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    ABOUT THE MUSICIAN
    Chris Becom has been studying and performing music since he was 9 years old. Early on he focused primarily on learning
    western art/classical music and rock-n-roll on the piano and guitar.  After starting college, however, he fell in love with
    drumming and hand percussion music from Africa and Latin America.  Early guidance from many African and Cuban friends,
    musicians and teachers helped mold Chris' musical ear and technique for many African based musics.\

    Chris has performed as a freelance musician since these early college days. He has also worked with the UNC-Greensboro
    Dance Department, a number of Latin Jazz Ensembles, a West African Drumming Ensemble based out of NYC, and the
    Carolina Friends School in Durham. He has been educating people from all ages on World Music since 1999. As a Middle
    and High School Music teacher at the Carolina Friends School, Chris began working with students privately and developing a
    unique approach to learning hand percussion. As a graduate student at the University of Michigan, Chris studied education,
    music and ethnomusicology.

    Having just relocated to the Triangle area after graduating, Chris is poised to take on new students and teach his unique
    drum program, drumLIFE ( www.drumLIFE.org ). Chris will always be a student of world music; he currently studies folkloric
    Afro-Cuban music with Bradley Simmons.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    Freelance percussionist in the Ann Arbor, Michigan Area
    Musician for Carolina Friends School
    Musician for Super Yankadi, West African Drumming Ensemble, then based in NYC
    Freelance percussionist in the Greensboro, North Carolina Area
    Percussionist for UNC-Greensboro Dance Department

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    Lessons for all ages from Beginning to Advance Levels
    Private Studio in Triangle Area
    Graduate Student Instructor for University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan
    Middle and Upper School Music Teacher for Carolina Friends School; Durham, NC
    Music Instructor for Children's Workshop Theatre; Greensboro, NC

    EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

    University of Michigan, MA in Education, focus on Music Pedagogy,
    Latin  American Music and Ethnomusicology
    UNC-Greensboro, BA in Psychology, focus on Music Psychology and World Music
    Current Student Afro-Cuban Folkloric music traditions with Bradley Simmons}