Now for the second year in a row, I organised a workshop Campingweekend Leeuwarden 2021. Just like last year, around 20 participants turned up. Mainly students but also some people who had got wind of this weekend via via and wanted to join. At campsite...
From 9 to 12 August I will give a four-day balafon workshop during the Summerworkshops Loon op Zand! Four days of fun with African music. And if you want, camping and a campfire in the evening. Meeting new people while playing music (or any other...
Après une période où l'organisation d'activités n'a pas été possible en raison de la pandémie, j'ai enfin pu reprendre le travail avec une balafonmeeting 5 juin 2021. Bien que mes cours aient pu partiellement se poursuivre pendant le lockdown, beaucoup étaient tombés en panne. Pendant...
With the cancellation of all kinds of fun percussion and Africa events, space suddenly appeared in the calendar for organizing an activity of our own. With the Africa Festival Hertme cancelled, I thought it would be possible to organise a Balafoonmeeting Campingweekend Leeuwarden 2020. I...
Like every year for 8 years, I made my Burkina Faso 2020 trip again this year! I myself wanted to gain new knowledge of the pentatonic balafon on the spot again. At least ten days of intensive lessons and practice on top of that; a...
Just a quick note: the Tuka-Tuka 2020 Report; fun to look back at. Just before the pandemic made everything impossible, we had another great Tuka-Tuka Weekend 2020! It started, of course, with a call. I had only just returned from Burkina Faso and had also...
]There will be a Tuka-Tuka Weekend 2020! Daan and Emma are back in full preparations and promotion has started for their lovely activity. I too have been asked to conduct a workshop again. This time for Balafon and Singing. Sometimes the weekend falls just in...
On Saturday 7 December 2019, I held the December 2019 Balafon Meeting for student and and other interested parties. We were guests in the beautiful 'Plaza' of the Hooge Veer on Bredaseweg in Tilburg. Fine acoustics and good service. With after-meeting at my home, nicely...
What a wonderful weekend behind us at Djembé Dramé on Schiermonnikoog 2019! A long weekend of music, workshops performances and fine people together with a common passion for African Percussion and Dance. Delicious African meals, an enthusiastic team of volunteers and of course Mousse and...
I will be giving a balafon frame-making workshop at the Grobund 'Byggefest' Building Festival on the coast of Denmark not far from Aarhus. It is a small-scale festival focusing on creativity and will be held from 15 to 20 July. My dear Karin is in...