Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Joannie Labelle & Ellen Mayer "In conversation with", filmed at the 2022 UK Drum Show.
We're covering all the artists that performed in the mikedolbear.com room at this years UK Drum Show about life, inspirations.....and in this case 'How important is it to know how to dance?'.
About Joannie - She studied percussion with various masters such as Alain "chepito" Labrosse, Luc Boivin, Paul Picard, Giovanni Hidalgo and Harouna Dembélé. Joannie also studied in Havana, Cuba, with masters Raul Lali Brito Gonzalez (Clave y Guaguanco), Alberto Villareal (Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba) and Roland Salgado Palacio (Afro Cuban All Stars). She has been active on local and international scenes such as Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin, Hamburg, Bari, Doha and Kolkata, to name just a few, and has been adding her touch to various renowned artists such as Lara Fabian, Marie-Josée Lord and Les Trois Accords.
About Ellen - a German percussionist known for her versatility in different musical styles. After finishing school she studied latin percussion at the 'Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst‘ in Mannheim, Germany with Prof. José J. Cortijo. She was awarded a scholarship to study Brazilian percussion with Prof. Jorge Sacramento in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. She also travelled to Havana, Cuba to take lessons with Tomás 'El Panga‘ Ramos.
As a percussionist she toured with various national and international artists such as Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) and Pete York (The Spencer Davis Group) and the interactive drum show 'Drum-Conversation'. She composes music for theatre and dance productions and she has published a series of 4 educational percussion books for Schott Music called 'World Of Percussion Conga', 'World Of Percussion Bongo', 'World Of Percussion Cajón' and 'World Of Percussion Djembé‘.
She teaches at the music department of the 'Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität' in Munich and the 'Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst' in Mannheim, Germany.
Joannie Labelle & Ellen Mayer "In conversation with", filmed at the 2022 UK Drum Show.
We're covering all the artists that performed in the mikedolbear.com room at this years UK Drum Show about life, inspirations.....and in this case 'How important is it to know how to dance?'.
About Joannie - She studied percussion with various masters such as Alain "chepito" Labrosse, Luc Boivin, Paul Picard, Giovanni Hidalgo and Harouna Dembélé. Joannie also studied in Havana, Cuba, with masters Raul Lali Brito Gonzalez (Clave y Guaguanco), Alberto Villareal (Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba) and Roland Salgado Palacio (Afro Cuban All Stars). She has been active on local and international scenes such as Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin, Hamburg, Bari, Doha and Kolkata, to name just a few, and has been adding her touch to various renowned artists such as Lara Fabian, Marie-Josée Lord and Les Trois Accords.
About Ellen - a German percussionist known for her versatility in different musical styles. After finishing school she studied latin percussion at the 'Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst‘ in Mannheim, Germany with Prof. José J. Cortijo. She was awarded a scholarship to study Brazilian percussion with Prof. Jorge Sacramento in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. She also travelled to Havana, Cuba to take lessons with Tomás 'El Panga‘ Ramos.
As a percussionist she toured with various national and international artists such as Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) and Pete York (The Spencer Davis Group) and the interactive drum show 'Drum-Conversation'. She composes music for theatre and dance productions and she has published a series of 4 educational percussion books for Schott Music called 'World Of Percussion Conga', 'World Of Percussion Bongo', 'World Of Percussion Cajón' and 'World Of Percussion Djembé‘.
She teaches at the music department of the 'Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität' in Munich and the 'Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst' in Mannheim, Germany.
