Event

Penn Arab Percussion and Samba Ensemble

December 5, 2024 (Thursday) — 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Houston Hall - Hall of Flags
3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA

ABOUT PENN ARAB PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

Open to all students of the Penn community, this ensemble explores a wide range of Arab music genres and provides students with the opportunity to learn through coaching provided by professional performers of Arab music. In the Arab percussion ensemble, students get a hands-on experience learning the Doumbek– a goblet or cylindrical drum also known as derbakkeh, tableh or darbouka and explore a world of rhythms emanating from the Arab world.

ABOUT PENN BRAZILIAN SAMBA ENSEMBLE

Penn Samba, an ensemble open to the entire community at Penn and comprising some 100 members, performs a wide variety of rhythms from many different regions of Brazil. Instruments, used in the ensemble include the surdo, caixa, repinique, tamborim, gaiza, and agogo, among others.