On March 10, 2012, Krannert Center For The Performing Arts (Urbana IL) presents it’s second Day Of The Drum World Percussion festival.

Opening with....
Rocky Maffit with Friends
Noon | Stage 5 | free
Event curator and platinum recording artist Rocky Maffit invokes the rhythms of the world and explores percussive instruments across time from ancient drums to body percussion to the electric wavedrum in this opening concert of Day of the Drum.

TA KA DI MI Project featuring Glen Velez and Lori Cotler
1 pm | Stage 5 | free
Five-time Grammy Award winner Glen Velez and rhythm vocalist Lori Cotler return to this year’s Day of the Drum with the TA KA DI MI Project, an imaginative blend of frame drum rhythms, bird calls, scatting, and konnakol—a South Indian style of vocal percussion—for a pulsating, primal, mystical experience.

ScrapArtsMusic Preview
2 pm | Lobby | free
Created by Gregory Kozak and Justine Murdy
Compositions, Instruments, and Choreography by Gregory Kozak
Get a preview of the eco-powered percussion and mobile music sculptures of ScrapArtsMusic.

Illini Experience
3 pm | Lobby | free
Percussionists from the UI Steel Band celebrate with soca, calypso, pop, and Latin jazz, while the UI Percussion Ensemble performs works by Steve Reich, Aurél Holló, and Maurice Ohana in this extravaganza of steel drums, marimbas, and other world percussion instruments.

Rhythm Workshop with Glen Velez and Lori Cotler
4 pm | Stage 5 | free
Glen Velez and Lori Cotler will help you develop your own rhythmic voice as they demonstrate hand drumming styles and vocal techniques.

Recycled Rhythms with Chad Dunn
5 pm | Lobby | free
The students of Recycled Rhythms build their own instruments from everyday refuse and jubilantly perform samba, capoeira, and forró beats with leader Chad Dunn.

Community Drum Circle
5:20pm | Lobby | free
John Yost of Rhythm Revolution
John Yost of Rhythm Revolution and Dahui leads a drum circle that will stretch around the Lobby. Bring your percussion instrument or grab one of ours and join in this joyous Day of the Drum celebration!

Closing with...
ScrapArts Music
7pm | Tryon Festival Theatre | $10-$28
Created by Gregory Kozak and Justine Murdy
Compositions, Instruments, and Choreography by Gregory Kozak
A day-long drum extravaganza led by Rocky Maffit culminates with ScrapArtsMusic: five eco-powered percussionists playing mobile music sculptures fashioned from reclaimed waste in an outrageous fusion of STOMP and the Blue Man Group.