West African Drumming w/ Fonziba 5 Week Class
Schedule
Wed, 29 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 30 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1210 S. Gilbert St., Suite 105, 52240 | Iowa City, IA
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5 Week Class in West African Drumming with Fonziba Wednesday Nights 7 – 8:30pm
Oct 29th, Nov. 12 & 19th, Dec. 3 & 10th
@Full Moon Studio, 1210 S. Gilbert St. Suite 105, Iowa City
Drum Provided to use in class!
Cost: $125 for 5 week class
Open to All Levels, Beginners to Advanced
Must Pre-Register and pay with Fonziba by Oct. 24th
Via Text/Email [email protected] 641-919-4155
Experience the fun and exhilaration of playing West African rhythms on authentic djembe hand drums. Unlike many musical instruments, djembe drums are easy to play.
Instead of one drummer playing complex rhythms on a drum set, Africans divide their intricate rhythms into simpler parts with different drummers playing each part. When all the parts are played together, you create an African polyrhythm, much like a drum orchestra.
Because African polyrhythms are broken down into simpler parts, they are more accessible and easy to learn. They also create a wonderful sense of connection and community because everyone has to work together to create the polyrhythm.
What’s more, the raw power of these rhythms being played by many drummers uplifts and energizes everyone.
Fonziba offers workshops and classes in West African drumming for all levels of playing ability. She shares the energetics of drumming she learned while performing for weddings in Africa and from her many African drum teachers here in the United
States.
Benefits of African Hand Drumming:
Reduces blood pressure, stress and anxiety
Promotes a state of well being through increased endorphins
Improves cognitive functioning through an increase in brain white matter
Increases the body's immune system
Stimulates creativity and self-expression
Improves co-ordination, focus and recall
Fun, relaxing and energizing
Fonziba Koster has a B.A. in music education. For the last 27 years has presented her African Drumming & Culture programs to thousands in schools, libraries, museums, churches and retirement communities throughout the Midwest. Fonziba has studied & performed with master drummers from Mali, Guinea, Senegal & the Ivory Coast. She also lived & performed with a traditional family of drummers in the Ivory Coast.
For more info – Fonzibadrums.com
Fonziba's bio: https://www.fonzibadrums.com/about-fonziba.html
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Where is it happening?
1210 S. Gilbert St., Suite 105, 52240, 1210 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA 52240-4557, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
