[MusicEvents] FW: Drumming Workshop

[Nancy Melton]

As part of the Texas A&M University-Commerce Globalization Conference,
master drummer Jamal Mohammed will lead an interactive drumming workshop
on Friday, November 16th from 10:00 a.m. until noon.   Jamal will teach
drumming techniques from the Middle East and Africa. No previous
experience is necessary!  We will have plenty of drums for participants
to share.  The workshop will be held in the Music Building Band Hall.

A poster is attached.

About Jamal:
Jamal Mohammed serves on the faculty at Southern Methodist University's
Meadows School of
the Arts, where he teaches percussion and directs the Meadows World
Music
Ensemble.  Currently, Jamal performs with the percussion group D'Drum.
The group was
named the 2010 winner of Drum! Magazine's award for best percussion
group,
and was also featured in an Emmy Award-winning PBS short film
documenting
the group's travels and observations related to world percussion.  Jamal
also
performs with the world music group Brahma and the jazz ensemble
Jampact. 
 
Jamal has been a featured artist in many international music and dance
events. He has presented percussion workshops at venues worldwide,
including Berklee College of Music in Boston; the National Institute of
Fine Arts in Mexico City; the Tokyo School of Music in Tokyo, Japan; the
American University in Cairo, Egypt; the Center for World Music in Bali,
Indonesia; and the University of Hong Kong, to name a few. He has
performed with Sting, Mark O'Connor, Giovanni Hidalgo and many other
well known artists. In addition, his music has been featured in the
television documentaries Ramses the Great, National Geographic's Lions
of
Darkness (with D'Drum), and the film biography of bluesman Robert
Johnson, Can't You Hear the Wind Howl?, starring Danny Glover and Keb'
Mo'.
 
A native of Lebanon, Jamal grew up in the Chicago area, where he was
exposed to rich blues and jazz traditions as well as the Middle Eastern
music he heard at home. Known for his virtuosity on the doumbek, Jamal
has incorporated many innovative jazz and Latin styles with this ancient
instrument. He designs and builds a number of the instruments he plays
and has worked extensively in dance, theater, film and music therapy. In
2010 Toca Percussion introduced the "Jamal Doumbek," a signature drum he
designed with Toca.
 
For further information visit: http://www.jamalmohamed.com

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