basic drum techniques. We'll also focus on gesture and movement that produce different sounds, different rhythmic analysis of formulas and relationships with others in the ensemble music.

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