Mridangam, Kanjira, Tala Theory/ Practice (Carnatic Music) By Curtis Andrews

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About Mridangam, Kanjira, Tala Theory/ Practice (Carnatic Music) By Curtis Andrews

I taught myself to play the drumset at 14 and now I travel the world, following my curiosity for rhythm, culture, spirit, what makes humans do what we do. I've spent years studying the musical practice of Ghana and South India and count some of the best in those worlds as my mentors. Trichy Sankaran has been my master since the beginning of my mridangam studies and will always be my guru. I still go back each year and go deeper. I compose my own music, I play mbira with one of Canada's best mbira players, I co-lead a Ghanaian drum & dance ensemble, I lead my own Afro-Indian-World-Jazz group (that genre exists...I made it up).I'm born and raised in a small Newfoundland town but now live in Vancouver, BC. There is a school in a Ghanaian village with my name on it. I like to help people with the power, potential, and advantage that I have in my life and where I was born and what I was born into