"What an amazing experience! This show is a must!" - Montrose Primary School
“It was brilliant!” - Eltham Primary School
“Fantastic! We’d love it again” - Williamstown Primary School
“It was brilliant!” - Eltham Primary School
“Fantastic! We’d love it again” - Williamstown Primary School
About Our School Incursions
The Melbourne Tabla School has been running incursions in primary and secondary schools in Victoria for a decade. The incursions are an engaging, entertaining and educational journey into the similarities and differences between Indian and Australian culture through the fun and exciting medium of music. In the workshops, children are engaged in numerous aspects of Indian culture – many of which are already part of our own multicultural heritage here in Australia, such as yoga and language - yes, the word ‘jungle’ comes from Sanskrit! Children get the opportunity to listen to professional musicians playing traditional Indian music in an exciting and polished program that culminates in the students learning to play the instruments and celebrate in our similarities and differences. Every student participates in the workshop through the spoken rhythms of the tabla and singing melodies of the ragas in sargam (Indian solfege). The workshops are run by Dr. Sam Evans, founding director of the Melbourne Tabla School, who has dedicated his career to the proliferation of Indian music and culture in Australia along with Indian accompanists on melodic Indian instruments such as sitar, sarod, bansuri and voice. |
Recent Reviews
“It was great to see the focus, engagement and enjoyment of the students. They learnt words, to count, to sing, to show respect, about the celebrations, the country and culture of India all through music. The students were completely engaged throughout the incursion with great presenters who were able to connect and build a quick rapport." Music Teacher, Eltham Primary School "What an amazing experience! Sam took the kids on a sensational trip that packed in so much within the hour. With a clever use of pictures interspersed throughout the similarities and differences between the two cultures were teased out. The inclusion of some yoga mid-way was a real treat, oh and I haven’t mentioned the sublime music..." Principle, Montrose Primary School “From my own point of view as a teacher, I found the session really useful as a further learning experience to keep me going with the unit and to get the kids inspired with the topic.” Teacher, Williamstown Primary School "I loved the inclusive nature of the program, the deep content knowledge of the presenters, and the way they involved as many students as possible. The students all wanted the sessions to run for longer." Head of Music, Emmaus Secondary College |
Workshop duration: 1 hour. Minimum students: 80. Cost per student: $5