Photos from Frame Drum Fest 2008.

Photos from NAFDA North - Cooperman Frame Drum Festival 2008.

Artist selection for all NAFDA, Inc. events is currently by invitation.

North American Frame Drum Association, Inc.

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Cost: $450.00 plus $30.00 registration.

Reservations required. Payment must be made by check in advance. Limited lodging space for 33 attendees.

Includes: 3 nights lodging on site, 9 meals, 11 workshops, 2 presentations & 2 concerts.

Festival is all inclusive, one price per person for entire event.

This event is for adults (18 & over) - no minors (under 18) can stay on site over night.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Thursday, March 26, 2009
1:00 - 5:00 pm - Arrival & Registration
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Dinner
6:30 - 7:00 pm - Orientation
7:00 - 8:30 pm - Workshop - Marla Leigh - Tar
8:30 - 10:00 pm - Workshop - Murat Coskun - Traditional Turkish Rhythms for Riqq and Frame Drum
11:00 pm - Evening hang / practice / jam sessions

Friday, March 27, 2009
8:00 - 8:45 am - Breakfast
9:00 - 10:20 am - Workshop - Glen Fittin - Sound Production & Compositional Techniques for Frame Drums
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Workshop - Steáfán Hannigan - Irish Bodhrán Techniques
12:00 - 12:30 pm - Break
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm - Presentation - Judith Cohen - "Adufe in Spain & Portugal"
2:30 - 3:00 pm - Break
3:00 - 5:00 pm - Workshop - Jonás Gimeno Marín - Spanish Pandereta Styles
5:00 - 5:30 pm - Break
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Dinner
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Break

7:30 - 10:00 pm - Concert 1 featuring: Judith Cohen - (adufe, voice), Todd Isler - (kanjira, frame drums & looping pedal), Glen Fittin (frame drums), Yousif Sheronick (frame drums), Todd Roach (multiple frame drums) & Mac Ritchey (oud), Shane Shanahan (frame drums, ocean drum), John de Kadt (bodhran, voice, hang), Steáfán Hannigan (Irish bodhrán, uillean pipes) & Saskia Tomkins - (fiddle, nyckelharpa), Randy Gloss - (pandeiro), Salokhiddin Fakhriev - (Uzbek doyra).

11:00 pm - Evening hang / practice / jam sessions

Saturday, March 28, 2009
8:00 - 8:45 am - Breakfast
9:00 - 10:20 am - Workshop - N. Scott Robinson - Indian Kanjira Techniques & Adaptation to Modern Bodhran
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Workshop - Randy Gloss - Brazilian Pandeiro Techniques
12:00 - 12:30 pm Break
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 pm - Presentation - Glen Velez - "Tambourines and Frame Drums in Ancient History"
2:30 - 3:00 pm - Break
3:00 - 5:00 pm - Workshop - Glen Velez - New Techniques for Frame Drums
5:00 - 5:30 pm - Break
5:30 - 6:30 pm - Dinner
6:30 - 7:30 pm - Break

7:30 - 10:00 pm - Concert 2 featuring: Gianluca Baldo Dedication, Jennifer Caputo - (tammorra, voice), Jonás Gimeno Marín - (pandereta, voice), Marla Leigh (tar, bodhran, voice), N. Scott Robinson (Mediterr-Asian tambourine, ghaval, riqq, kanjira, bodhran, bendir) & K. S. Resmi - (Carnatic vocals), Andrea Piccioni (tamburello, frame drums, voice) & Murat Coskun (riqq, frame drums, voice), David Kuckhermann (riqq, frame drums), Glen Velez (bodhran, tar, riqq, voice) with Lori Cotler (voice, konnakol), Shane Shanahan (tar, riqq, voice), Yousif Sheronick (tar, riqq, voice), and Mark Katsaounis (tar, riqq, voice).

11:00 pm - Evening hang / practice / jam sessions

Sunday, March 29, 2009
8:00 - 8:45 am - Breakfast
9:00 - 10:20 am - Workshop - Michel Merhej Baklouk - Arabic Riqq Techniques & Style
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - Workshop - David Kuckhermann - Techniques for Multiple Frame Drums
12:00 - 12:30 pm - Break
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm - Workshop - Andrea Piccioni - Italian Tamburello Techniques
3:30 - 5:00 pm - Pack up and Disperse

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