Latin Music & Drumming Workshop

Whether you are an established musician, a student or just an enthusiast, come along to this very special workshop featuring members of the celebrated Sydney bands Caribé and ALLY. These amazing musicians hail from Sydney’s Cuban, jazz and Latin communities and have been a favourite at music festivals and Latin dances all around Australia for many years.  Learn new grooves and experience playing rhythm patterns in a group setting with a great backing band!

The workshop will be 1.5 hours in length and anyone can participate!  Percussionist Julio Candela will demonstrate a couple of easy styles so that people with no experience can learn. Saxophonist Gai Bryant, pianist Daniel Pliner and bassist Cesar Marin will also be on hand to help people with the rhythm patterns and give context to how the rhythms sound in a group situation. Each style is broken up into small rhythm patterns which are eventually joined together. Participants can experience playing Afro-Peruvian grooves such as a Lando and a Panalivio alongside a Cuban styles such as mambo and cha cha chá or a Latin funk groove.

If you have drums or hand percussion of your own, please bring them to the workshop if you can. We will also have available djembe drums from the Oberon Drumming Group, so everyone will have a chance to play an instrument.

ALLY have performed and conducted workshops for BOOM! International Festival of Percussion, Bellingen Muse, Sydney Sacred Music Festival, Sydney Afro-Latin Festival, Inland Sea of Sound and Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. NRC Lismore, Salsa Caliente Mullumbimby, El Horses Nowra, Blue Mountains Theatre, Kandos High School, Orange Regional Conservatorium, Parkes Latin Sounds at the Pavilion and more.

Please call Lucy East on 0401 262 260 to secure your place – limited numbers only!