Join instructors Robin Layne, Sarah van Borek, and Mapumba Cilombo for single-day, one-hour, evening workshops. Sign up for one or all five! You can choose the ones that appeal to you.
This year's workshop topics will include:
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Here is some information about this year's faculty.
MAPUMBA CILOMBO
Mapumba is a South Africa-based, Congolese-born, multi-genre performing and recording artist. He blends traditional melodies, stories and languages from his native DRC with original inspirations, delivering a rich African sound with a modern touch. Two songs from his first album 'Mapumba' (2006) were featured on Putumayo compilations, which led to a North American tour in 2010. He has also toured Zambia, DRC, Kenya, Mozambique, Benin, South Africa, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Dubai.
Mapumba has shared the stage with prominent artists like Miriam Makeba, Oliver Mtukudzi and Ismael Lo and played for dignitaries like Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Richard Branson. He has also written music for South Africa’s multi-award winner Judith Sephuma and was featured with renowned Swiss hip hop artist Steff La Cheffe on her top chart album Ha ke Ahnig.
Mapumba is involved with a variety of musical projects and collaborations, including Kongo Elektro, an Afro-fusion live performance duo with producer-DJ Dan Eppel and Afro-pop singer Zane Mbizo, whose music he writes and produces.
ROBIN LAYNE
Robin grew up in Victoria where he was mentored by renowned percussionist and educator Sal Ferreras at UVic, studying classical percussion with a major focus on marimba. Robin soon fell in love with the rhythms of salsa and Latin percussion and followed this passion to the LA Music Academy where he studied jazz, latin and pop before moving to Vancouver. Since 2008 Robin has become a regular fixture on the B.C. festival circuit, collaborating with a wide spectrum of folk and world artists. His recent touring engagements have led him to Europe, Mexico, China, the U.S. and Canada. He has followed his love of world music to Cuba, Guinea, Mali, and Mexico studying under master drummers and marimbists of those respective traditions.
He currently performs with world music groups Locarno, Mazacote, Tambura Rasa, and The Robin Layne Band. He is in demand as a freelance percussionist for recordings, performances and tours. Recent highlights include working with Juno Award winning artists Quique Escamilla, The Paperboys, Donne Roberts (African Guitar Summit), Alpha Yaya Diallo, Celso Machado and Silk Road Music. Equally at home on a festival stage or in a classroom, Robin strongly believes that the gift of music should be accessible to everyone. He is the senior percussion instructor at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music and the Artistic Director of the World Rhythms for Youth Society.
SARAH VAN BOREK
Sarah is a Canadian-born, Cape Town-based documentary filmmaker, educator and PhD scholar in environmental education at Rhodes University, South Africa. Sarah is dedicated to collaborative media arts initiatives linking arts, science, museums, civil society and government for sustainable development.
Sarah has been a faculty member of Canada’s top art and design institute, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, since 2012 designing and implementing project-based courses with the science-based environmental NGO, the David Suzuki Foundation, and in collaboration with a wide range of museums (Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Courtenay & District Museum, Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Apartheid Museum). Sarah’s passion for African music, film and sustainable development has taken her work to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania and Mali, working with renowned musicians including: Baaba Maal, Alou Sam, Adama Yalomba, Celso Machado, Adeson Nchimbi, Afro Fiesta (Playing for Change artists), Xixel Langa and Toto Berriel.
Location: Errington War Memorial Hall - 1390 Errington Rd, Errington, BC
Tuesday-Thursday, August 18-20, 2020
Tuesday/ August 18th
Robin Layne Facilitating
5:30-6:30pm - Latin Percussion
6:45-7:45pm - Mexican Marimba
Wednesday/ August 19th
Mapumba Cilombo Facilitating
5:30-6:30pm - African Chiluba Singing
6:45-7:45pm - African Guitar
Thursday/ August 20th
Sarah Van Borek Facilitating
5:30-6:30pm - West African Gum Boot Dancing
6:45-7:45pm - Zimbabwe Marimba
Price: $20 per class. Discounts will be available for those who sign up for more than one class. Stay tuned for more details!