Shanti Jayasinha - A Francisquita (Grand Union Orchestra Workshop)

This group of workshops is designed for use with an ensemble or class of musicians. You can pause at any time but it is a workshop that was carried out live and edited in a way that you can learn the pieces and play along with the participants as we learnt the pieces by ear from the workshop leader.
Use the on screen cues for improvisation tips and times to improvise.

The workshops were live and socially distanced held at Richmix October 2020.

Alaur Rachman demonstrates a Bengali Rag and we learn the tune and type of rhythmic accompaniment.


Andres Lafone demonstrates the song Asa Branca and guides through playing bass and rhythm with a Baion Rhythm.


Claude Deppa demonstrates a South African piece by Abdullah Ibrahim ‘Homecoming’ and teaches how to improvise with the chord sequence.


Tony Kofi demonstrates one of his own pieces in 5 and teaches how to improvise with the sequence and the time.

Shanti Jayasinha demonstrates a Latin American piece and explores improvisation in this style.