The drum workshop explores movement and percussion on hand build industrial drums fabricated by William. The class explores many world influences such as African and Latin rhythms and Taiko fundamentals. You will be challenged with unique rhythms, you will learn to drum on multiple drums as well as to spin and twirl from drum to drum in choreographed synchronicity. The class ends with an improvised jam where every one gets a chance to drum freely, listening to each other and maybe even incorporating what was learned in class.
William Wallace is an artist and musician. After experimenting with various media at several collages including The Art Institute of Chicago he went on to specialize in building large scale sound sculptures used for theatrical performance. The main musical groups he performed with were; MASS, Music and Sonic Sculpture; Jellyeye, Action Drumming and SWARM, Moving Music. William built all the drums and experimental music instruments for these groups as well as writing the majority of the music and choreography.