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"As a teacher Lara is very energetic, enthusiastic, yet patient, funny, creative, and flexible.I like how the classes have similar pattern each time - technique, call and response, then rhythms, but Lara is very easily able to juggle and change focus depending on class interest and questions."
"Lara's classes have exceeded my expectations, I've been having a good time in them, enjoying the learning experience. My only concern is that her runaway popularity will cause us to end up with too many students..."
"I always thought of anything other than 4/4 meter as being way out of realm for me. Lara's classes provided a great introduction and gave me the confidence that I can now begin to follow odd metered rhythms. Since taking a drum class last month, I've become more aware of rhythm in movement. Lara has a wonderful teaching style. Her hand and arm motions complement her audial instruction beautifully (and, for me, they really add to the mystical aesthetics of the 9-beat rhythms). And, I loved the way Lara threw so much stuff (movement, sound, energy) into the space of the beat. I don't know, maybe it's because so much of it was so new to me, but I found her classes to be magical."
"That was the most fun drumming class I have ever taken!"
"Had an amazing dumbek experience last night in my first of many-to-be-had Middle Eastern drumming classes. It was so energizing and inspirational, really pulling me back to the musical root. (Lara) made the experience feel more like a directed drum circle than a class as she jumped around with excitement showing different sections of the students variations on the original beat. It was so fluid. . .amazing at how well it sounded considering the mix of experience levels in the class."
"I'd done a small amount of hand drumming in the past, but until I started taking Lara's class recently I'd never touched a doumbek and knew almost nothing about Middle Eastern rhythms. Lara's patience and enthusiasm have made even the first lessons fun, and her drumming is so impressive that I'm very much looking forward to learning more!
"I want to learn the tabla to help in the healing process. I lost 17 people in the conflict of the Middle East within a period of three years. I thought the pain was going to kill me. But nothing like music to bring back the desire to be alive. And I'm writing again. I always come home in the best and happiest mood after class. Thank you for teaching me."
"I am a year and a half into learning doumbek and I went to both of Lara Triback's classes at the Rhythm Festival and learned a lot from her Both classes were interesting, fun and challenging. She patiently taught the basics, moved to more challenging material and while we were working with that material, demonstrated what the instrument can do when played by someone with much more skill and experience. I would love to work with her again next year."
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