African and Korean Drumming December 1, 2010

Experience the rhythms of African and Korean percussion at the first-ever joint concert of the UM African Drum Ensemble and the UM Korean Percussion Ensemble. The UM African Drum Ensemble performs West African music for djembe drum, dunun drum, 21-string kora and 21-key balafon, while the UM Korean Percussion Ensemble performs an exhilarating contemporary form of Korean percussion music known as Samulnori using an hourglass drum, a barrel drum, a small gong, and a large gong.