Sylla Music

ABOUBACAR SYLLA | Master Percussionist

West African Music, Drum and Dance

Sylla Music provides West African dance and drum performances and interactive and fun music, drum and dance workshops for adults and children of all skill levels in a variety of settings, from universities and schools to festivals to private events.

ONLINE and in-Person CLASSES

Master percussionist Aboubacar Sylla has been performing professionally for over 25 years, and loves teaching and sharing the music, dance and culture of West Africa throughout the United States and around the world.

Aboubacar Sylla provides classes for beginner to advanced students of balafon, djembe, doundoun, krin and traditional West African dance and singing.

He performs and teaches at schools, universities, festivals, companies and other organizations (scroll down below for a list of some of them).

To learn more and schedule a class, email syllamusic@gmail.com.

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WEST AFRICAN PERCUSSION AND MUSIC CLASSES FOR ALL LEVELS

School Performances and Workshops

Abou Sylla, from Guinea, West Africa is a master percussionist based in Austin, Texas. This video was taken from 2012 winter concert featuring elementary school students in Austin. For more information about kids' and adult drum classes and performances, please visit www.syllamusic.com. Video credit: Lindsay Hay, Austin, Texas

School performance with elementary children

Children’s performance after Summer Camp

School performance. West African traditional instruments demonstration.

Drum class at Summer Camp

Aboubacar Sylla's drum class at the University of Rochester for the Mounafanyi conference in Rochester, New York.

Drum Class at Rochester University

West African Dance and Music classes by Aboubacar Sylla

Check out our blog post for links to Medical studies showing the benefits of drumming.

Information and Booking

For more information on Aboubacar Sylla and his dance and drum ensemble, Bramaya, check out the videos and client list below.

To learn more about booking an event, email syllamusic@gmail.com.

Aboubacar Sylla - As a master percussionist (balafon, djembe, doundoun, krin, and bote); musician; dancer; choreographer; and teacher, Aboubacar performs and teaches across the U.S. and around the world.

Bramaya - Aboubacar Sylla’s Austin-based West African dance and drum ensemble, Bramaya, combines new musical ideas and traditional West African rhythms. Bramaya [prounounced BRAH-mah-yah] is named in honor of Aboubacar’s father’s village in Guinea.

Performances - Master percussionist Aboubacar Sylla and his dance and drum ensemble, Bramaya, offer group and solo West African music and dance performances. They perform in venues ranging from concert halls to universities to festivals to corporate events to private events.

Workshops - Master percussionist Aboubacar Sylla provides interactive and fun music, drum and dance workshops for adults and children of all skill levels in a variety of settings, from universities and schools to festivals to private events. Aboubacar provides instruction on the balafon, djembe, doundoun, krin and bote as well as in West African dance.

Bramaya is an Austin, Texas-based West African Music & Dance ensemble led by master drummer and baliphone player Abou Sylla. Named in honor of his father's village in Guinea, Abou's group, Bramaya, combines new musical ideas and traditional West African rhythms. This video was recorded at WobeonFest, an Austin world beat music festival held in Ironwood Hall on September 20, 2014.

CLIENTS

Aboubacar Sylla has performed and taught workshops for a wide variety of schools, universities, festivals, companies and other organizations including:

  • University of Rochester

  • Facebook ATX

  • Blanton Museum of Art

  • Whole Planet Foundation

  • University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music

  • University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

  • University of Florida

  • Huston-Tillotson University

  • Miami University

  • Southwestern University

  • The Bullock Texas State History Museum

  • Texas Music Museum Festival

  • African Diaspora Dance & Drum Festival of Florida

  • WobeonFest World Music Festival

  • Ballet Nimba

  • Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC)

  • San Antonio Military Medical Center

  • UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum

  • SFC Farmers' Markets

  • St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

  • Harmony School of Science

  • Jollyville Elementary School

  • Pease Elementary School

  • Sunset Valley Elementary School

  • Magnolia Montessori for All