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The Cumbria Music Service Wider Opportunities drumming programme will commence in January 2009. ZoZo Shuaibu will be visiting participating schools each term, visits include masterclasses for participating teachers.
At the end of the summer term Sam Maitland will join ZoZo to work with groups of schools towards a final presentation linking music, dance and traditional story.
A return visit to Gateshead CLC on July 15th. We were there last year working with a group of enthusiastic teachers promoting use of the tuned-in.org cdrom "West African Drumbeats".
St Philip Neri School at Gateshead CLC
On Tuesday we worked with 120 Years 3/4/5/6 children from St Philip Neri Primary School and St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas School in Gateshead. We had a great time and we're pretty sure the children enjoyed themselves too! We had over 20 djembes with us so all of the children had a turn drumming - they learned some basic drum language and participated in songs, dancing, games and storytelling.
You can see more photos of this session by visiting our Gallery.
Kuzari are travelling again. We're off to Belgium on September 2nd 2008 to perform at the SHAPE School.
We'll be visiting HMP Haverigg and performing to inmates and visitors during their Cultural Awareness Day on June 18th 2008.
We're just putting the finishing touches to our new website....
Come often and hang out with us and tune in to some great sounds...better still, book us and get to know us in person!
World Citizen - Alafia
CD: £10.00
From Freetown in Sierra Leone, West Africa, Sam Maitland, aka Alafia, is an accomplished composer, singer, songwriter and music teacher. He plays guitars, bass, piano and various percussion instruments.
Alafia has recorded and performed with many African and international artists including Seal, Africa Eye, King Masco, and Dunni (featured on BBC 2’s Rhythms of the World). He has played music extensively throughout the UK and has performed live at the Kite Festival in Newcastle, ‘Sounds of Africa’ concert on Clapham Common and the Bristol Carnival where he was filmed with his band Alafia for MTV African Music Show. He has toured the States and Japan with the African band Rokoto and most recently he's been working with multi-cultural contemporary dance group Sakoba.
The debut album World Citizen was reviewed in Mojo Magazine and was described as “…infused even at a distance with the rhythms of Freetown and Accra, suggests that they must be dynamite live”
Check out this killer djembe track from Kuzari. It's called Goombay - you can either download it or subscribe to our podcast feed.
Another Kuzari track for your pleasure...