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3rd Annual Asheville Percusion Festival at Asheville Percussion Festival at Diana Wortham Theatre
Courtesy of Crissa Requate | Posted on May 28, 2014
Where
Diana Wortham Theatre
Asheville Percussion Festival
2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC
Map
When
Fri, June 20, 2014
3:00 pm
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About
The third annual Asheville Percussion Festival returns to Western North Carolina on June 20-22, 2014. Hosted by renowned multi-percussionist River Guerguerian and Jazz recording artist Lizz Wright, the three-day percussive arts festival will feature workshops, panels and performances led by acclaimed musicians from a variety of drumming concentrations. The event takes place in the scenic mountain town of Asheville, NC – a city noted for creativity, art, and collaboration.
The Asheville Percussion Festival invites percussionists of all levels and traditions from around the globe to gather, create, innovate, and learn from one another. Workshop topics will include performing, improvising, and composing taught by world-renowned performers including David Kuckhermann (hand pans/“cross-cultural” percussion), Sameer Gupta (tabla), Ferenc Nemeth (Jazz drumming), Lionel Loueke (percussive guitar), Marla Leigh (frame drum), Billy Jonas (family percussion), Naghmeh Farahmand (Persian drums), Adam Maalouf (Middle Eastern percussion), Adama Dembele (djembe), Nacho Arimany (Flamenco cajon), and more....