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Tabla Ensemble

Tabla ensemble sitting on floor during rehearsal

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Coordinator:Ìýshawn.mativetsky [at] mcgill.ca (Shawn Mativetsky)

TABLA ENSEMBLE

MUEN 569. Tabla Ensemble.

Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

Credits: 1
Offered by: Performance (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Performance and practice of the tabla of North India.
  • Can be taken more than once.

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Participation:This ensemble is open to all music students, and ɬÀï·¬ students from other faculties (with permission of the instructor; previous music experience is required).

Founded in 2005 by Shawn Mativetsky, the ɬÀï·¬ Tabla Ensemble learns and performs traditional North Indian tabla compositions from the Benares baj (style). Students learn basic tabla techniques, repertoire, and performance practices, with the goal of developing advanced rhythm and improvisation skills, as well as an appreciation for North Indian classical music. Over the course of each semester, the group learns solo tabla repertoire, culminating in an Indian classical tabla soli performance.

The Tabla Ensemble is open to all students in the Schulich School of Music. All students will need their own set of tabla. If you don't own a set, shawn.mativetsky [at] mcgill.ca (please contact Shawn Mativetsky), and he will happily guide you in your purchase. A limited number of ɬÀï·¬ tabla are available for loan to music students; please contact Shawn to reserve a set. Unless graduating in the fall, students should ideally register for both the fall and winter semesters.

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