Gyil FUNdamentals with Mike Vercelli - PASIC Preview

Learn some FUNdamentals of the Ghanian Gyil that you can share with your students in Mike Vercelli’s session at PASIC in November. He will teach from PAS Hall of Fame member Bernard Woma’s repertoire.
You can still get an advance badge for PASIC 2024 until 10/31/24 at pas.org/pasic/...
Michael B. Vercelli is the Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Music at West Virginia University. His research focuses on the transmission and performance practice of percussive traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora. Michael has received awards for his performance and study of indigenous music and has released recordings with master Ghanaian gyil players Bernard Woma and Tijan Dorwana. His forthcoming text, focusing on the musical pedagogy of Bernard Woma, will be published by Meredith Music in 2024. Michael has given lectures, performances, and workshops across the United States, Mexico, Brazil, China, and Europe and is a participating member in the Percussive Arts Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology, and the International Council for Traditional Music. Michael is a Meinl Percussion Artist and a member of the Vic Firth Education Team.
PASIC 2024 will take place November 13-16, 2024, at the Indianapolis Convention Center. With nearly 6,000 attendees, it is the largest event of its kind - exclusively focused on drums and percussion in all its forms - in the world. This exciting convention takes place here every year, bringing musicians, music enthusiasts, students and educators from around the globe to Indianapolis, the percussion capital of the world. PASIC is part music festival, part educational opportunity, part networking event, part Expo Hall, and all amazing. We know once you come, you’ll come back year after year.
PASIC will feature more than 100 concerts, clinics, masterclasses, workshops and interactive experiences, given by the finest drummers and percussionists. The Expo Hall will feature more than 100 brands debuting new instruments, gear, and music to play and buy. PASIC showcases all areas of the art - drumset, marching, keyboard, symphonic, world, education, technology, and more. Musicians at this year’s event include Sō Percussion, RCC Indoor Percussion, Adélaïde Ferrière, Antonio Sánchez & Bad Hombre, Scott Johnson (Blue Devils), Art Cruz (Lamb of God), Will Calhoun (Living Colour), jazz ambassadors The U.S. Army Blues Band, Peter Erskine (Weather Report), Q. Robinson (Hamilton tour), Chris Turner (Oceans Ate Alaska), and Gregory Hutchinson, with many, many more.
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