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Entertaining and informative, Rhythm Studio with Keith Terry explores a variety of rhythmic systems and concepts from around the world, including polyrhythms, crosspulses, polymeters, phasing, half time/double time, and more. This interactive lecture-demonstration will identify cultural and historical connections, offering a comprehensive look at global rhythmic traditions.This workshop is guaranteed to open ears and expand rhythmic horizons. It is perfect for musicians and rhythm enthusiasts eager to deepen their understanding and appreciation of rhythm.
About Keith Terry
Keith Terry is a percussionist/rhythm-dancer/educator whose artistic vision has straddled the line between music and dance for more than four decades. As a soloist, he has appeared in such settings as Lincoln Center, Bumbershoot, NPR’s All Things Considered, PRI’s The World, the Vienna International Dance Festival, and the Paradiso van Slag World Drum Festival in Amsterdam. His groups – Slammin All-Body Band, Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble, Professor Terry’s Circus Band Extraordinaire, and Body Tjak (with I Wayan Dibia) – have performed in a variety of venues, including Joe’s Pub, WNYC, and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors (NY); Grand Performances, LACMA Jazz, the Roxy, and the Skirball Center (LA); SFJazz, Vancouver Island MusicFest, and the Bali Arts Festival. In addition, Keith has performed with a wide range of artists, including Charles “Honi” Coles, Turtle Island Quartet, Jovino Santos Neto, Barbatuques, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, KeKeÇa, Kenny Endo, Freddie Hubbard, Tex Williams, Robin Williams, and Bobby McFerrin.
As a producer, he has released over a dozen CDs, DVDs, and books on Crosspulse Media. Keith tours extensively in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, where his Body Music performances, workshops, residencies, and choreographic commissions are popular among professional performers and educators. He has taught at universities, conservatories, schools, and studios worldwide, including a five-year position in UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures.
Keith Terry is the founding Artistic Director of the International Body Music Festival (IBMF). Launched in 2008, this annual, six-day festival explores the language of body music from culture to culture and has been produced in the US, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, France, and Ghana; plus MiniFests in Greece, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. In 2010 Keith directed and performed in IBMF’s “Americas” concert for the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival in New York. In 2018 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Percuaction Global Percussion Network. Keith is a Guggenheim Fellow and an Asian Cultural Council Fellow, as well as the Founding Director of Crosspulse, a 44-year-old Oakland, CA-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation and performance of rhythm-based intercultural music and dance. More details at www.crosspulse.com.
Cost: $45 Advance/$60 Day Of
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
California Jazz Conservatory (Jazzschool at CJC), 2087 Addison Street,Berkeley,CA,United States
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