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Jon Sterckx & Ricky Romain

Disciplines

Indian Classical Music Workshops

Workshops for Ages

Juniors, Secondary ( GCSE Music students) Adults.

Workshops Offered

These workshops can be tailored to the needs of various age groups and abilities. Each workshop covers the fundamental principles of North Indian classical music and demonstrates it’s application on two of Indian music's foremost instruments - Sitar and Tabla.

Through the use of traditional oral teaching methods, participants will learn a Raga - Indian scale and a Taal - Indian rhythmic time cycle and learn how the two are interwoven to create an Indian Classical music performance.
Please note that due to the fragile nature of the instruments, the instruments are not for “hands on” use by participants. Participation is through the traditional oral methods as described above.

For secondary school, we can cover Rag Desh to meet the GCSE curriculum requirements.
Workshops can also be combined with a professional Indian music performance.

Artist Statement

Ricky Romain ( Sitar ) & Jon Sterckx ( Tabla ) are professional musicians trained in North indian classical music. They have been regularly performing and delivering workshops together since 2001 and have developed a strong performance and teaching rapport between them. Their shared understanding and appreciation of North Indian music is always apparent within their performances and workshops.

Ricky Romain trained in Indian classical music between 1972 and 1977. Ricky has performed regularly throughout the West Country and Nationally. He is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth and has been teaching Indian music and delivering workshops for over 10 years.

Jon Sterckx is a versatile percussionist and tabla player based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. He plays a wide range of percussion instruments and has worked across a variety of musical styles. He performs & teaches Tabla, Indian music & percussion, is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth and has been delivering workshops to schools, colleges and universities since 2000.
Jon has BA(Hons) music from Dartington College of Arts, has worked with percussion since 1987 and has studied and worked with Tabla and Indian music in India and UK since 1994.