Don't miss out on these finally classes with Nansady Keita in the USA this year!
Nansady will be teaching in Greensboro, NC this weekend June 23 & 24 - you can find more information for this workshop at http://www.medusadrums.com/hand2hand/greensboro.htm
or join us on the Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/344588322262192/
Nansady will also be offering ENCORE Classes in the Chicago Area to be held at Lake Forest College on Friday, June 29 through Sunday, July 1. The Friday class will be a Dance of the Strong Man Rhythm Intensive for experienced plays. Classes on Saturday and Sunday are open to all levels - you will be challenged at your level. You can find more information about these classes at http://www.medusadrums.com/hand2hand/index.html#dates or go to our Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/466214666741254/
I hope you are able to take advantage of one of these classes with Nansady he is truly an amazing teacher and player!
ABOUT NANSADY KEITA
Nansady Keita was born in the village of Sangbaralla in Guinea, West Africa, where centuries-old rhythms and songs are part of the fabric of daily life. He began playing traditional Malinké music at a very young age, first using a tin can as a djembe and a water container as a dunun. Nansady studied intensively with djembe-master Djoumeh Camara from the age of 8 and eventually progressed to lead djembe-fola (djembe player) in Sangbaralla. The village is located in the country's Hamana region, where the djembe orchestra and the powerful Dunun (Dance of the Strong Men) rhythms were born.
Nansady spent twenty years immersed in the traditional repertoire of Malinké music that accompanies community festivals, celebrations, rights-of-passage and agricultural activities in his village. His playing was in demand across the region when his uncle, world-renowned Master Drummer, Famoudou Konaté, heard him playing on a recording a local had made. Famoudou then invited Nansady to the capital city of Conakry to perform with his ensemble, while teaching visiting students from the United States, Europe, Japan and elsewhere. In 2002 and 2004, Nansady performed as second soloist with Famoudou's group "Hamana Foli Kan" on concert tours of Europe and Japan. Nansady appears as a soloist, accompanist and dunun-fola on five of Famoudou Konaté's CDs, all of which have received global acclaim.
Nansady's tremendous knowledge of Malinké rhythms, clarity of tone and dynamic musicianship have solidified his position as one of the next great djembe-folas to emerge from West Africa. In recent years, he has completed his own workshop and performance tours of North America, Europe, Scandanavia and Japan. Nansady is a skilled and patient teacher with an engaging sense of humor and warm, abundant laughter that immediately put both experienced and novice students at ease.
In 2006, the Music Worldwide Inter-cultural Music Consultancy invited Nansady to the UK, where he now lives and works, returning to Guinea each winter. He is a regular performer at major world-music events in Great Britain, including WOMAD, Drum Camp, The Tribe of Doris Intercultural Summer School and The African Drum Village Festival in Scotland and played on the motion-picture soundtrack for Warner Bros. "Blood Diamond." Nansady was also the subject of a documentary film on black and minority ethnic (BME) individuals in the UK entitled "That's Why I Love It." He has released two CDs, Farafina Sangbaralla (2010) and Hamana Kalu (2008).
Best wishes,
Helen Bond
www.MedusaDrums.com
www.MotherlandRhythm.org
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