drumHeart at the 2025 Annual Concert

Описание: drumHeart was the first performance ensemble of the Women's Drum Center and still gong strong after 35 years! Alex is the current director and Jo is the assistant director of the group which plays a wide range of instruments including West African and Brazilian drums and modern instruments such as singing, bowls, tongue drums and chimes.
drumheart offers a medley of 5 songs:
Boba Beats - composed by Alex during the Covid pandemic - is a reminder of the joy of drumming.
Dolly Dawn was arranged for drumheart by its first director - Colleen Haas. The calypso rhythms were inspired by the Harry Belafonte version of the song.
El Nino was composed by Alex during her first year of motherhood. it carries the playful, tenderr and powerful energy of the powerful energy of the experience of new parenthood. Honoring the joy of discovery, the grounding presence of family and the beauty of nurturing a new life.
Sound Symphony offers a gentle interlude highlighting the voices of frame drums, tongue drums, singing bowls and chimes.
Macrou completes the set. This traditional rhythms from the Susu ethnic group of Guinea. Macrou is a social dance played for social gatherings. It is traditionally played on hand drums, tonight's drumHeart version will be played on stick and mallet drums