MMC PRESENTS:

The next Listening Session (open to members and their guests) will be held at Willy's house on Sunday, Sept. 7th at 5 PM. All you have to do is bring along a cut from a CD that you'd like to share and a little food to pass around. It will be a special treat to travel out to the edges of the Wisconsin River near Saulk City to listen to some music at Willy and Anne's delightful country home. Don't miss it!! A special email reminder (including his address) will be sent to members shortly before the event.

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Todd Hammes, tabla player, percussionist, and composer will give a lecture/demonstration, "The Tabla Drums of North India." at the Capitol Lakes Grand Hall (333 W. Main) on Thursday, Sept. 18th at 7:30. A Wisconsin native and presently a graduate music student at UW, Todd Hammes has studied hand drumming with master drummers from many world music systems and, since 1993, has been studying tabla with one of India's greatest tablsa masters, Pandid Sharda Sahai of Benaras India. During his presentation he will expose compositional devices used in Indian music and help to shed light on ways of incorporating these concepts in new ways.  Most of these concepts are rhythmic devices used to add interest and tension. For more information about tabla Pt. Sahai or Todd Hammes go to www.sahai.org and www.toddhammes.com.

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