Workshops
TomTom music offer workshops with some of the artists we have on our roster, please contact us for details on how and when you can book these artists.
Rory Mcleod
Rory conducts songwriting and storytelling workshops in his own style... need a few more sentances
Kasai Masai - African Drumming & Dancing Workshops - All age groups - with Nickens Nkoso
Drumming: Not only that drumming will keep you fit, it is also a great teambuilding exercise. It is ideal for people to learn how to work together in harmony. With Nickens you will learn the call-and-response basics alongside exciting rythms from Central Africa.
Dancing: Not Do you feel a bit tense when it comes to moving your hips? Then Nickens' workshops are ideal for you. Learn the steps which are shaking the whole of Africa's derrières".
About the teacher: Born in Congo, Nickens has built his reputation as the king of Soukous Dance and Congolese Rumba working with all main Congolese superstars. Singer, songwriter and composer, Nickens is a fine drummer and the leader of the well respected Central African band Kasaï Masaï. He is also a well sought after session musician in the world music circuit all over the UK and teaches d'jembe, conga, percussions and dance routines.
Mark Gwynne Jones
Mark offers lively and interactive workshops in poetry and performance. His approach is described as 'animated… an enthusiastic outburst of creativity and co-operation' (John Gill, St. Benedict's Derby). He works with all ages and has held writing residencies with The Harley Gallery; The National Trust; Sudbury Prison and Service Children's Education in Germany and the Netherlands. The European Academy; The Arvon Foundation and the Cornerhouse Cinema, Manchester have also employed his skills as poet and performer.
Workshops are tailored to suit a school or group's requirements but would typically explore:
- the sounds of words and how we use them
- the magic words possess to create pictures
- writing techniques
- performing techniques
- interactive games of metaphor and imagination
Drawing from three collections: Pickety Pockety Poems (Last Gasp Records, 1995); The Natterjack Toad and Other Accidents (SolarPress, 2001) and Psychicbread (Route, 2003), Mark's show is a powerful mix of theatre, comedy and bewildered innocence.
'His style of writing and performing is unique and no-one who has heard him will forget the experience… ... Not just a wild performer but an artist-poet who takes an intelligent and thoughtful look at the world.'.
The Fringe