{"id":839,"date":"2009-11-06T16:05:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T20:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/?page_id=839"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:40:46","slug":"west-african-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/ensembles\/west-african-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Rhythm Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        West African Rhythm Ensemble\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/people\/kathy-armstrong\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong-160x160.png\" alt=\"Profile image of Kathy Armstrong\" class=\"wp-image-11093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong-360x360.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Ill-Ensembles-KathtyArmstrong.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"directed-by-kathy-armstrong\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by Kathy Armstrong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DAY &amp; TIME: Mondays 11:30AM to 2:30PM<br>\nLOCATION: Loeb Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ensemble gives students an opportunity to develop a wide range of performance skills, as well as an understanding of aspects of African culture through the study and performance of West African singing, dancing and drumming (primarily Ghanaian). Students learn and perform repertoire using traditional instruments from Ghana. They will develop a strong sense of individual pulse while working on collective groove, promoting social synchrony in an ensemble setting. Emphasis is on aural learning, developing active listening skills and methods of non-verbal communication. There are opportunities for many different skill levels to interact at once, providing an inclusive environment in which to explore our connections to music and rhythm in a social setting. Collaborations with other Carleton Ensembles and guest artists are frequent. All welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTES: No audition required<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/ensembles\/\">\u00ab Return to the Ensembles homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directed by Kathy Armstrong DAY &amp; TIME: Mondays 11:30AM to 2:30PM LOCATION: Loeb Building This ensemble gives students an opportunity to develop a wide range of performance skills, as well as an understanding of aspects of African culture through the study and performance of West African singing, dancing and drumming (primarily Ghanaian). 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