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Balkan and Romani ("Gypsy") Rhythms

Learn to groove in the irresistible odd- meters of the Balkans. From lilting
Macedonian 7/8s to sultry Turkish 9/8s, to driving Bulgarian "Wedding-Style"
11/16s and 15/16s, these rhythms are gaining global popularity as performed by
artists like Bulgaria's Ivo Papasov, Serbia's Boban Markovic, and Goran
Bregovic, and Turkey's Burhan Ocal. Rumen "Sali" Shopov is a master
Turkish-Romani drummer, singer, and string-player from Goce Delche v, Bulgaria,
a crossroads town in the Pirin Mountain region that hosts a rich intersection of
Bulgarian, Macecdonian, Greek, and Turkish musical influences. Rumen has toured
internationally with the Nevrokopski Folk Ensemble, Edessa, Ziyia, Kitka, and
Yuri Yunakov and his Romani Wedding Band. A charismatic and patient teacher, he
has taught at the Eastern European Folklife Center's Balkan Music and Dance
Camp, Kosmos World Music and Dance Camp, World Camp, Stockton Camp, Balkanalia,
and at universities and cultural centers throughout the US and Canada

Prerequisite: none

Mondays 8:15 - 9:45 pm RUMEN SALI SHOPOV (10 weeks) $360