African Drumming Performance

Drumming Workshops

African Drumming Workshop with Thomas Wiegandt
Everybody can learn how to play exciting rhythms on authentic African drums. It sounds great and is a lot of fun!
Age group: teenagers and adults.
Participants: max. 20 (more by arrangement). Hours: 2 hours (min.), 6 hour. (max.).
Instruments provided.
Details: please inquire!

Additional option - very popular with festivals:

Drumming performance in the parade by the workshop participants!

Drumming performance by the workshop participants in a parade or in a suitable venue or solo drumming performance by Thomas Wiegandt in parade or venue.

Kids Drumming Workshop with Thomas Wiegandt
Kids love playing drums and all sorts of percussions and having fun! And they sound great!
Age group: 6 to 12 years old. Participants: max. 20 (more by arrangement). Hours: 2 hour ls (min.), 6 hour. (max.).
Instruments provided.

Details: please inquire!

Fees: Euro 40 per hour of workshop (this includes providing original drums and instruments) plus Euro 80 for travel within a distance of 100 km from Bantry. Further away: please inquire!

Please contact me to get an exact quote.

Music Performances

Ideal for festivals, parties, weddings and other celebrations !

Yallah Percussion (2 or 3 piece percussion band)
Thomas Wiegandt and his percussion group are playing a wide variety of world percussion music on African drums, xylophones, a.o., exciting & magic as well as entertaining. Thomas has performed with many well known drummers from all over the world.

African Drumming Solo Performance
Thomas Wiegandt (dressed in colorful African clothes) is playing a wide variety of drums and percussions and will make you dance to the rhythm of African drums, Bass drums, xylophones, ...a lot of fun and entertaining. Thomas has performed with many well known drummers from all over the world.

The Sunshine Vibrations - happy music with an African feel.

The Sunshine Vibrations (African style party music)
Thomas Wiegandt and Ailin Becker are playing happy music with an African feel on electric guitar and African drums. The music is a mix of Highlife, Reggae and Afro-Rock and creates a relaxed and happy atmosphere and is ideal for parties and weddings. Thomas has performed with many well known African musicians.

African Music Performance
Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Wiegandt (dressed in colorful African clothes) will play African style music on various African instruments like different drums, xylophones, bells, shakers, thumb pianos, flutes and string instruments. This vibrant and rhythmic music will give an African flavour to any event. Thomas is sometimes accompanied by another musician.

Dream Waves - ambient world music meditation
Multi-instrumentalist Thomas Wiegandt is playing peaceful ambient music for special occasions on Tibetan singing bowls, Indonesian xylophones and flutes, African lute and guitar, etc. The music creates a gentle musical background, but is also well
worth to listen to as a meditative concert. Thomas is sometimes
accompanied by another musician.

C.V.
Thomas Wiegandt is a multi-instrumentalist. He has been performing music since 1973 and studied and played with many musicians from West-Africa, Europe and Bali. He teaches and performs African drumming and music improvisation in the Drumming Centre West Cork, Ballybane, Ballydehob, West-Cork as well as in art venues, schools, corporate events and festivals in the local community and the whole of Ireland.

Please go to: THOMAS WIEGANDT (C.V.)

Rates: affordable rates, please inquire.

Demo CD: please inquire.

Promo pictures - detailed information - C.V.: If requested I can email you fotos (jpegs) as well as precise information

Info and booking: Please contact us (Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) if you have any queries, or want to book a workshop or course.

Please note that information and prices might be subject to change at any time.