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World of Rhythm and Dance
Master Class Series

A big thank you to everyone who attended
North African Drumming with Quentin Shaw!

Here's the last one of the season:

Afro-Cuban Drumming

Folkloric Rhythms and Matanzas-Style Batá
with
Toque Chicago

Janet Cramer, Jean-Christophe Leroy, and Sam Werk

The musical traditions of Cuba are surprisingly rich for such a small island. It is difficult to find your way in this complex drumming world without a guide, so let Toque Chicago show you the differences between Havana– and Matanzas–style percussion by demonstrating rhythms like bembé, guiro, and guaguancó, then performing the music of the batá drums in both styles.

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
at 2 PM
$15
19th Century Club
178 Forest Avenue
Oak Park, IL

The World of Rhythm and Dance series is an ongoing project of The Contemporary Music Project. For musicians and the general public, these master classes aim to have some fun while exploring the drum and dance traditions of the many international artists living in the Chicago area.

Upcoming Master Classes:

Look for a new series in the fall!

For more information call 708 524-8605

CMP is pleased to announce that it is the U.S. distributor for:

Método para la Enseñanza de la Percusión Latina
(Instruction Method for Latin Percussion)

Roberto Vizcaino Guillot

Quite simply the finest book of its kind ever published, this is Vizcaino's master work.

     El Método is the key to Roberto's playing secrets. The conga chapters include 1- and 2-drum technical exercises, improvisations, popular and contemporary rhythms, and rumba. The timbale chapters include technical exercises, popular and contemporary rhythms, improvisations, and tons of breaks.
     The last third of the book contains the best of Vizcaino's concert works for Latin Percussion. In these pieces he has raised the genre to a new level, writing complex compositions worthy of the recital hall. They include the duets, Soneando and Soneando 3, and the trio Soneando 1, and the solo works, Para Ella, Timba Son, and A Cuatro Congas. If you've ever wondered what, exactly, Roberto plays in his amazing solos, you will find the answers here.
     Lastly, El Método comes with 2 CDs. The first covers almost every exercise and rhythm in the book. The second contains recordings of Vizcaino playing his amazing concert works. They are recordings of the master at his prime.

Método para la Enseñanza de la Percusión Latina
124 pages and 2 CDs
$65 + $5 S&H

The Contemporary Music Project
P.O. Box 1070
Oak Park, IL 60304
708 524-8605

Overseas customers and those wishing to pay by PayPal, please email us before placing your order as the total will be slightly different.

Retail only

Those customers wishing to purchase both El Método and Batá Drumming can take $10 off the price (Total $100 for both. P&S included.)

Batá Drumming

The Instruments, the Rhythms, and the People Who
Play Them

by Don Skoog and Alejandro Carvajal

is the most comprehensive study of this important Cuban musical tradition, and the first to explore the people who created it, how it developed in Cuba, and where it fits in relation to the other folkloric traditions on the island.

The Second Edition! B&W, Softcover, 200 pages, 8 1⁄2” X 11” $40 (+ $5 S&H)

Click here to learn more or

Steve Weiss Music is now distributing our Marimba music, Drum Set and Latin Percussion books, and Recordings. Just go to their web site and type "Skoog" into the search field and you will be able to purchase our products with a credit card.