Drums with Nava D.

Percussion/Drums: Nava D. is a Bay Area based percussionist and improviser specializing in Japanese, Indonesian and American contemporary and experimental music. Born in Tokyo, and raised in a multi-cultural environment by an American father and Indonesian mother, Nava’s musical interests span the globe from Japanese taiko to Indonesian gamelan to American marching band, and from classical to contemporary to the avant-garde. Nava studied percussion under Eugene Novotney at Humboldt State University before attending Mills College, where she studied with William Winant, Fred Frith, Maggi Payne, Zeena Parkins, and David Bernstein, among others. Since graduating with a degree in music performance in 2013, Nava has performed and collaborated with John Zorn, William Winant, Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Dominique Leone and many others, as well as formed the improvisational trio Dapplegray, which debuted in 2012 at The Stone in New York City. Through improvisation, Nava enjoys discovering her own musical language by exploring experimental approaches to communication, progression, and space. Japanese: I was born and raised in Japan, lived there for 18 years and went to Japanese local schools, so I'm a native speaker of Japanese. I also have have experience teaching Japanese and translating. *** Lesson Details *** Percussion/Drums: I conduct the lessons by providing basic materials to work on and as well as homework, but I'm flexible about how students want to study, and am up for discussing what learning experiences work for them. Japanese: I conduct lessons based on what students want to do (writing, reading, conversation etc.) Also if needed, I let students to write journal and proofread/read aloud together so students can get used to both writing and speaking. *** Studio Equipment *** Studio -drum set, xylophone, vibraphone and a lot of kinds of percussion instruments. *** Specialties *** Percussion/Drums (beginner to advance, improvisation) Piano (beginner) Japanese (Native speaker)