Bring your school on a musical journey they will never forget.
A trip to Africa is an exciting one-hour multi-cultural music workshop. Designed for schools, it caters for children from junior infants right up to secondary school pupils. It started in May 2005 and due to its huge success, it will run again this year until July 2006. The workshop will also visit summer camps and community festivals across Ireland.

In a workshop, each class will learn about the wide variety of percussion instruments and their use in African and world music. They will be taught some rhythms and all of the group will sit in a circle and play these rhythms together, whilst getting the chance to try different instruments.

They will also be taught some dance steps to accompany the music and at the end of the class, the children are given time to relax and sing together.

The workshops are facilitated by David Day, Okoe Ardyfio and Simon Annoh.
David Day is a Kildare based percussionist who has been working with schools, youth groups and various arts bodies facilitating percussion workshops for the past three years.
Okoe and Simon are teachers from A.M.M.A.L., the Academy of Music and Arts in Ghana, West Africa. While in Ghana in 2003 and 2005, David was taught by Okoe and Simon.
It was David’s vision to bring these two teachers to Ireland to visit schools and promote cultural awareness of Africa and allow the children to meet these musicians and enjoy their wonderful talents.

For more information on the facilitators, the workshops use the links at the top of the page. Downloadable posters for advertising the workshops can be found under the resources section.

Read some testimonials from schools that we have worked in.

To get in touch with JabbaJabbaJembe, you can:
Telephone: Mobile: (353) 087 240 4442 or Office: (353) 059 8638252
Email: info@jabbajabbajembe.com
Mail: 18 White Castle Lawns, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland