Alessandra Belloni

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED SINGER, PERCUSSIONIST, DANCERALESSANDRA BELLONI  REMO Signature Series Artist – presents: RHYTHM  IS THE CURE   February 15 from 3 to 7 cost $75 at The RIC, (Rhythmic Integration Center), www.rhythmicintegrationcenter.weebly.com organized by John Marshall at jomarshall@earthlink.net located in Marbledale CT, which is a sub-hamlet of Washington CT 261 New Milford Turnpike, Marbledale CT 06777 for directions from wherever you're coming from-  teaching in the downstairs gallery space which is a large open space with a wooden floor     HANDS-ON   TAMBOURINE & FRAME DRUM WORKSHOP including  special brush techniquewith Alessandra Belloni's tam-brush made Regal Tip Based on her book Rhythm is the Cure with Mel Bay  Publicationswww.alessandrabelloni.com  www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni  www.facebook.com/alessandrabelloniREMO Signature Series Artist and designers of brushes with Regal Tip

Alessandra  Belloni is the only woman in America (and in Italy) who uses this powerful tambourine style combined with the singing and dancing, and she’s very proud to be able to bring this ancient healing women tradition back to life.She’s also a REMO Artist, with her own line of signature series tambourines made by REMO.The  purpose of this workshop is to introduce general audiences to a very rich  tambourine and folk dance culture with an active current performance practice in Southern Italy.During the percussion workshop, the participants will learn:  The basic technique of holding the drum, with emphasis on arm movement, wrist  and elbow technique, which requires a lot of strength, to create the bouncing  sound of the triplets.  Hand technique with the palm and the fingertips in both a basic and accented  fast 6/8 rhythm.  Tammorriata a 4/4 rhythm played on the large drum called the Tammorra, originally from Naples with a strong African influence in the rhythm.   Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a carnival dance from Montemarano (Naples)  played on the smaller tambourines with a very unusual syncopation on the 6/8.  This rite of Carnival dates back to the Roman celebrations in honor Bacchus, the  god of wine.·Pizzica Tarantata, a very fast 6/8 rhythm from Puglia, with different accents - which originated   as music therapy to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. This wild rhythm,  played mainly by women on medium size tambourines with a double row of jingles  as they frantically danced for days during the Summer  Solstice·Brazilian rhythms with Southern Italian tambourine technique using also special Tambourine brushes (Tam  brush) especially designed by Alessandra Belloni with Pro-Mark. The  length of the workshops should be 2 to 4 hours, divided into two  parts.The  tambourines for the workshops can be made available through REMO. Alessandra Belloni Live at WOMA Jazz 2009Tambourine Solo http://youtu.be/-h2pyzZBUBMTarantella&PizzicaTarantata\lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfCWGQ6URdsTammorriata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_RPEG4Ae9wSOLO  CONCERT AT MOUNT SHASTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKbmO2c20fohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mR410cTt4Y&feature=share&list=PL90C87419399B6C55