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Castleton, Vermont February 25, 2003: The eighth edition of the KoSA International Percussion Workshops and Festival will be held August 4 & 10th at Castleton State College, in Castleton, Vermont. This year's faculty includes some of the world's top artists- Horacio Hernandez (Santana), Will Calhoun (Living Color), Bobby Sanabria (Latin artist), James Campbell (University.of Kentucky), Aldo Mazza (Repercussion), Glen Velez (Paul Winter Consort), Jim Chapin (Author), John Riley (Miles Davis), Anders Astrand (Mallets, Sweden), Kevan Mackenzie (James Taylor), Dom Famularo (International Clinician), Evaristo Aguilar (Mexico drum set), Russ Miller (Ray Charles) Louis Charbonneau (timpani, Montreal Symphony) Marco Lienhard (Taiko, Ondekoza), Sandip Burman (Tabla, Bela Fleck), Gordon Gottlieb, (Steely Dan), Jeff Salisbury (Johnson State College), Memo Acevedo (Tito Puente), Lou Robinson (Didgeridoo Soloist), Rick Van Horn, (Modern Drummer), Répercussion (Aldo Mazza, Chantal Simard, Robert Lépine, and Luc Langlois), Mario DeCuitiis (Radio City, NYC), Allan Molnar (Educator / MIDI Specialist), and the KoSA rhythm section: Oscar Stagnaro (Paquito D'Rivera) on bass and Alon Yavnai (Paquito D'Rivera) on piano. . Aldo Mazza, artistic director
KoSA is a hands-on intensive percussion camp which covers a diverse range of styles of drumming from rock, jazz, Latin, funk, as well as classical percussion, Brazilian, Arabic and Indian hand drumming, percussion technology, Afro-Caribbean rhythms to Japanese Taiko drumming, solo marimba repertoire, jazz vibraphone, timpani, snare drum, percussion ensemble, and educator sessions.
Participants enjoy learning in an intimate setting with small daily classes, playing with the rhythm section in residence, participating in masterclasses, and performing in recitals. Every evening participants are treated to exciting concerts in the KoSA Festival, which will be open to the public. The event culminates with a grand finale faculty concert which will be recorded live for an upcoming CD. For more information and to register, contact AdventureTravel: l.800.540.9030, www.kosamusic.com, travel@advtravelagencymail.com To purchase KoSA CDs, please contact: KoSA Communications www.kosamusic.com
