African Marimba Classes
Group lessons in African Marimba!
Come play the music of Zimbabwe in a group setting (6-8 people).
No musical experience required! No music-reading! Fun!
Marimbas supplied. Practice marimbas available.
Current openings:
Beginning: Thursday eves 7:00-8:30pm
Beginning/intermediate: Tuesday evenings 7:30-9pm
Intermediate/advanced: Wednesday eves 7-8:30pm
Advanced: Tuesday eves 6-7:30pm
Beginning parent/child class: Sunday 4:30-5:30pm
For children 10 or older and their guardian. (Also open to adults.)
$12 per class. Parent-child group is $10/class.
Private lessons also available for $40/hr.
The instructor, Kite Giedraitis, has twenty years experience performing & teaching marimba (xylophone).
503-775-9039
All classes taught in his private studio near SE 39th & Holgate.
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Kite teaching class in his studio
Kite also makes marimbas (sopranos, tenors, baritones & basses). Sopranos and tenors are in the $300-$600 range.
He has rental sopranos for his students for $10/week. There's even a rent-to-own program!
He can also help you build your own marimba! Contact him for details on buying, renting or building.
Kite sitting in with "Dancing Out Loud", a local band that came out of his classes!
Watch instructional videos on Kite's Youtube channel!
Kite has been playing marimba in Portland since 1987. He also plays (and teaches) mbira, hosho and
hand drums. He was an original member of Boka Marimba, playing with them for 3 years before traveling
in Zimbabwe for a year and Ghana for 3 months.
Many bands have evolved out of his marimba classes:
Zuva, Dancing Trees, Kukuva, Village Spirit, Flying Safari Ants, Chiremba, White Rhino, Zimba, Born on
Tuesday, Duduluza, Bongozozo, Eurimba, Wood Vibrations, Laughing Moon, Dancing Out Loud and
Kamerimba.
Eight of these bands appear on his compilation CD, "Marimba Madness". It features 13 songs, from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Guinea,
Ghana and the Carribean, all Kite's arrangements. You can hear audio samples and order copies from CDbaby.
In 2001, Kite founded Fools In Paradise, a six-piece marimba/mbira/sax band. To order their CD, go to CDbaby.
For more info about his band, visit www.FoolsInParadise.com
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