SPACE IS LIMITED! Register in advance to secure your spot!
Classes will be held on Saturdays 1-2:30pm
February 3 - 24, 2024
Dendezeiros Studio in Germantown
February 3 - 24, 2024
Dendezeiros Studio in Germantown
Join master percussionist Dendê Macêdo for the next edition of this multi-level class in Afro-Brazilian percussion.
Cost: $160 for the series, $25/class
(all drums provided)
(all drums provided)
Students will learn to play timbal, caixa, surdo, repique, xequere, tamborim, pandeiro and much more with a former member of Timbalada! Dendê will teach you proper technique, exercises, tuning and maintenance, improvisations and soloing, traditional rhythms from candomblé and samba de roda as well as the original rhythms and breaks from bands like Timbalada, Ilê Aiyê and Olodum.
Dendê is a percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. He’s been a professional musician since the age of 14, when he appeared in the frontline of Timbalada, Carlinhos Brown’s superstar percussion ensemble. With Timbalada, Dendê toured all over Brazil, Europe and Asia, appared on various television shows and has performed and recorded with such artists as Marisa Monte, Gilberto Gil, Carlinhos Brown, Ivete Sangalo and Sepultura. Having left Brazil in 2001, Dendê lived in NYC until 2014 and now lives in Philadelphia, performing and recording with his groups Dendê & Band, Arrastão, Ologundê, and Samba de Três. With these groups he has toured all over the US and Europe. In addition to his own work, he has his performed and recorded with artists such as Dance Brazil, Melvin Gibbs, Graham Haynes, Giovanni Hidalgo, Zakir Hussain, David Byrne and Vinicius Cantuária among many others. Register now to reserve your instrument.
Email mamadele@mamadele.com with questions.
Private lessons can also be arranged in person or via Skype. Email mamadele@mamadele.com for more info
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