Didgeridoo Workshop: Entering the Dreamtime
| Hours: | 7:00-8:30pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $ see below |
| Category: | Learn Something |
A didgeridoo workshop for all ages & levels, instruments providedIn this short workshop, students will be introduced to the fundamental techniques of the didgeridoo which include producing the basic drone, manipulations of the fundamental note, and taking the first steps towards circular breathing. Plastic 'starter' didgeridoos will be provided. All ages and abilities are welcome.
Date: Friday, March 9, 2012
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Fee: $30; pre-registration required – online at http://newschoolofmusic.org/workshopsandlectures.html or call NSM at 617-492-8105
Contact: NSM office at 617-492-8105, info@newschoolofmusic.org, www.newschoolofmusic.org
MBTA: Redline to Harvard Square; Bus 71 or 73 to the Mount Auburn Hospital stop
More about the didgeridoo & workshop facilitator:
The Australian aboriginal didgeridoo is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Said to produce higher states of awareness and trance, anthropologists say it may have been used in aboriginal rituals as early as 40,000 years ago. Circular breathing (breathing in and out at the same time), and a variety of vocal and tonguing techniques allow the player to produce a rich drone, full of overtones and countless textures, with many rhythmic elements. The emphasis on the full and supported breath give playing the didgeridoo all the benefits of breath therapy; indeed playing the instrument has helped or even cured asthma.
Daniel Orlansky has been playing the didgeridoo for 20 years both in America and Europe. He has performed in many locations, notably at Berkley College of Music, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Jazz Festival, the Cambridge River Festival, and for the Boston Ballet and many local dance companies. For work, Daniel is a full time yoga teacher, offering classes, workshops, and teacher trainings worldwide.
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$30; pre-registration required
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25 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 617-492-8105
By Public transportation:
>By Bus
Take the 71 Watertown or 73 Waverly bus to Mt. Auburn Hospital. Walk around the corner to Lowell Street. The school will be on the left, number 25.
>By T/Foot
From Harvard Square, take either Mt. Auburn Street (1/2 mile) or Brattle Street (3/4 mile) and walk several blocks until you reach Lowell Street. From Mt. Auburn St., turn right on Lowell St. We are number 25, immediately on the left hand side. From Brattle St., turn left onto Lowell. Number 25 will be at the end of the block on the right hand side.
By Car:
>From Harvard Square
Take Mt. Auburn Street out of the square, heading a half mile west (toward Watertown). Turn right onto Lowell St., just before the Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.
>From Rt. 2
Follow Rt. 2 east past the Alewife T station and around the Fresh Pond rotaries (Rt. 2 becomes Fresh Pond Parkway.) Stay on Rt. 2/Fresh Pond Parkway, crossing Huron Ave. At the next stop light, turn left onto Brattle St. Take the third right onto Lowell St. Park in the lot on the right, just past the school entrance.
>From the Mass Turnpike (Rt. 90)
Take the Cambridge/Allston exit. Bear right off the exit ramp, toward Cambridge. Go straight through two sets of lights, and over the bridge. Get in the left lane. Immediately after the bridge, turn left onto Memorial Dr. Stay on Memorial Dr. for about one mile. Bear right onto Hawthorne St., then take the next left onto Mt. Auburn St. Turn right onto Lowell St., just before Mt. Auburn Hospital. Park in the lot on the left.
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