MELBOURNE SAMBA SCHOOL - Brazilian Percussion and Dance Workshops for Schools

School Program

Brazilian Percussion, Voice & Dance Workshops For Schools

The Melbourne Samba School is happy to announce its 2005/06 School Program designed to provide students and teachers with the opportunity to experience and learn some of the unique dance styles and musical rhythms of Brazil.

Our Philosophy

Brazilian music and dance is fun, energetic and creative. Rich in history, culture and rhythm the Melbourne Samba School aims to pass on this heritage to students of all ages and musical levels. Having fun while learning is a key to our teaching philosophy with adults and children alike all benefiting from their experience with us.

Teaching Method

Our classes are interactive, hands on events adaptable to a variety of settings including classroom groups, private tuition or larger workshop environments. Whether it is drumming only, dance or a combination of the both, we can meet your needs. Teaching can be provided throughout the school year, evenings and on weekends with class duration varying from one hour, ½ day or ongoing sessions. Genuine Brazilian percussion instruments provided.

Student Benefits

Classes are fun and motivating
Students develop a sense of rhythm and beat
Active participation encourages confidence
Students improve their listening skills
Everyone can play beautiful sounds in only a short period of time
Classes are open to all levels and abilities giving an opportunity for all students to learn
More experienced students have the chance to play complex material and focus their skills
Dance movement develops physical coordination, health and well being
Students will learn about the culture of Brazil

Some of the schools visited (Australia)

Caulfield Grammar School (VIC)
Kew High School (VIC)
Sholem Aleichem College (VIC)
Caulfield Montessori School (VIC)
Clifton Hill Primary School (VIC)
Royal Women's Hospital Child Care Centre (VIC)
St Stephen's School, Carramar (WA)

Samba School Teacher

PERCUSSION & DRUM KIT

Carlos Ferreira

Carlos Ferreira comes from Vila Isabel, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) which is to samba what old New Orleans is to jazz. He initially developed his style playing samba drums in some of Rio's most important Samba Schools. Later he toured with TV - sponsored Brazilian jazz bands.

Since arriving in Australia in 1985, Ferreira has become one of Melbourne's most exciting and innovative exponents of cross-cultural jazz, combining local jazz styles with Brazilian rhythms.

Ferreira has given workshops at a range or primary, secondary and tertiary institutions at a national level. He has also extensively traveled overseas where he both performed and organised Brazilian percussion workshops. Countries visited include China, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, England, Scotland, Iceland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan, USA, Germany and Switzerland. Ferreira has participated as a teacher at the 2003/2004 Jambalaya New Zealand Percussion Festivals where he trained a 100-plus bateria for a special performance at the end of the 2004 Festival. Ferreira has been so successful with his teaching that both Samba groups from Auckland and Wellington have organised his return to NZ. Ferreira did a very successful European tour in 2004, leading 410 UK samba percussionists on the World Record Attempt for the Guinness Book of Records in St. Ives,Cornwall and 150 plus UK percussionists for the Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade 2004. Recent international worrkshops include Hong Kong 2006, the Edinburgh Samba School 2006 and Isle of Wight 2006.

Major workshops conducted by Ferreira:

- 2007 Samba Workshops for Beleza (Fremantle)
- 2007 Samba Workshops for Brisamba (Brisbane)
- 2006 Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts
- 2006 Workshop for 1000 Primary & Secondary   students - Tsuen Wan Town Hall - Hong Kong
- 2006 Workshops for 1000 Primary & Secondary   students - Ko Shan Theatre - Hong Kong
- 2006 Kids Workshop at the Hong Kong Cultural   Centre
- 2006 Masterclass - Hong Kong Culural Centre
- 2006 Monash University Multicultural Week
- 2006 Edinburgh Samba School (Scotland)
- 2006 Isle of Wight (England)
- 2005 Monash University Multicultural Week
- 2004 Birmingham Music Conservatoire (England)
- 2004 Carnival Encounter (Brighton, England)
- 2004 Braincroft Lodge Workshops (Scotland)
- 2004 Bristol Samba School (England)
- 2004 Sol Samba (Oxford, England)
- 2004 Edinburgh Samba School (Scotland)
- 2004 Encontro Atlantico - St. Ives, Cornwall,    England
- 2004 Isle of Wight (England)
- 2004 Uniao do Samba (Stockholm - Sweden)
- 2004 Reikjavik (Iceland)
- 2004 Jambalaya Festival (New Zealand)
- 2003 Jambalaya Festival (New Zealand )
- 2003 Wellington International Jazz Festival
- 2003 NMIT Collingwood - Music Department
- 2003 NMIT Greensborough - Music Department
- 2003 Caulfield Grammar School -
  Percussion & Voice Workshop for 400 students -   Junior Assembly
- 2001 National Conference Of Kodaly Musical   Education Institute Of Australia
- 2001 School of Creative and Performing Arts   (University of Auckland)

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Contact Us

Send a quick email or call us on 0402 322 301 to discuss your requirements.