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STEVE
DEATS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
TI AYITI DRUM AND DANCE ENSEMBLE
POMONA, NY
Phone #(845) 354-4852
Email rdeats@aol.com
Objective
To provide our audiences with an enriching musical experience through
rhythm song and movement and exposing them to the vibrant cultures of
various Caribbean countries.
Performances
1994 - Present
Musical Director and Lead Drummer, Ti Ayiti Drum and Dance Troupe
1994 –
Present
Lincoln Center, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Brooklyn Children’s Library,
1995 Bouyon Rasin Festival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Miller Theater
at Columbia University, William Patterson University, Rutgers University,
the Elizabeth Morrow School, Kings Arms Library in Garnerville, the
Newburgh Library and many other schools and libraries in the area.
1985 - 2000
Accompanied dance classes for Pat Hall, Jean Leon Destine, Carolyn Webb
and others
1984 –
Present
Lead and second drummer and Musical Co-Director, La Troupe Makandal
Recordings
2001
"New York City Global Beat of the Boroughs" - a Smithsonian
Folkways production
1998
Soundtrack to the Disney production of the Jonathan Demme film "Beloved"
staring Oprah Winfrey – Sonny Soundtrax recording
1996
"Bouyon Rasin" - a Global Beat Record
1995
"Rhythms of Rapture" - a Smithsonian Folkways production
1986
"Erzili" by La Troupe Makandal, - a World Music Institute,
New Americans production
Teaching
Experience
2000 –
2002
Arts Initiative Program Director at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children,
Inc.
1999 –
2000
Arts Initiative Program drummer and music instructor for Harlem School
of the Arts
1996 –
2001
Instructor for "The Joy of Drums" group class at the Yoga
Mountain Institute Summer ’95 – 2000
Music teacher for the Elizabeth Morrow School Explorations Summer Program
1992–
Present
Rhythm, Movement & Song teacher for a number of Pre-K and after
school programs including: Tops for Tots; Nyack’s Little School;
Ages & Stages and the Rockland Conservatory of Music
1992 –
Present
Percussion instructor for the Long Island Drum Center
Educational
Background
1994 – ’98
Bachelor of Professional Studies, Empire State College, State University
of New York
1984 –
’90
Afro Haitian drumming and folk singing with Master Drummer Frisner Augustin,
Hunter College, City University of New York
1982 –
’84
Latin drumming with Frank Malabe and Eddie Bobe at the Rhythm Section
Lab, New York City
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