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Education Package
The Multicultural, Multidisciplinary, Music Program
I am Dr. Pascal Bokar Thiam, Guitarist/Vocalist/Composer, and Faculty in the Music Department of the University of San Francisco, CA, USA, originally from West Africa, Mali/Senegal. I am the recipient of the Jim Hall Jazz Master Award of the Berklee College of Music, the recipient of the Outstanding Jazz Soloist Award from Dizzy Gillespie and the recipient of the 2021 Jazz Road Award from the NEA, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the W. Mellon Foundation, and SouthArts. I sold out both shows at the prestigious Aspen Snowmass Music Series, in Aspen, CO last year.
I am offering to Performing Arts Centers, Festivals, Schools, Colleges, Universities, and Special Events the Multicultural Multidisciplinary, Music Program (MMMP). It consists of the following;
A Masterclass on West African Sabar, & Djembe drumming
A Masterclass on West African Sabar, & Djembe drumming
A 60 minute multimedia presentation and conversation about my books describing the West African Cultural Roots of the Blues with a 30 minute Q&A (90 minute total )
A West African Dance Show
And A Musical Performance By The Pascal Bokar AfroBlueGrazz Band