| LARA TRIBACK |
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 www.jingziphotography.com |
MUSIC BIO:
Lara has been studying Middle Eastern and Balkan music and folk dance since 1997 and has performed and/or taught at music and dance festivals around the US and internationally. Lara applied her knowledge of the body in movement to develop a unique, ergonomic approach to teaching doumbek technique, based on body alignment and proper mechanics. The results are extreme comfort and ease while playing, optimal precision and tone. The technique is simple; the results are astounding! Lara is also a gifted teacher who combines her kinesthetic approach to learning with an engaging, dynamic teaching style. She has had profound impact on her students. Combining strong percussive technique, creative musicality and impressive dancing-while-drumming skills, Lara can be found dancing with goc/ davul with Serbian "Gypsy Brass Band" Krebsic Orkestar, Milen Slavov's Balkan Fusion Project, or remaining in a more sedentary position while accompanying Middle Eastern band Sarab or Balkan band The Mora on darbuka, bass darbuka, frame drum or riqq. Lara has had the privilege of accompanying master performers of Arabic and Balkan music in concert, including: Souhail Kaspar Karim Nagi Faisal Zedan Naser Musa Rachid Halihal Milen Slavov Kalin Kirilov Rumen A Shopov Kevin Ferguson Lara teaches popular Middle Eastern drumming classes in the Portland area and music and movement classes to children and adults. Contact Lara for private lessons, workshops and performances. Email: Rhythmandmuse@yahoo.com |
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EDUCATOR BIO:
Lara has her Master's degree in Education with an emphasis in Creative Arts in Learning, designed to integrate the arts into school curriculae. Lara developed a rhythm and movement-based music curriculum for young students that includes the following components: *Dalcroze Eurhythmics Eurhythmics is a method of teaching the basic elements of music, including rhythm, dynamics, tone and form through movement. The Dalcroze approach balances the interactions between the sensory systems, memory, and conscious action in developing intelligence and creativity. Students deal with musical elements such as sound/silence, form, phrase, pattern, tempo, dynamics, nuance, articulation, steady beat, metric accent and dynamic accent by listening for the "music between the beats" and feeling the music in their bodies. Lara is working towards Certification in Dalcroze Eurhythmics at Carnegie Mellon University. *World Music Appreciation Lara draws upon her vast resources to bring an appreciation of music and dance forms from around the world. She teaches Middle Eastern drumming classes in Portland and has created percussion ensemble Rhythm & Muse with her students. *Emergent Literacy Lara has been compiling an annotated list of resources for educators including hundreds of titles of illustrated children's books with rhythmic verse that can be incorporated into music and movement classes. She has been invited to present workshops on integrating music and language arts at educator conferences, including ECMMA (Early Childhood Music and Movement Association) and PNAIS (Pacific Northwest Association for Independent Schools.) *Brain Dance Lara also has training in Anne Green Gilbert's Brain Dance, integrating right and left brain for optimal focus and concentration through a series of tactile, upper and lower body and cross lateral movements. |
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| LARA TRIBACK PORTLAND OR 971.322.8242 RHYTHMANDMUSE@YAHOO.COM |