"the circle symbolism of drums and the rhythmic beats of all percussion instruments lead naturally into the spirit of community and togetherness of all of life on the planet.”

DRUM EVENTS
& educational workshops Check out DrumBlogs.com also for more info!

August 2011
8/2 Jim Mola @ the Collective, NYC
8/16 Jim Black @ Village Vanguard, NYC
8 /23-28 Rudy Royston W/JD Allen@ Village Vanguard, NYC
July 2011
7 /19-24 Eric McPherson @ Village Vanguard, NYC
7/26 Dafnis Prieto @ the Collective, NYC
7/26-31 KOSA percussion week
7/29 Nasheet Waits @ Smalls, nyc
June 2011
6/1 Darrell Green @ Smalls, NYC
6/7-10 Billy Hart @ Village Vanguard, NYC
6/1-6/5 Montez Coleman w/ Roy Hargrove @ Village Vanguard
6/3 Vin Scialla w/Snehasish Mozumder @ GreeneSpace WNYC
6/11 Vin Scialla @ Tea Lounge, Brooklyn NY
6/18 Alessandra Belloni, Vin Scialla @ St. John the Divine, NYC
6/28 Lewis Nash @ Village Vanguar
6/30 Matt Wilson @ Smalls, NYC

May 2011
5/6 Vin Scialla w/ Snehasish Mozumder @Rubin Museum , NYC
5/20 Marion Felder @ Smalls, NYC
5/22 Modern Drummer Festival, New Jersey
5/22 Mark Guiliana @ 55bar, NYC
5/23 Shawn Pelton @ the collective, NYC
5/23 Dan Weiss @ 55bar, NYC
5/25 Vin Scialla w/Jazz World Elements @ LIC Bar, NY
5/26 Keith Carlock @ 55bar, NYC
5/24-31st Montez Coleman w/ Roy Hargrove @ Village Vanguard

April 2011
4/8-9 Neal Smith @ Smalls, NYC
4/19-24 Rudy Royston@ Village Vanguard NYC
4/22 Vin Scialla w/ Jones Street @ Le Poisson rouge, NYC

March 2011
3/4-6 Billy Cobham @ blue note NYC
3/4 Ari hoenoig @ blue note late night, NYC
3/6 Adam Nussbaum @ 55bar, NYC
3/7 Jason Bittner @ drummers Collective, NYC
3/7 Dan Weiss @ 55bar, NYC
3/8 Jeff Hirschfield @ 55bar, NYC
3/8 Kim Thompson @ 55bar, NYC
3/14 Chad Smith @ Drummers Collective, NYC
3/29 Antonio Sanchez@ Village Vanguard NYC
3/31 Vin Scialla w/ Snehasish Mozumder@ Jazz Gallery, NYC

5/22 Modern Drummer Festival, New Jersey

past events:
May 2010
5/1 Snehasish Mozumder, Vin Scialla Nick Gianni @ Tea Lounge, Brooklyn
5/22 Modern Drummer Festival, New Jersey

May 2010
5/1 Snehasish Mozumder, Vin Scialla Nick Gianni @ Tea Lounge, Brooklyn
5/22 Modern Drummer Festival, New Jersey

April 2010
4/11 Hudson Music @ the collective, nyc. teaching workshop w/ Arnie Lang, Tommy Igoe, Jason Gianni, Pete retzlaff.
4/15 Vin Scialla w/ Snehasish Mozumder @ NuBlu, NYC 11 pm
4/20-25 Jeff "Tain" Watts @ Vanguard, NYC
4/23 Francisco Mela, New orleans
4/27-5/1 HEATH BROTHERS Albert "Tootie" Heath @ Vanguard, NYC
March 2010
3/2-3/7 AL FOSTER QUARTET @ Village Vanguard, NYC
3/2 Vin Scialla @ NuBlu, NYC 10pm
3/4 Eric MCPherson @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
3/4 Toots Thielemans with Kenny Werner, Airto @ Blue Note NYC
3.17 Quincy Davis @ Zinc Bar, NYC
3/17-27 Francisco Mela @ Village vanguard
3/19-3/20 Vin Scialla @ sxsw festival, Austin TX
3/23-/28 Bill Stewart @ Village Vanguard, NYC
3/26 Eric MCPherson @ Smalls, NYC
3/28 Willard Dyson@ 55 bar

February 2010
2/2 Tyshawn Sorey @ Village Vanguard, NYC
2/2 Ari Hoenig bee@ Smalls, NYC
2/12 Vin Scialla with Kristin Hoffmann & Premik @ Linving Room, NYC
2/18 Jeff "Tain" Watts @ zinc bar, nyc
2/19 PAS Weekend -Snare Drum competitio, NYU 7pm
2/20 PAS NY percussion day, NYU 10-8pm
feat sanabria, gottlieb, chris lamb, she-e wu, etc
2/21 PAS NY percussion day, NYU 10-3pm, gramley, igoe, xenakis
2/24 Scialla @ Shrine, harlem nyc

January 2010
1/8 Dafnis Prieto @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
1/10 Nasheet Waits w Eric Revis @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
1/11 Mark Guiliana @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
1/15-17 Alessandra Belloni & Vin Scialla @ Spiderdance,
Theater for the New City, NYC
1/19 Matt Wilson w/ Lee Konitz @ Village Vanguard, NYC
1/26-31 Jeff Tain Watts @ Village Vanguard, NYC
1/29 Scialla @ Iridium, NYC
1/22 Rudy Royston @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
December 2009
12/18 Billy Drummond @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
1/16 Vin Scialla w/ Shan Kenner trio @ Tamboril, brooklyn
12/8-13 Dave Douglas Quint w/ Clarence Penn @ Village Vanguard

November 2009
11/12-14 PAS convention
11/14 - Joe Morello @ Maxwells Vintage Drum Shop, NYC 2-6pm
11/14 Vin Scialla w/ Kristin Hoffmann, Premik Russell Tubbs @ Tea Lounge Brooklyn NY 9pm
11/17-22nd PAUL MOTIAN octet T plus 1 @Village Vanguard11/17 11/17- KIKO CONTINENTINO w/ adriano santos @ zinc bar, nyc
11/23 Puppets Jazz Club Jam Session w/ 11:11 Band w/ V.Scialla

October 2009

10/2 Snehasish Mozumder, Vin Scialla, Sameer Gupta @ Nu Blu, nyc
10/16 Snehasish Mozumder, Vin Scialla, Sameer Gupta @ NuBlu, nyc
10/30 Alessandra Belloni, Vin Scialla, Gordon Gottlieb & Spiderdance
@ Symphony Space, NYC

September 2009
9/11 Septmber Concert in Washington Sq Park 1-5pm free
9/14 Jazz Jamm @ Puppets, Brooklyn 9-1am V. Scialla & S. Husted.
9/18 Snehasish Mozumder, Vin Scialla, Sameer Gupta @ Drom, nyc
9/22-27 Billy Hart @ Village Vanguard
9/28 Jazz Jamm @ Puppets, Brooklyn 9-1am V. Scialla & S. Husted.

August 2009

8/11 Rudy Royston @ Village Vanguard with JD Allen
8/11 The Ari Hoenig"bee" Trio @ smalls, nyc
8/13 Shehasish Mozumder w/ Vin Scialla @ Lincoln Center
Out of Doors
8/18-23rd Nasheet Waits @ Village Vanguard
8/31 Bill Stewart @ smalls. nyc

July 2009
7/10-12 Cindy Blackman W/ Music of Chick Corea @ Iridium
7/14 Vin Scialla @ Puppets Jazz, brooklyn
7/20-24th Music Workshops/Camp
@ Teachers College/Columbia Univ. Jazz, Improv,w/Vin Scialla
7 /21 - July 26 -FRED HERSCH TRIO
Eric McPherson @ Village Vanguard, nyc

June 2009
6/5 - EJ Strickland @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
6/ 9 - June 14 w/BILL McHENRY QUINTET
Paul Motian @ Village Vanguard, nyc
6/16 - June 21- RENEE ROSNES QUARTET
Lewis Nash @ Village Vanguard, nyc
6/17 -Drum and Percussion Camp, University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, info
* w/ Alex Acuna, Jose Rosa, Hector "Pocho" Neciosup, Glen Caruba, Jesus Diaz, Oscar Santiago
6/23 - June 28 - Greg Hutchinson @ Village Vanguard, nyc
6/ 30 - July 05 ANAT COHEN -Benny Goodman and Beyond w/ Lewis Nash @ Village Vanguard, nyc
6/17 -Drum and Percussion Camp, University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, info
* w/ Alex Acuna, Jose Rosa, Hector "Pocho" Neciosup, Glen Caruba, Jesus Diaz, Oscar Santiago

May 2009
5/1 Lukas Ligeti @ carnegie hall, nyc
5/1-3 Chris Potter’s Underground w/ Nate Smith @ Jazz Standard
5/5 Spirit Ensemble w/ Vin Scialla @ teachers college , columbia
5/6 Ari Hoenig "Bee" @ Jazz Gallery
5/11 Will Calhoun @ blue note, NYC
5/31 Vin Scialla w/ trio of booom at Painted Bride Arts Center. Philapdelphia PA

April 2009
4/ 9-12 FLY: Jeff Ballard, L. Grenadier, M. Turne@ Jazz Standard
4/13 Mission: on Mars w/ Vin Scialla @ Zebulon Brooklyn, NY
4/15 Kim Thompson w/ Mike Stern @ 55 bar, nyc

4/17 - Bendy Pastorious Group w/ Julius Pastorius @ 55 bar, nyc
4/17 Tyshawn Sorey @ Jazz Gallery, nyc
4/18 Vin Scialla w/ Panonian Wave @ Mehanata, NYC
4/21 Dan Weiss w/ Binney @ 55 Bar, NYC
4/22 Alessandra Belloni, Vin Scialla @ Cupping Room NYC
4/ 23 - 26 DON BYRON w/ Pheeroan Aklaff @ Jazz Standard, nyc
4/ 24 Trio of Boom Scialla, Husted Kenner @ Lucky Mojos, NY
4/29 Eric McPherson w/ Sellenrad @ 55 bar, nyc

April 16 – 27 Tobias Ralph w/ Joe Bowie’s Defunkt
European Tour
April 20 - Prague, Czech Republic
April 21 -Usti, Czech Republic
April 23 - Jazzahead, Bremen, Germany
April 24 - Aachen, Germany
April 25 - Paard Van Troje, Den Haag

April 26th - Jeff Tain Watts @ Jazz Gallery, NYC
4/24 Frame Drum Workshop w/ Layne Redmond, Portland, ME,
4/27 Zakir Hussan's Masters of Percussion, Carnegie Hall, NY, NY,
w/ Zakir Hussain, T. H. Vikku Vanayakram, Giovanni Hidalgo, Steve Smith

March 2009
3/7 Vin Scialla w/ Panonian Wave @ Mehanata, NY NY
3/9 - 11 Steve Smith w/ Vital Information, Ronnie Scott's, London, UK,
3/26-3/29 North American Frame Drum Association, NJ
* with Glen Velez, David Kuckhermann, Glen Fittin, Andrea Piccioni, N. Scott Robinson, Steafan Hannigan, Michel Merhej Baklouk, Yousif Sheronick, Shane Shanahan, Marla Leigh, Randy Gloss, Todd Isler, Judith Cohen, John de Kadt, Jonas Gimeno Marin, Jennifer Caputo, Murat Coskun, Salokhiddin Fakhriev, Mark Katsaounis, Lori Cotler, K. S. Resmi, Saskia Tomkins

February 2009
2/10-15 Paul Motion @ Village Vanguard, nyc
2/12 - 26 Carnaval w/ Dende, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, info
2/14 Rich Pagano w/ The Fab Faux, Harrisburg, PA
2/21 Christine Stevens, Change Your LIFE Through RHYTHM one day intensive, St. Los Angeles, CA, info
2/21 - 22 TaikOz, City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, Australia, info
2/28 Steve Smith Drum Clinic, Rockwall-Heath High School, Heath, TX, info
2/24-3/1 Adam Cruz @ Village Vanguard, nyc
2/25 Vin Scialla w/ Panonian Wave, Radegast Hall Brooklyn

January 2009
12/31 thru1/4 Lenny White, Iridium Jazz Club, NY, NY, info
1/1 - 4 Living in Rhythm w/ Kalani, Oahu, HI, info
1/7 - 16 Drum Tour w/ Reid DeFever, Costa Rica
1/10-1/11 Alessandra Belloni, Vin Scialla in Taratella Show
ATA Theater, West 54th Street, NYC
1/12 Drom, Avenue A, NYC Alessandra Belloni, Vin Scialla &
Giullari di Piazza
1/11 Dave Tull & Brad Dutz w/ Phil Norman Tentet, Lighthouse Cafe, Hermosa Beach, CA, info
1/13-18 Nasheet Waits @ Village Vanguard, nyc
1/17 Christine Stevens, Change Your LIFE Through RHYTHM one day intensive, St. Petersburg, FL, info
1/24 Rich Pagano w/ The Fab Faux, The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, info
1/25 - 2/1 Playboy Jazz Cruise, info
* w/ Poncho Sanchez, Poogie Bell

December 2008

12/6 - 13 Christine Stevens, The Healing Beat Retreat, Rancho La Puerta Spa, Baha, Mexico, info
12/12 Full Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, Irvine, CA, info
12/13 Myrtle Beach Drum Circle, Shelter B6, Myrtle Beach State Park, Myrtle Beach, SC, info
12/27 New Moon Drumming for Women, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, Irvine, CA, info

September 2008

9/9 Snehasish Mozumder w/Nick G, Vin Scialla @ Barbes, Brooklyn NY
9/12Snehasish Mozumder w/Nick G, Vin Scialla @ NuBlu, NYC
9/13 Taiko Masala, iPark East Haddam CT
9/13 Myrtle Beach Drum Circle, Shelter B6, Myrtle Beach State Park, Myrtle Beach, SC, info
9/20-21 Modern Drummer Festival, Performing Arts Center, State University Of New York, Purchase, NY

9/26 Glen Velez New York, NY @ Alwan Center for the Arts
9/28 New Moon Drumming for Women, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, Irvine, CA, info

9/30 Alessandra Belloni, with Joe Deninzon, Vin Scialla
@ DROM, NYC (ny gypsy festival)

October 2008

10/2 - 5 Glen Velez & Lori Cotler : Voice of the Drum - Rhythms of the Voice, ZIST Center, Penzberg, Germany, info
10/11 - 13 Christine Stevens, Teton Wellness Festival, Jackson Hole, WY, info
10/11 Myrtle Beach Drum Circle, Shelter B6, Myrtle Beach State Park, Myrtle Beach, SC, info
10/14 Full Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, Irvine, CA, info
10/19 - 26 KoSA Cuba, Havana, Cuba, info
w/ Giraldo Piloto with Klimax, Julio Lopez Sanchez, Jean Roberto San Cristobal, Panga, Yaroldy Abreu, Adel Gonzales and many special guest faculty

November 2008
11/1 Rich Pagano w/ The Fab Faux, State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, info
11/5 thru 8 PASIC 2008, Austin, TX, info
11/9 Arthur Hull, Drum Circle Facilitation Workshop, PAS, Austin, TX, info

11/12 Ethos Percussion Group Elmira, New York w/ yousif sheronick
11/12 Full Moon Drumming, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, Irvine, CA, info
11/14 - 17 Christine Stevens, Third International Sound Healing Conference, Santa Fe, NM, info
11/15 Myrtle Beach Drum Circle, Shelter B6, Myrtle Beach State Park, Myrtle Beach, SC, info
11/25 New Moon Drumming for Women, Goddess Temple of Orange Co, I

past events:

December 2007
12/20-12/23 Alessandra Belloni Winter Solstice Show, with Vin Scialla, Joe Deninzon, and Italian Folk music/ dance troupe.

January 2008
12/1-2/1 Drum and Dance Workshops w/ Fode Moussa Camara, Guinea, West Africa, info
1/3 Remembering Ray Barretto w/ Bobby Sanabria, Highlights In Jazz, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York, NY, info
1/13 Antonio Sanchez w/ Kenny Werner Blue ote NYC
1/18 Vin Scialla w/Diet Kong @ Galapagos Brooklyn, NY
1/19 Vin Scialla w/Mission: on Mars @ Mehanata bulgarian club, Ludlow NYC
1/26 Rich Pagano w/ The Fab Faux, Avalon, Hollywood, CA, info
1/27-2/10 Carnaval w/ Dende, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, info

February 2008
1/27-2/10 Carnaval w/ Dende, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, info
2/1 Christine Stevens, HealthRHYTHMS Training, Valencia, CA, info
2/3-9 Living in Rhythm, Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center, Pahoa, HI, info
2/5 "First Tuesdays" - Free Professional Development Seminars for Musicians : Realizing Your Artistic Vision, 3pm, Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY, info

DRUM FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS LINKS

PAS Annual Convention

Montreal Drum Fest

Modern Drummer Fest

DRUMTEACHER DVDS

KOSA International Percussion Workshop

LANG PERCUSSION

Drummers Collective

Drumteacher.com DVD

"There are many lifestyle skills that drumming and percussion can help: listening, not rushing, going with the flow and, when with a group, feeding off each other and learning the benefits of togetherness," he said.

In Funk & Wagnalls' College Standard Dictionary, a RUDIMENT is described as, "The first principle, step, stage or condition."