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Nizami

Joyful original dance music in a range of genres
         
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Name
Nizami
Genre(s)
Dance, Funk, World
Content
Originals Only
Taking Bookings
Australia Wide
About Us
Joyful dance music in genres ranging from Latin to Gypsy, Disco to Techno, Funk to House with a bit of Jazz and Swing thrown in… This 5 piece gets your boody movin’! 

Nizami consists of marimba players Zaia Kendall, Nikki Berry and Michelle Dorendahl, with Gary Ward on Bass and Duncan MacQueen on kit.

Marimbas are happy and warm sounding instruments and the driving, upbeat rhythms cannot help but get your feet moving. This original, high energy, joyful music will make you dance and smile for hours!
What We Bring
High energy, uplifting and joyful original music to get everyone moving!
Members
Gary Ward (Bass)
Duncan MacQueen (Kit, Congas, Octapad)
Michelle Dorendahl (Marimbas, Percussion)
Nikki Berry (Marimbas, Percussion)
Zaia Kendall (Marimbas, Percussion)
Country
Australia
State / Region
Queensland
Home town
Noosa Hinterland
Workshop Session(s)
​Hitty Hitty Bang Bang!  is a marimba project that combines a marimba performance with hands on workshops for kids and adults.

We can start the workshop with an optional performance by Nizami. All music played by Nizami is uplifting, happy, modern and danceable, appealing to young and old. The pieces played are multi part, multi section pieces. 

After the performance, a workshop space will be set up and workshops are run by 1, 2 or 3 of the marimba players. We recommend around 1 marimba teacher for every 8 – 10 players if the participants are under 15. All three marimba workshop teachers have blue cards. For classes age 15 and over one teacher can cater for up to 30 students. Workshops can also be run independently of the performance.

There will be several three octave marimbas and a bass marimba available. It is possible to fit 5 or 6 players on each of the 3 octave marimbas, but 3 players per marimba is preferred. The bass marimba can have 2 players. We can have a maximum of 30 players at a workshop. Multiple workshops can be run if needed. A workshop can be 1 hour or 1 1/2 hours (1 1/2 hours recommended).

Marimbas are happy sounding, easy to learn melodic percussion instruments. The keys are made from wood, and the sound is natural and warm. As the marimbas are diatonic and the notes are written on each key as a letter, the marimba is easy to learn for people of all ages. Due to the ease of learning and the speed with which a simple piece can be played by a group, marimbas are especially suitable to children and adults with little to no prior music playing ability. Within an hour workshop, participants will be able to play a simple multipart piece together, generating a feeling of community, focus and satisfaction.

Marimbas, mallets and hand percussion are supplied as part of the workshop.
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