Festival Workshop
Beginners Drum
with Melissa Gunn
About this workshop
1 hour class + drum circle Melissa will introduce some of the basic beats used in Middle Eastern music, suitable for beginner drummers, along with some simple fills for more advanced drummers. There will be time for a drum circle for drummers of all abilities to have a go at drumming in a group. Please bring your own drum (or nearest equivalent - e.g. doumbeq, tambourine, riq, bodhran, etc)
Your Tutor
Melissa Gunn
Melissa Gunn has attended drum workshops for at least the last fifteen years, and has drummed (and zilled and xylophoned) with Soul Star Tribe since 2023, performing at multicultural festivals and other events. She is an experienced teacher in a range of subjects (with a postgraduate certificate in higher education), but promises not to critique anyone’s grammar. She looks forward to sharing her love of drumming at MEDANZ 2026.