The people and music of the
South American, African & Australian rainforests

Includes:
Interactive, provoking discussions with questions such as:
Where is the rainforest?!
Do people really live in forests?
What do they do for food, shelter and music?

Mixed with demos of:
Instruments from nature
plant wood and skin based instruments, rattles, shakers, drums, gourds etc.

Large South American log drums, smaller log drums, mouth bows, ground bows, jaw harps,

Sound and communication
Making music with nature –
the roots of human music?

Drum session provided for activity and fun

Recordings of rainforest music such as water drumming of the Baka pygmies

Max no: 60

Recommended time: 1 hr plus