Name: Drumming Immersion Workshop in Ubud
Start: 2025-03-07T10:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-03-13T12:00:00+08:00
Location: Suly Resort and Spa

Learn the traditional Djembe drumming style and rhythms from West-Africa, and connect with the spirit of this old instrument.
Join Catur Hari Wijaya for this special drumming workshop starting on Friday, March 7.
✓ Improve your technical skills such as hand coordination, tone colour and tempo.
✓ Discover and learn to play a traditional West African rhythm.
✓ Explore and develop your understanding of this ancient musical tradition.
➝ Cultural aspects and technical skills are important elements of the African drumming culture.
➝ Understanding the past and what transcends it is the key to deeply connect with the spirit of Djembe.
The sessions run in one week - 4 classes of 2 hours.
A total of 8 hours of instructions.
DATES:
• Friday, March 7, 10am-12pm
• Sunday, March 9, 10am-12pm
• Tuesday, March 11, 10am-12pm
• Thursday, March 13, 10am-12pm
➝ Student's performance to culminate the workshop on Thursday evening at a legendary open mic in Ubud!
LOCATION:
Ubud Drum Studio (entrance from Suly Resort & Spa)
Jl. Cok Rai Pudak, Peliatan-Mas, UBUD
RATES:
• Early Bird - IDR 1.800.000 (book until February 16)
• Normal rates - IDR 2.000.000 (book from February 17)
• KTP Holders - please contact us by Whatsapp if you are an Indonesian citizen.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
✓ Djembe Drums - professional djembes at your disposition for the duration of the course.
✓ Videos Resources - access session materials in video format for lifetime self-practice.
✓ Authentic Ensemble Practice - learn with two facilitators: Catur leading the djembe, accompanied by a dundun player immersing you in the traditional ensemble context of West African drumming.
BOOKINGS:
https://megatix.co.id/events/drumming-immersion-march
or DM or WhatsApp
CONTACTS:
WhatsApp: +62.812.4658.6162 (Catur)
For beginners and intermediates.
About the teacher:
Catur Hari Wijaya is a dynamic world musician, multi-instrumentalist and drum teacher based in Ubud. He plays more than 20 instruments such as strings and flutes. However, percussions became Catur's main instruments when he fell in love with Djembe in 2005. During his life, Catur had the chance to study traditional music with great masters such as Mady Keita, Boubacar Gaye, Mohammed Bangoura, M'bemba Bangoura and Bassidi Kone. In 2018, Catur visited Mali in West Africa, to deepen his musical knowledge and to experience the traditional context of drumming in the motherland of Djembe.
Catur is passionate about uniting ancient music heritages, regularly composing and performing works that draw upon traditions from West Africa, India and Indonesia. Catur performs at major festivals around the Indonesian archipelago and is very active on the musical scene in Bali both as a teacher and a performer.