ANOTHER YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS -URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Saturday, February 20, 2010

ANOTHER YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS -URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

I was informed this week that I will continue to teach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Music for the academic year 2010-2011.

Thank you to all of you who have supported my career in America. My family in Guinea will be very happy about this news. Decisions I made before is working out fine.

Consider attending my Spring Workshop..I am expecting students as far as Thailand to participate.. Details on this blog. Thanks.

Bolokada Conde - Malinke Village Djembefola

Bolokada Conde is currently teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign School of Music for the academic year 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

He will continue to do drum workshops in various conferences as his schedule allows him.

He will have a Drum and Dance Tour to Guinea From December 20, 2009 - January 20, 2010.

If you are interested to purchase a master drummer's djembe,
please contact him - he has quite a few in inventory. Get that djembe with the Bolokada sound.

To contact Bolokada - please call 831-345-4126 or send him an email at bolokada.conde@gmail.com

BOLOKADA CONDE

Bolokada Conde is true Master Djembefola (master drummer), expert of Malinke Rhythms and one of world’s best djembe player.

Bolokada was a young musical prodigy who became a sensation in the Sankaran region of Guinea, West Africa. As a master folklorist, he became the premier djembe player in all the major village celebrations in the region for many years.

Bolokada joined the world famous Les Percussion du Guinee to replace the legendary Momoudy Keita as their lead drummer. He traveled and performed in major performance venues all over the world since 1996 and was featured in the IMAX movie PULSE: a Stomp Odyssey.

Since 2004, he has been performing and teaching in the United States. He is the musical director and lead soloist of Ballet Waraba in North Carolina, Ballet Wassa-Wassa in Santa Cruz, California and Les Percussion Malinke in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has conducted percussion workshop all over the US and Europe.

He has released two musical cd's Morowaya and Sankaran and the subject of an upcoming documentary "Bolokada Conde- Malinke Village Djembefola”

Mamady Keita, the best known djembe player in the world, calls Bolokada “A brilliant and entertaining performer, a patient and precise teacher, and as one of the few masters of his instrument. Few others are able to captivate his audience as he does, an even fewer are able to clearly and concisely teach this music."

He was awarded immigrant status as an alien with extraordinary ability in the arts in 2007.

Saturday, February 20, 2010