Everyone who breathes has rhythm!  Everyone with a heartbeat has rhythm!  As an ambassador of rhythm, Ellen Clegg of Found Sounds brings the rhythm in all of us alive.  From toddlers to elders, teenagers to retirees, caregivers to people trying to heal, people hard at work to college orientation students, Found Sounds offers experiential workshops with varying intention.  Whether it’s through individual private lessons, group lessons, stress reduction workshops, teambuilding workshops, community drumming events, staff development workshops, conferences, or wellness workshops, Found Sounds provides quality, innovative facilitation to engage and inspire the participants.
Through her performance, Ellen Clegg seeks to connect deeply with the audience and share her passion for rhythm and music through uplifting and inspiring concerts, including solo performance, events with her samba band OffBeat, participatory concerts, or  through her improvisational role in the band The Effect.

May you find what you are looking for, and feel free to contact Ellen Clegg anytime with questions or comments.  Welcome.

The Arts Block in Greenfield and Ellen Clegg present World Percussionist of the Year 2005 and 2008 Valerie Naranjo Live in Concert!!!!!!!! Monday May 9th 7:30pm on Main St. in Greenfield, sliding scale $15 – $5. “She grabs your full attention and you are wrapped up in her for as long as she plays.” “Valerie Naranjo on (marimba) and drums is utterly riveting…fascinating…” Valley Percussionist Ellen Clegg enthusiastically welcomes her teacher and mentor, Valerie, to the Valley, and will open the evening with some original songs, joined by members from OffBeat. www.foundsounds.com.
Percussionist, vocalist, composer VALERIE DEE NARANJO, known for her pioneering efforts on West African keyboard percussion is a Coloradoan of Ute (Native American) descent. In 1988 her playing of the traditional repertoire of the gyil (West African solo marimba) led to the declaration of a chiefly decree in the Dagara nation that women be allowed to play the instrument for the first time. In 1996 she took a “First Place” in Ghana’s Kobine Traditional Festival gyil competition, currently the only non West African to have done so.

She plays percussion and arranges for the Saturday Night Live Band and has recorded and performed with Broadway’s The Lion King, The Philip Glass Ensemble, David Byrne, The Paul Winter Consort, Tori Amos, Airto Moreira, and the international percussion ensemble, MEGADRUMS, which includes Milton Cardona, Zakir Hussein, and Glen Velez. On six continents Valerie is a clinician for Pearl Corporation and Adams Musical Instruments, Zildjian, and Vic Firth.

Hope to see you there!!!!

Here are a few comments from some people who have heard it:

“Deep and profound.”
“So full of wordless emotion.”
“Mystical.”
“It is a meditation.”
“I’d love to work out to that!”
“I’d love to listen to it while I settle into my new apartment.”
“The whole CD is like a journey.”
“So beautiful.”
“So listenable for a whole CD of drumming.  So melodic.”

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