Special Events | Ongoing Instruction

Special Events


Friday, September 9, 8 pm
Banbòch! The Haitian Drum Workshop's Pot-Luck Party
 Makandal invites you to take a free class in Haitian drum ensemble music with Master Drummer Frisner Augustin, with a pot-luck party to follow. The workshop and the party draw inspiration from the konbit, a Haitian cooperative work brigade. The work of the konbit culminates in a banbòch, a collective feast with music and dance. Arrive at 8 pm sharp for the class (the work brigade) so that we can party from 9 pm. The class is FREE, but please bring a food or drink contribution for the banbòch. Contact makandal@earthlink.net or 718-953-6638 for more information.

This celebration coordinates with Makandal's Haiti Drums and Dances, a program made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. For details of the full program, see Ongoing Instruction below. This venue is wheelchair accessible.

Location:
Brecher Hall (Room 635 North Building) at Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York NY 10065. Find the entrance to the North Building on the south side of East 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. For a map and directions, click here.


Sunday, October 2, 1 pm
Fall Festival and Drummers Summit
 Master Drummer Frisner Augustin and his ensemble will appear alongside Suffern's Chiku Awali African Dance and Drum Company (with students of Ghanaian master Jerry Dzokoto) and Puerto Rican conguero Danny Del Valle of the Rockland-based ensemble Brisa Tropical. Framed within the annual Fall Festival of the Historical Society of Rockland County, the Drummers Summit will feature both performance and tête-à-tête with the audience. The outdoor Festival, hosted by folklorist Eileen Condon, runs from noon to 6 pm and offers such family activities as candle-making, stencil art, and a tour of a Lenape longhouse. In the event of rain, only the Drummers Summit will take place. Refreshments for sale. Admission: Adults $7, Children $3. Find further details here.

Presented by the Historical Society of Rockland County, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. All public areas are wheelchair accessible.

Location:
Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City NY 10956. Find directions here.

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Ongoing Instruction


Haiti Drums and Dances* in Brooklyn
Flatbush and Prospect Heights

For families

Drumming wiith Frisner Augustin
Sundays, 5 pm - 7 pm, La Difference Auto School, 836 Rogers Avenue just south of Church Avenue, Flatbush. Take the 2 subway to Church Avenue; B35 bus to Rogers Avenue; B49 bus to Church Avenue.

For information: 718-953-6638, makandal@earthlink.net


For adults

Drumming with Frisner Augustin.
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 8 pm, Complete Music Studios, 227 St. Marks Avenue at Vanderbilt Avenue. For directions please click here. Fee: $12. Discount on 10-class plans.

For information: 718-953-6638, makandal@earthlink.net

The family class is presented in collaboration with Gwoup Kiltirèl Granchimen.

Haiti Drums and Dances* in Manhattan
Brecher Hall at Hunter College

 

For adults on Fridays

Drumming with Frisner Augustin. Friday Evenings, 7:00-8:30pm, Brecher Hall (Room 635 North Building) at Hunter College, East 68th Street and Lexington Avenues.
Take the 6 subway to 68th Street/Hunter College. Enter Hunter North on East 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. Tell the security guard you are there for the Haitian Drum Workshop in Room 635. Take an elevator to the sixth floor.
Fee for students outside Hunter College, $12. Discount available on 10-class plans.
For information, makandal@earthlink.net, or call 718-953-6638.
These venues are all wheelchair accessible.

*Haiti Drums and Dances is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.