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For Immediate Release
KoSA
China:
Celebrating
a five year successful collaboration!
Montreal, August 31, 2014 –
Internationally regarded drum and percussion artist Aldo Mazza, just returned from a very
successful trip to Tianjin, China where he had the exceptional opportunity to
teach and perform in front of several hundred eager drum enthusiasts joining in
an international faculty.
Aldo Mazza is the Artistic Director of KoSA
Music, a successful music he
co-founded with Dr. Jolán Kovács, spouse and life partner. This is Mazza's fifth annual trip to KoSA China for this
event. KoSA China is produced in close
collaboration with 9 Beats Music Education
Schools, directed and founded by Mr. Li Hongyu. 9 Beats has 200 school
locations throughout China.
The 2014 event kicked off with the band competition for kids of all ages
studying at 9 Beats. Mazza was a
member of the judging panel alongside fellow percussion and drum set artists
including: Lucas Van Merwijk (Holland) Alexandre Cunha (Brazil), Chris Trzcinski (China), Rick Latham (USA), Nicholas McBride (Australia) and Dom Famularo (USA). The panel had the
difficult task of selecting the best band from an array of talented and
energetic performers!
Following the competition, The week kicked-off with an electric
performance by the highly energetic percussion group from Holland, Drums United. A jam packed schedule of classes and back-to-back teacher training
seminars were given by the stellar faculty. Aldo Mazza gave an engaging seminar
to 9 Beats teachers, focusing on traditional Cuban rhythms and their
application on the drum set.
Other classes concentrated on teaching 9
Beats students from all over China (a
total of 400 participants this year) to study drum set and percussion. Additional classes were given by Greg Irwin (USA) who wowed the
students with his incredible finger exercise techniques. Rick Latham (USA) offered an in-depth presentation to the teachers on funk drumming.
Rock drummer Mike Terrana gave some highly musical
and technical concerts and masterclasses. Conga legend, Raul Rekow (Santana) gave classes and a performances
on Latin music, rhythms and techniques. Other classes and performances were
given by equally extraordinary artists such as: Simone Sou, Alexandre Cunha, Mousse Mbaye,
Sam Debell, Isumi, Chris Trzinski, Dom Famularo and many well known Chinese artists.
The week ended for all with the Grand Finale Faculty Concert, lead by Aldo Mazza. The concert featured Drums United, motivational drummer Dom Famularo, Wilson Zhand, Drums
United, Alexandre Cunha
Plans are already underway for next year’s event in China to take place
in August 2015. Please visit
kosamusic.com to keep current with ongoing program development world wide.
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