*FREE* AACM Presents: Davu Seru Masterclass+
A free master class by improvising drummer and composer Davu Seru. Join Jazz Central Studios in-person or online for this free master class on Saturday, April 12, 11am to 12:30pm (CST)
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Minneapolis, 407 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
About the Event
AACM School of Music Presents:
A free master class by improvising drummer and composer Davu Seru.
Join Jazz Central Studios in-person or online for this free master class on Saturday, April 12, 11am to 12:30pm (CST)
With Josh Granowski, bass, and Levi Schwartzberg, vibraphone.
Unable to make it to JCS? Livestream the event here
About Davu:
Minneapolis-Saint Paul resident Davu Seru is an improvising musician and composer known primarily for his work on drums. His playing has afforded him an international reputation and awards from McKnight Foundation (2020 Composer Fellowship), Jerome Foundation (2017-18 Composer/Sound Artist Fellow) and commissions from Walker Art Center and Zeitgeist ensemble. For the past two decades plus, his collaborators have included Anthony Cox, Milo Fine, George Cartwright, Nirmala Rajasekar, Douglas R. Ewart, Michelle Kinney, Dean Magraw, Paul Metzger, Evan Parker, J. Otis Powell ‽, Didier Petit, Babatunde Lea, Nathan Hanson, deVon Russell Gray, Mankwe Ndosi, Rafael Toral, David Boykin, Donald Washington, Guillame Seguron, Louis Alemayehu, Taylor Ho Bynum, Tony Hymas, Catherine Delaunay, Ta-coumba Aiken and Nicole Mitchell Gantt. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
In addition to being a musician, Davu is Curator of the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life at University of Minnesota and co-author of the book Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through The Lens of Charles Chamblis (MHS Press, 2017).