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George Medlock and Enheduanna, drumming and
belly dancing.
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George Medlock, Musician
George Medlock, recently of Martha's Vineyard,
now performs and teaches Ethnic Percussion in the Orange County area. He is known
for his patience and clarity in teaching style. A
former drum maker and distributor, Mr. Medlock worked for several years a lead
percussionist to the NAACP Choir, Haitian Beach Band, Eastern Melodies, and Le
Danse Orientale dance troupe.
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George Medlock George Medlock began his musical career in New England and currently resides in southern California. A professional drum maker and musician for over 15 years, and with degrees in Photography and Art History, Mr. Medlock’s performances, workshops, research and travel have taken him to five continents around the world. Mr. Medlock has appeared as the featured bell musician in the major motion picture film Dirty and MTV’s Poorman’s Show, and has performed with notable musicians across the U.S. including: Turkish cura player Turgay Ertuk, Arabic keyboardist Aboudi Badawi, Lebanese oud player Mounir Bayash, African dance instructor Myra Jones Romaine of Dance New England, New Age flautist Lee Gongwer, Lebanese percussionist Walid Assaf, American pianist Pam Wickes, as well as recorded with Marc Solomon and the Deadmen. As percussionist, Mr. Medlock has worked with many organizations and individuals including Martha’s Vineyard belly dance, modern dance, African dance, drum circle facilitator, NAACP Gospel Choir, and was awarded a plaque from the Orange County Turkish American Association. Mr. Medlock has worked closely with belly dance instructors Tina Enheduanna, Pat Szucs, Cathy Proulx, Suzannah, Nourhan Sharif, Angelika Nemeth of Orange Coast and Golden West Colleges, as well as with Raquia Hasssan of Cairo and other Middle Eastern, West African, and yoga instructors across the US, Spain & Egypt. As a drum manufacturer, Mr. Medlock has hand made ashikos, dununs, djembes, frame drums, Egyptian tabls and Turkish davuls. He worked for many years as a head djembe technician for a leading drum company, facilitated drum circles and both sponsored workshops and taught workshops in drum making and drum playing. He continues to teach Arabic tabla, African djembe and dununs in Southern California. Mr. Medlock has studied with Walid Assaf, Tayyar Akdeni, Ali Thomas of Tam Tam Mandingue, Hamish Henkish, Imani, Spider, Magnus McBride, Jimi and Morwenna Twofeathers, Ubaka Hill, Abdoul Doumbia, Mary Ellen Donald, Armundo Mafufo, John Biljizikian, Mimi Spencer, and Dic Kunst Der Drums. In addition to his formal training, he is self-taught on Oud, Saz, Rebaba, and Zurna.
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