World music favourites MZAZA will conduct workshops for local musicians, emerging artists and other community creatives before their brand new show, The Birth and Death of Stars at 7pm!

FREE WORKSHOP- Balkan and Turkish Folk Tunes

Friday 16 October 5-6pm Strictly limited numbers

Bring your guitar, uke, stringed or wind instrument or hand percussion

Greta Kelly on violin and shah kaman, a Middle-Eastern spike-fiddle will join John Robertson on guitar, teaching a couple of tunes which demonstrate some of the unusual rhythms, ornaments of Balkan folk music 

Percussionists can learn some uneven rhythms with Jordan Stamos on darabuka a Turkish/Arabic hand percussion, and tapan which is a Turkish double-sided drum. 

REGISTER HERE for the free workshop which will be conducted in accordance with the venue's COVID-safe guidelines