Learn Shekere with Luis Conte

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 4:27pm
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Topics: luis conte, percussion

Next Wednesday, you can learn from master Luis Conte at his new ArtistWorks Drum Academy School of Percussion! Take percussion lessons on instruments like the shekere, or chekeré, as it's spelled in Luis's native Spanish. The chekeré is a gourd that has its routes in West African music. 

 
You can also learn cajón, clave, cowbell,  maracas, pandeiros, guiro, and timabales from Luis!
 
At the Luis Conte School of Percussion, we have everything you need to be the percussionist you deserve to be.
 
All you need is the desire to play.

 

 

Countdown to Luis Conte: 9 Days!

Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:56am
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Topics: drums drumming, luis conte, percussion

Here at ArtistWorks, we're working day and night to bring you the Luis Conte School of Percussion. We're excited to announce that in 9 days, you can take percussion lessons from one of the world's greatest percussionists thanks to ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning!

Here's a clip from Luis's welcome message:

"I can teach all you guys all over the world -- I really want to meet you. Send me some videos!

What We're Reading: What's in a note? Fractions.

Tue, 03/27/2012 - 5:08pm
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Topics: luis conte, Music Education

We're not the only ones that believe in the benefits of music education. San Francisco State researchers teamed up with music teachers at Herbert Hoover Elementary School, about 100 miles from our Napa studio, to rethink teaching fractions.

The result was "Academic Music," a curriculum that "helps children connect the value of musical notes, such as half notes and eighth notes, to their equivalent fraction size."

The Telegraph notes that "Students in the music-based programme scored 50 percent higher on a fraction test, taken at the end of the study, compared to students in the regular math class."

We're excited that the very skills our newest teacher, Luis Conte, will teach in his upcoming School of Percussion will also sharpen his students' mathematic abilities!

Three Questions with Luis Conte

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 5:03pm
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Topics: drums drumming, Interview, luis conte, percussion

One of the things that makes new ArtistWorks Drum Academy teacher Luis Conte unique is his experience touring with world-class musicians. Luis shares his thoughts on his upcoming June tour with James Taylor.  

What is your most memorable moment about touring with James Taylor?