Mini-session of Darbouka with Joseph Koury

The darbuka is one of the best-known percussions from Middle-East. The goblet-shaped instrument consists in a drum on which an animal skin (from a goat or a fish for instance) or a plastic membrane is fixed. Percussionist Joseph Khoury, an experienced musician trained at the Lebanese Conservatory and formed by great Turkish masters (Bünyamin Olguncan, Suat Borazan et Hamdi Akatay), will share a variety of technics specific to this versatile instrument.

Mondays, from February 6 to April 17, 2023.
From 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm for the beginner class.
From 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm for the advanced class.

Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.

220$ for 10 classes.

Mini-session of Cajon with Miguel Medina

Course content and objectives:

• Learning and development of the musical ear.
• Basic and advanced rhythmic notions.
• Techniques for playing the instrument
• Improvisation techniques.
• General understanding of the cajon and its rhythmic versatility.
• Work on several rhythms: Latin music, popular music, flamenco

Tuesdays, from March 7 to April 11, 2023.
From 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm for the beginner class.
From 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm for the advanced class.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Brazilian Choro with Rodrigo Simões and Gabriel Schwartz

This course is designed as a real immersion in the roots of Brazilian music, where students start by trying out the different traditional Brazilian rhythms to learn about their origins (samba, maxixe, polca, valsa and choro).

For this course, all instruments are accepted (guitar, bass, clarinet, sax, drums, percussion, etc.) as well as voice.

Prerequisites: for amateur musicians who can read a score (exceptions may be made for guitar, cavaquinho and percussion).

Tuesdays, from March 7 to April 11, 2023, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Balkan choir with Dina Cindrić

This class is an introduction to traditional Balkan polyphonic singing.

The repertoire of the session will include response songs, vocal buzzes and a cappella polyphonic pieces. Participants will learn the techniques of open voice, throat shaking and ornamentation common to these colorful vocal traditions. The repertoires will be taught orally, so it is not necessary to be able to read music, and the lyrics will be provided on paper.

Wednesdays, March 8 – April 12, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of French and English contradances with Anne-Marie Gardette and Pierre Chartrand

At the Centre des musiciens du monde, you have the chance to learn the contredanses of France, the country dances of England, and those of New France with teachers who are undisputed experts in the transmission of these repertoires.
We will approach the essential Livre de contredances (or Manuscrit de Trois-Rivières) from the end of the 18th century, with the baroque steps and figures specific to these French contredanses (in square). We will also see the English forms of the contredanse (column, circle, square, etc.) both North American and European.

Thursdays, from March 9 to April 13, 2023, from 7:30 to 8:45 pm
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Riqq with Olivier Bussières

The riqq is a thousand-year-old instrument found throughout the Middle East that is part of the frame drum family. In its traditional form, it is made with a fish skin and a wooden frame, but in the late 20th century, the instrument became increasingly popular around the world and today there are many modern versions of the instrument that allow for diverse playing. The riqq is both an accompaniment instrument, as well as a solo instrument that can demonstrate great versatility and virtuosity.

All levels
All ages

Mondays, from March 13 to April 24, 2023, from 7:30 to 8:45 pm.
World Music Center, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Darbouka with Joseph Koury

The darbuka is one of the best-known percussions from Middle-East. The goblet-shaped instrument consists in a drum on which an animal skin (from a goat or a fish for instance) or a plastic membrane is fixed. Percussionist Joseph Khoury, an experienced musician trained at the Lebanese Conservatory and formed by great Turkish masters (Bünyamin Olguncan, Suat Borazan et Hamdi Akatay), will share a variety of technics specific to this versatile instrument.

Mondays, from February 6 to April 17, 2023.
From 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm for the beginner class.
From 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm for the advanced class.

Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.

220$ for 10 classes.

Mini-session of Cajon with Miguel Medina

Course content and objectives:

• Learning and development of the musical ear.
• Basic and advanced rhythmic notions.
• Techniques for playing the instrument
• Improvisation techniques.
• General understanding of the cajon and its rhythmic versatility.
• Work on several rhythms: Latin music, popular music, flamenco

Tuesdays, from March 7 to April 11, 2023.
From 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm for the beginner class.
From 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm for the advanced class.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Brazilian Choro with Rodrigo Simões and Gabriel Schwartz

This course is designed as a real immersion in the roots of Brazilian music, where students start by trying out the different traditional Brazilian rhythms to learn about their origins (samba, maxixe, polca, valsa and choro).

For this course, all instruments are accepted (guitar, bass, clarinet, sax, drums, percussion, etc.) as well as voice.

Prerequisites: for amateur musicians who can read a score (exceptions may be made for guitar, cavaquinho and percussion).

Tuesdays, from March 7 to April 11, 2023, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Balkan choir with Dina Cindrić

This class is an introduction to traditional Balkan polyphonic singing.

The repertoire of the session will include response songs, vocal buzzes and a cappella polyphonic pieces. Participants will learn the techniques of open voice, throat shaking and ornamentation common to these colorful vocal traditions. The repertoires will be taught orally, so it is not necessary to be able to read music, and the lyrics will be provided on paper.

Wednesdays, March 8 – April 12, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm.
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of French and English contradances with Anne-Marie Gardette and Pierre Chartrand

At the Centre des musiciens du monde, you have the chance to learn the contredanses of France, the country dances of England, and those of New France with teachers who are undisputed experts in the transmission of these repertoires.
We will approach the essential Livre de contredances (or Manuscrit de Trois-Rivières) from the end of the 18th century, with the baroque steps and figures specific to these French contredanses (in square). We will also see the English forms of the contredanse (column, circle, square, etc.) both North American and European.

Thursdays, from March 9 to April 13, 2023, from 7:30 to 8:45 pm
Centre des musiciens du monde, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Mini-session of Riqq with Olivier Bussières

The riqq is a thousand-year-old instrument found throughout the Middle East that is part of the frame drum family. In its traditional form, it is made with a fish skin and a wooden frame, but in the late 20th century, the instrument became increasingly popular around the world and today there are many modern versions of the instrument that allow for diverse playing. The riqq is both an accompaniment instrument, as well as a solo instrument that can demonstrate great versatility and virtuosity.

All levels
All ages

Mondays, from March 13 to April 24, 2023, from 7:30 to 8:45 pm.
World Music Center, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal.
132$ for 6 classes.

Renaissance dance workshop with Anne-Marie Gardette

The workshops are given in person at the Centre des musiciens du monde by Anne-Marie Gardette

The Renaissance was an important period for the development of dance in the West, as the very first dance treatises appeared. This series of workshops will focus on the dances of the Italian courts of the Quattrocento and Cinquecento (bassa danza, balletto,…). We will also dance the ball repertoire used in France at the end of the 16th century according to the essential Orchésographie of Thoinot Arbeau (branle, pavane, gaillarde,…).
These three workshops of 2 hours each are open to all. Musicians who play this repertoire (Praetorius, Attaingnant, Gervaise, Phalèse, etc.) and who want to know the dances are also welcome.
Each workshop will cover different dances, so they can be taken independently.
No prerequisites

Class schedule
Workshop 1: Saturday, March 4, 2023 | 2 to 4 pm
Workshop 2: Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 2 to 4 pm
Workshop 3: Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cost: $40 + taxes per workshop
Reduced rate by reserving for more than one workshop | 2 workshops (5% discount) – 3 workshops (10% discount)
When filling out the registration form below, please select the number of workshops you wish to attend so that the discount can be applied immediately.
Registration and information: https://centredesmusiciensdumonde.com/en/registration-form/
Centre des musiciens, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal

Renaissance dance workshop with Anne-Marie Gardette

The workshops are given in person at the Centre des musiciens du monde by Anne-Marie Gardette

The Renaissance was an important period for the development of dance in the West, as the very first dance treatises appeared. This series of workshops will focus on the dances of the Italian courts of the Quattrocento and Cinquecento (bassa danza, balletto,…). We will also dance the ball repertoire used in France at the end of the 16th century according to the essential Orchésographie of Thoinot Arbeau (branle, pavane, gaillarde,…).
These three workshops of 2 hours each are open to all. Musicians who play this repertoire (Praetorius, Attaingnant, Gervaise, Phalèse, etc.) and who want to know the dances are also welcome.
Each workshop will cover different dances, so they can be taken independently.
No prerequisites

Class schedule
Workshop 1: Saturday, March 4, 2023 | 2 to 4 pm
Workshop 2: Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 2 to 4 pm
Workshop 3: Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cost: $40 + taxes per workshop
Reduced rate by reserving for more than one workshop | 2 workshops (5% discount) – 3 workshops (10% discount)
When filling out the registration form below, please select the number of workshops you wish to attend so that the discount can be applied immediately.
Registration and information: https://centredesmusiciensdumonde.com/en/registration-form/
Centre des musiciens, 5043 Saint-Dominique Street, Montreal