Int. West African Drumming Ens Semester: Spring Year: 2018 Subject Name: Music Course Number: 261 Institution: Mount Holyoke College This course will focus on learning by ear and playing the polyrhythmic traditional music of the peoples of southern Ghana, Togo and Benin, including sections of Adjogbo and Agbekor. All students will learn drum, rattle and bell parts, some songs, and some dance steps. Non-musicians are welcome; practice between classes is required. The group will perform in a workshop at the end of the semester. Comments: Prereq: MUSIC-161. Variable Credit Comments: Repeatable for credit. Instructor Permission: Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods. https://wadv1.mtholyoke.edu/wadvg/mhc?TYPE=P&PID=ST-XWSTS12A Schedule #: 102854 Course Sections Year - Any -2018201720162015201420132012 Term - Any -FallSpring Subject Course Number Institution - Any -Amherst CollegeHampshire CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith CollegeUMass Amherst Section Number Int. West African Drumming Ens Sect # Credits Instructor(s) Instructor Email Meeting Times Location 01 1.0 Faith Conant fconant@acad.umass.edu T 07:00PM-09:00PM Pratt Memorial Music Bldg 109