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For
local events, I can provide my own self-contained high quality
Bose sound system.
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University of Kentucky
Percussion Residency, 2004
University of Tennessee
at Martin Artist-in-Residence, 2013
N. Scott Robinson
Residency Programs
I.
Workshop -
Frame Drum Intensive
Designed
for university percussionists, the Frame Drum
Intensive Workshop is day-long instruction
on the techniques for a variety of frame drums &
tambourines. Percussionists are taught aspects of
technique & rhythm for hands-only Bodhrán
(Irish frame drum), Riqq
(Lebanese tambourine), Pandeiro
(Brazilian tambourine), Tamburello
(South Italian tambourine), Kanjira
(South Indian tambourine), Ghaval
& Daf (Persian
tambourines), and Tar
& Bendir (North
African frame drums). This workshop can be tailored
to your students level and specific areas of interest.
N. Scott Robinson's frame drum
pieces published by HoneyRock are great learning
etudes for recitals and learning aspects of some of
his pieces are incorporated within the workshop.
E-Mail
N. Scott Robinson
for other types of workshops that can include Berimbau,
Kalimba, and creative
use of the voice for percussionists (Hindewhu
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II.
Clinic -
Hand Drumming
& Brushes
The Hand Drumming
& Brushes Clinic shows percussionists
practical applications with techniques they may already
be familiar with. Technical issues such as combining
Drumset independence,
frame drum technique, and the timbral expansion of
mixing brushes with hand drumming are presented on
Bodhrán,
Djembe, Udu,
and Cajon so that
percussionists are exposed to contemporary choices
to help stimulate creativity and improvisation. This
clinic draws on techniques covered in the Frame Drum
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III.
Multi-Media Presentation -
The New Percussionist:
New Techniques & Expanded
Instrumentation
(History of Improvising
Percussionists)
With a 50-slide
PowerPoint presentation, audio examples, and 1 hour
of video clips, N. Scott Robinson details the history
of improvising percussionists. The New Percussionist
shows students who the innovators were and what
innovations they developed. Rare photographs and
video collected from over 7 years of research will
show percussionists all kinds of innovations in
contemporary improvised music including the technical
and timbral expansion of the Berimbau
(Naná Vasconcelos, Okay Temiz, Dinho Nascimento,
Rosario Jermano), the percussionist in jazz (Airto
Moreira, Dom um Romão, Badal Roy, Guilherme
Franco), expanding instrumentation and technique
(Collin Walcott, Trilok Gurtu, Zakir Hussain, Arto
Tunçboyaciyan), the technical expansion of
frame drumming (Glen Velez, Carlo Rizzo, Selvaganesh
Vinayakram), and much more. Percussionists are exposed
to a great variety of rare performance footage that
N. Scott Robinson places within a historical continuum
of percussion innovation in contemporary improvised
music.
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IV. School Assembly Program
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World View
(Lecture-Demonstration)
World View:
An engaging multi-cultural school program
for young students that features a variety of exotic
instruments from different cultures, including the
Steel Pan (from
Trinidad), the Didjeridu
(Australian wind instrument), Donso
Ngoni (harp from Gambia), Ghaval
& Daf
(Persian tambourines), Udu
(clay pots from Nigeria), Berimbau
(musical bow from Brazil), Riqq
(Lebanese tambourine), Tamburello
(South Italian tambourine), Bodhrán
(Irish frame drum), Kanjira
(South Indian tambourine), Mbongo
(elephant tusk horn from the Congo), Swedish &
Native American
Flutes, Mbira
(hand piano from Zimbabwe), and much more.
World View
can be tailored for your assembly program by choosing
the instruments & cultures you want from My
Instrument Gallery. This presentation exposes
your students to diverse ways of creating music, exposing
them to aspects of geography, culture, musical techniques,
creativity, and connections to nature. School programs
are designed based on the needs and interests of each
school and its students and involves some student
participation, demonstrations, and live performance.
A high quality Bose sound system can be provided if
necessary. Contact N. Scott Robinson for more information
about tailoring a program for your student assembly.
A special duo version of World View is available featuring
N. Scott Robinson and Indian vocalist K.S.
Resmi.
E-Mail:
N. Scott Robinson
Lakeview Intermediate
School, OH, 2004
Lakeview Intermediate
School, OH, 2004
Guilford Central School,
VT, 2013
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Princeton
Day School, NJ, 1993
St. James School, VA,
2010
Guilford Central School,
VT, 2012
Angelo L. Tomaso School,
NJ, 2011
Glebe Elementary School,
VA, 2010
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