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Drum Classes – December 2016

December 5, 2016 By
Instructor – Amy Jackson
$35 for single 2-hour workshop
$60 for series of 2 workshops
 
You can email or call Amy at 404-784-2462.
Djembes are available for use!  Please reserve.
  

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 Mondays
December 12 & December 19
7:00 – 9:00 pm

All Levels Djembe/Dunun *  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Tuesdays
December 13 & December 20
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Beginner Djembe/Dunun *  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Wednesday AM
December 14  &  December 21
10:00 am – noon

All Levels  Djembe/Dunun*  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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 * Both workshops will target rhythms required for Level 1-3  Teaching Certification with TTMDA . The classes are ideal for those who want only to learn drumming or improve their skills and technique, even if they have no interest in certification.

Classes require a minimum of 5 students. Enrollees will be advised if minimums are not met.

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Drum Classes – November 2016

November 1, 2016 By
Instructor – Amy Jackson
$80 for series of 4 classes
$25 for single drop-in class
 
You can email or call Amy at 404-784-2462.
Djembes are available for use!  Please reserve.
  

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 Mondays
November 7 – 28
7:00 – 8:15 pm

Intermediate Djembe/Dunun  - 4 wk series

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Tuesdays
November 8 – 29
7:30 – 8:45 pm

Beginner Djembe/Dunun  - 4 wk series

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Wednesdays
November 9 – 30
10:00 am – 11:15 am

All Levels Djembe/Dunun  - 4 wk series

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Classes require a minimum of 5 students. Enrollees will be advised if minimums are not met.

 

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Drum Classes – October 2016

October 5, 2016 By
Instructor – Amy Jackson
$35 for single 2-hour workshop
$60 for series of 2 workshops
 
You can email or call Amy at 404-784-2462.
Djembes are available for use!  Please reserve.
  

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 Mondays
October 10 & October 17
7:00 – 9:00 pm

All Levels Djembe/Dunun *  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Wednesdays
October 12  &  October 19
10:00 am – noon

Beginner Djembe/Dunun*  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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 * Both workshops will target rhythms required for Level 1-3  Teaching Certification with TTMDA . The classes are ideal for those who want only to learn drumming or improve their skills and technique, even if they have no interest in certification.

Classes require a minimum of 5 students. Enrollees will be advised if minimums are not met.

 

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Conundrums Anniversary Party

October 5, 2016 By


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You can also RSVP via our  Event Page on Facebook…………

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What They’re Saying…

September 3, 2016 By

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“Highly Recommended! Best fun we’ve ever had here!” - Vernon Woods Retirement Community 

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“We love Amy! We can’t wait for her to get here and drum with us! Our families can’t wait to see what we do together! We sing, we dance, and laugh, and have fun.”  - Aijalon Adult Day Care

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A Few of our Senior Programs

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  • Aijalon Adult Day Care Center
  • AHEPA Drumming with Seniors
  • Carestone Assisted Living
  • Delmar Gardens of Smyrna
  • Dogwood Forest of Marietta
  • Gaines Senior Day Care Center
  • Golden Living Retirement Community of Buckhead
  • Golden Living Retirement Community on Glenwood
  • Golden Living Retirement Community of Northside
  • Governor’s Glen Assisted Living
  • Park Springs Retirement Community
  • Plantation South Assisted Living and Memory Care
  • Signature Healthcare of Marietta
  • Signature Healthcare of Buckhead
  • Specialty Care of Marietta
  • Sunrise Retirement Community of Brighten Gardens
  • Sunrise Retirement Community of Buckhead
  • Sunrise Retirement Community of John’s Creek
  • Sunrise Retirement Community of Decatur
  • Sunrise Retirement Community of Dunwoody
  • Vernon Woods Retirement Community in LaGrange, GA
  • William Bremen Jewish Home

Drum Classes – September 2016

September 2, 2016 By
Instructor – Amy Jackson
$35 for single 2-hour workshop
$60 for series of 2 workshops
 
You can email or call Amy at 404-784-2462.
Djembes are available for use!  Please reserve.
  

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 Mondays
September 12  &  September 19
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Intermediate Djembe/Dunun *  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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Wednesdays
September 14  &  September 21
10:00 am – noon

Beginner Djembe/Dunun*  - 2 hr workshops

DrumRise Music Studio/Decatur 

register here…

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 * Both workshops will target rhythms required for Level 1-3  Teaching Certification with TTMDA . The classes are ideal for those who want only to learn drumming or improve their skills and technique, even if they have no interest in certification.

Classes require a minimum of 5 students. Enrollees will be advised if minimums are not met.

 

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Comments & Reviews

August 29, 2016 By

“Wow! How great was that for our office? Let me tell you – totally awesome. You rocked with information, patience, great vibes, and a fun presentation. - Kathryn Firago, Henderson Mill Dental Care

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“(Drumrise’s)style programming continues to be one of the best and most well-received events we offer our students.” - The Art Institute of Atlanta

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“Thank you! This was excellent. A great way to bond and begin our year!” - Friends School of Atlanta

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“What a great way to bond a group! It got us moving and laughing and interacting. It was exercise, history, and culture all in one!” - Atlanta Medical Center Neonatal Nurses

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 “Highly Recommended! Best fun we’ve ever had here!” - Vernon Woods Retirement Community 

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“We love Amy! We can’t wait for her to get here and drum with us! Our families can’t wait to see what we do together! We sing, we dance, and laugh, and have fun.”  - Aijalon Adult Day Care

 

Drum Day Atlanta – Summer Picnic – 2016

May 4, 2016 By

Come join us for a day of drumming fun, learning and community at the DrumRise music studio in Decatur.  The program will be suitable to all levels of experience, focusing on a traditional rhythm(s), solo techniques and songs. We will begin promptly at 10 am and break for a picnic lunch around noon. It will be a casual event – bring your water bottle and a favorite drumming chair if you like. Please register early as space is limited and we expect to fill up quickly. Total cost is $125 and includes lunch. If you don’t have a drum, we have a limited number available at no charge. We look forward to seeing you there!

ABOUT MONETTE

Monette Marino is a world percussionist. She has studied with local and international Masters in Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Caribbean, Korean and West African drumming.

Monette began apprenticing with Master Drummer Mamady Keita from Guinea, West Africa in 1996 and was certified as a teacher in 1999. In 1999, she opened the second Tam Tam Mandiquue school in the nation in San Diego. She has since earned the TTM Diploma of Proficiency – one of only eight instructors in the world to earn the distinction. She also served as Vice President of Tam Tam Mandingue International from 2009-2012.

Click here to register...As a professional musician for almost two decades, Monette has performed and recorded with many artists including Mamady Keita and his world-renowned group Sewa Kan. She has also performed with numerous bands/musicians, appeared on television shows including American Idol, and in 2010 formed her own band and wrote, produced, and recorded her first CD, Coup d Éclat.

Monette’s school has now broadened its scope to include Steel Drum, Afro-Cuban & Afro-Brazilian drumming, in addition to the traditional West African drumming. She has created an iPhone App “Mo’Rhythm Africa – Play Along Djembe/Dunun App” now available on iTunes for iPhone/iPad/Apple TV. Visit Monette’s website for more information on her and the MO’RHYTHM School of Percussion.

 

Drum Day Atlanta Spring Picnic

February 25, 2016 By

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Amy invites you to spend the day with 3 of her favorite instructors – eat, drum and be happy!

Join us for a day of fun, food and drumming.  We’ll have three great ninety minute, all-level drum classes (loaner drums are available if you don’t have your own – please let us know you need one in advance). Lunch will be provided. It’s happening at the DrumRise Studio in Decatur. More details below, but first meet our special guests…

Aly Camara

Aly Camara was born in Guinea, West Africa. Guinea is known for their energetic, polyrhythmic traditional drum and dance, and has maintained
much of their indigenous cultural traditions.

Aly plays a number of percussion instruments. He is most outstanding on the djembe, dununs krin (a wooden log drum), the gongoma, and several other little known percussion instruments that are indigenous to Guinea. Aly has a beautiful voice and sings traditional rhythms from a variety of West African ethnic groups.

Chuck Cogliandro

Chuck has been a project engineer for General Motors, a chauffeur to the stars, a wanderer and reader, and an in-house analyst for a mystery
shopping company.  He is currently a musician, a healer, a son, a brother to two sisters, a husband to Kelly, a friend to many, and a lover of life.

He has traveled to Guinea with his friend and teacher Mohamed DaCosta, and has studied West African music with many great artists and teachers, including Brother Yusef Crowder, Stone Montgomery, Mohamed Diaby, Aly Camara and Robin Bountourabi Leftwich.  He has been trained in various ways of healing by Barbara Brennan, Peter and Jamy Faust, and Kimberly Cahill.  Chuck loves to be a part of groups that are attuned in rhythm and movement in order to remember that the source for all of us is with the Divine.

Robin “Bountourabi” Leftwich

The totally remarkable Robin“Bountourabi”of Happy Beat  Drumming in North Carolina is an experience not to be missed!

Caution: Side effects may include a feeling of euphoria, an enhanced sense of rhythm,
improved health, a new vision of the world, heightened self esteem, fits of laughter, a new rash of friends, an itch to come back and extreme
HAPPINESS. If the symptoms last for more than four hours, seek the assistance of friends to laugh it off and then repeat the dosage… Use
more often than needed and share liberally with your friends.

 

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The Drum Day Picnic is a serendipity sort of event. I had shoulder surgery last year (years of lugging drums all over the world!). This meant discontinuing my regular classes for several months. I missed my students.

 During that time Robin, Chuck and Aly all offered their help since I was unable to do my drum classes.

And I thought about these wonderful teachers and how each of them has unique gifts to offer their students.

Voila!!! Share these fantastic people with each other as a way of saying thanks. I know you will enjoy yourself.

Thank you all -

Amy

Details

Location for the picnic is The DrumRise Studio (adjoining Amy’s home).

The first class begins at 10 am. Come early for coffee.

Cost is $85, all-inclusive. Fee must be paid in advance.  Register  early – space is limited!

 

 

 

Contact Amy at DrumRise
404-784-2462
amy@drumrise.net
www.drumrise.net
 
DOWNLOAD this flyer.
 
 

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