World Drumming for Children
Learning world music in groups enhances creativity, musicality, social skills and diversity awareness. Children will explore rhythms from South America, The Caribbeans, Africa, India and other parts of the world while having fun!
Students will learn to play a variety of percussion instruments as they study the different parts of a particular rhythm. Together they will create songs and improvise parts. This class meets once per week. Instructor: Bam Bam Rodriguez
Monday 4pm-5pm; Wednesday 4pm-5pm, 5pm-6pm
Cost: $350/10 classes. Instruments will be provided
World Music Ensemble for Adults
Guitar, bass, percussion, drums, piano, and voice.
Learn new rhythms, instruments and songs from places such as Africa, South America and The Caribbeans. Students will create music by learning different parts and roles. This class meets once per week. Instructor: Bam Bam Rodriguez.
Wednesday 10am-11am, 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-4pm
Cost: $350/10 classes.
For more information about our classes, schedule and registration please call (914) 455-4050 or write to info@artacademyofwestchester.com
Jose Bam Bam Rodriguez
José “Bambam” Rodríguez is a Belgian-Venezuelan Bass player and multi-instrumentalist who currently lives in New York City, where he regularly performs. He has toured over 10 European countries, South America, The Caribbean, Mexico and the U.S.A., where he has played concerts for Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Brooklyn Museum, and festivals like Jazz a Vienne, North Sea Jazz Festival, Montauk Music Festival, Brussels Jazz Marathon and Garana Jazz. Bambam is also the leader of R.A.M. (Rodríguez, Aksunger, Milea), Light at Both Ends of the Tunnel and Mulix, with which he has toured Mexico, the US and Europe. Through his career, he has collaborated with artists such as Claudia Acuña, Celso Duarte, Lara Bello, Luis Perdomo, Samuel Torres, Ari Hoenig, Dean Bowman, Rogerio Boccato, Juancho Herrera, Yayo Serka, Michael Simon, Gerardo Rosales and Pablo Reyes. From an early age he was also part of the worldwide famous “El Sistema” movement of youth orchestras in Venezuela, where he performed in alongside Gustavo Dudamel. Bambam holds two Master’s degrees in Jazz and World Music from the prestigious conservatories of Brussels and Amsterdam.
