Alan Tauber

Alan Tauber is a gifted percussionist musician facilitator and educator who has spent over 40 years sharing his passion for drumming and healing with the community. In 1990 he established The DrumConnection New England's largest hand drumming school located in Arlington Massachusetts.
Alan has taught West African Haitian and Cuban percussion to thouds of students. Over the years Alan has specialized in West African music of the Djembe and Doundoun drums studying and performing with Master Drummers such as Mamady Keita Ibrahima Camara M'Bemba Bangoura Babatunde Olatunji Nansedy Keita Billy Konate and Sayon Camara. His quest for preserving tradition and imparting the cultural context of the music to his students lead him to Guinea West Africa where he met Master Drummer Famoudou Konate.

Alan now travels regularly to Guinea for inspiration and knowledge from the source. He is the first to bring Master Drummer Famoudou Konate to Boston to teach traditional Malinke rhythms to our growing community.

Alan includes song dance movement cultural relevance and traditonal spirituality of rhythms where appropriate. 'The drum and the dance are never separated. The song and the reason one sings need to be honored always.'

In West Africa the birthplace of rhythm Alan finds himself in a rare and beautiful situation. His social awareness and his insight into the music culture and current conditions of Guinea and close personal relationships with the citizens of Guinea make him a valuable resource to the New England area. Alan?s associations include New England Conservatory Berklee College of Music and Harvard University as well as The Percussive Arts Society.

Alan founded the DrumConnection in 1990. The DrumConnection is internationally known as a deep source of traditional knowledge of the hand-drumming of Africa.

Alan resides in Arlington MA and has residence in Simbaya Gare Guinea West Africa.
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Education:

Berklee College of Music BM Percussion

New England Conservatory

University of Miami

Testimonials:

Alan is a gifted teacher and immensely talented percussionist. His work to teach and share West African music with clarity, senistivity and compassion is extroardinary
--Audrey Gaffron- Senior Graphic Designer, MathWorks, LinkedIn

I just wanted to tell you that you?re the best teacher we?ve ever had. You make learning easy, fun and satisfying----you?ve brought us a long way in one year.
--N Webster, E-mail

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to participate, and to experience his teachings. I''ll probably never have the right words to describe it.
--G G New Hampshire, E-mail

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