NAFDA North ® - Cooperman Frame Drum Fest 2008

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2008

Grafton & Brattleboro, Vermont - USA

Photo Highlights

NAFDA North - Cooperman Frame Drum Festival 2008 Artists: Patrick Graham (Canada), David Kuckhermann (Germany), Marla Leigh (USA), N. Scott Robinson (USA), K. S. Resmi (India), Kathryn Lockwood (Australia), Yousif Sheronick (USA), Todd Roach (USA), John de Kadt (USA), Mac Ritchey (USA).

Seated: Patrick Cooperman & master drum maker Shaun McGinnis

 

FRIDAY - October 31, 2008

Informal Concert & Jam Session

Rhythm & Rhyme: Tahya (poetry, Oriental dance, sistrum, zils) & Grantley Smith (bodhran & riqq)

N. Scott Robinson (hammer dulcimer) & Patrick Graham (Irish bodhrán)

Lockwood / Sheronick Project: Kathryn Lockwood (viola) & Yousif Sheronick (bodhran)

John de Kadt (hang & poetry)

Todd Roach (doumbek) & Mac Ritchey (oud)

David Kuckhermann (riqq)

N. Scott Robinson (bodhran), K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocals) & Shawn Mativetsky (tabla)

N. Scott Robinson (Milltone metal tongue drum), K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocal) & John de Kadt (ocean drum, bodhran)

Marla Leigh (flute & bendir), Patrick Graham (kanjira & caxixi), Mac Ritchey (oud), Todd Roach (ghaval, bendir) & Shawn Mativetsky (tabla)

Mac Ritchey (oud), David Kuckhermann (riqq) & Rowan Storm (daf)

Patrick Graham (kanjira), N. Scott Robinson (bendir), David Kuckhermann (bendir) & Rowan Storm (dayereh)

 

Saturday - Nov. 1, 2008

Patrick Graham: Traditional & Modern Techniques for Irish Bodhrán

Marla Leigh: Free-hand Frame Drumming

Yousif Sheronick: Riqq Techniques

N. Scott Robinson - Techniques for Pandeiro, Pandereta & Tamburello

Todd Roach: Creating Frame Drum Compositions

David Kuckhermann: Persian Techniques for Multiple Frame Drums

 

CONCERT

Marla Leigh (flute & free-hand frame drum) with Todd Roach (riqq & doumbek), Mac Ritchey (oud) & David Kuckhermann (bendir)

Rowan Storm (dayereh & daf)

K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocal) & N. Scott Robinson (bodhran)

N. Scott Robinson - Mediterr-Asian tambourine

K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocal) with N. Scott Robinson (sanza), Marla Leigh (riqq & flute) & David Kuckhermann (cajon)

David Kuckhermann - multiple frame drums

N. Scott Robinson (mbongo & riqq) with The Loft Youth Percussion Ensemble

David Kuckhermann (cajon & congas) with The Loft Youth Percussion Ensemble

Todd Roach (multiple frame drums) & Mac Ritchey (oud)

Yousif Sheronick - tar

David Kuckhermann & Yousif Sheronick - bodhran duet

K. S. Resmi (Carnatic vocal) with Yousif Sheronick (riqq) & N. Scott Robinson (mbira dza vadzimu)

Todd Roach & N. Scott Robinson - pandeiro duet

Finale featuring Todd Roach (bodhran), N. Scott Robinson (kanjira & tar), Marla Leigh (bodhran & flute), Mac Ritchey (oud), David Kuckhermann (ghaval)

& Yousif Sheronick (riqq)