Sunday, September 14, 2008

MARACATU MONDAY (one night only free percussion workshop) 15 September 2008

B.Y.O.D - Wicked Aura Batucada presents MARACATU MONDAY (one night only free percussion workshop) featuring Jeff Duneman of Maracatu NY. Bring your own drums and have fun with us! Wicked Aura Batucada proudly presents a one-night-only maracatu session with our Yankee friend, Mr Jeff Duneman. Admission and workshop are free, so come and drum the night away as we usher out our Monday Blues. For enquiries, please email manager@wickedaura.com.



Day/ Date: Monday, 15 September 2008

Time: 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm

Venue: *Scape Youthpark (Outdoor Stage Area)

See you there.



ABOUT JEFF DUNEMAN



Jeff Duneman has been researching, studying and performing Brazilian culture and percussion since 2000 when he discovered the music of Pernambuco, Brazil. During 2000-01, he first visited Recife and Olinda, Pernambuco, researching the legacy of the mangue movement led by Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi and many other local bands. Since that time, Jeff has spent four Carnaval seasons in Recife studying and performing maracatu and other Northeastern rhythms under Jorge Martins, Mestre Nana, and others. This January and February, he helped organize and lead Maracatu New York's immersion trip to Carnaval in Recife and Olinda.Jeff also performed for years throughout the SW United States with the Native American Award winning bands Red Earth and Native Roots, both based in Albuquerque, NM.Currently residing in Brooklyn, New York and part of the small group of North Americans who have researched and studied the music and percussion of Pernambuco, Jeff has teamed up with Scott Kettner and Maracatu New York to help share the music and culture of Pernambuco with North America and the world.

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