Perfect for wedding ceremonies & receptions

 Simon Lewis

Simon Lewis is a professional artist with a broad range of talents and a strong passion for his art.  He has been facilitating people through drumming for more than 20 years and is highly regarded as a teacher of world percussion. He has lived and studied traditional djembe, dundun, balafon and kora in Guinea West Africa with Master drummers Lamine Soumah, Aliou Sylla and the world famous Les Percussions  De Guinea.  Well known for his insightful and innovative teaching style which is both fun and challenging and with a background in classical and jazz his versatility and broad knowledge of music gives students a unique entry into the world of African drumming.  Simon has performed in Japan and Europe, at Womadelaide, Woodford and many other major festivals around Australia. Founder and leader of  The World Rhythm Ensemble and Zazu Simon is currently performing with many of Melbourne’s most dynamic percussion based ensembles including Wassawumba, Asiko , Casamance  and  The Marabou Project.  

Daniel Richardson

Daniel, (flute, didjeridu, saxophone, vocals, light percussion), started playing the flute at aged 10. His musical education includes a Certificate in Jazz performance from NMIT, and an improvisation degree from the VCA. Daniel has embraced a rich diversity of music including a performance and study tour to India (1997), a Didjeridu study tour to Australia’s Arnhemland (2000), touring in Turkey with Turkish fusion band Unified Gecko (2005) and a European tour with the organic trance group Morph (2006) Daniel extended his passion for West African music and dance with a study tour to Ghana (2007) and he now also performs African style music with the group Ouaga and The Marabou Project. Daniel has been performing his solo project Animus since June 2009.