Notice Board

Music at Noon Series
jamani duo
Matt and Jodi Groenheide
October 9, 2018
12:15 pm, University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome!

The jamani duo plays an exciting mix of world, classical, jazz, and popular music on flute and percussion instruments from around the world.

Biography

The jamani duo is the musical partnership of Jodi Groenheide (flute and percussion) and Matt Groenheide (percussion).  The jamani duo plays a fun and energetic assortment of music on an impressive collection of instruments from around the world.  Jodi and Matt's unique sound is a combination of innovative classical music, infectiously groovy world music, and melodic popular music. Between the two of them, Matt and Jodi play over 50 different musical instruments, including African percussion, flute, marimba, vibraphone, Japanese Taiko drums, timpani, multiple percussion, drumset, cajon, kalimba, pandeiro, djembe, bongos, zydeco tie, and much more!

One particular focus of the jamani duo is the development of new chamber music for the steel pan.  The Trinidadian steel pan (commonly known as the steel drum) is one of the world's newest and most exciting musical instruments.  Typically found in larger steel bands, the jamani duo is finding great success in adapting this beautiful and captivating instrument to a two-person setting.  

Matt and Jodi have Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Lethbridge, where they both studied percussion with master educator Adam Mason and Jodi studied flute with Sarah (Gieck) MacDonald.  They also have Master of Music degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi where they both studied percussion with Dr. John Wooton (AKA "Dr. Throwdown") and Jodi studied flute with Dr. Danilo Mezzadri. 

The jamani duo loves performing for any musical circumstance, traditional or non-traditional.  They have played at venues and events throughout Southern Alberta, and have also had the privilege of travelling extensively, including performances in the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Albania, and China. You can find them playing in concerts, recitals, festivals, corporate functions, weddings, schools, street corners, and anywhere else they can!