DANIEL FRIES FLAMENCO GUITAR
guitar/music/rhythm lessons in Berkeley
for musicians and dancers
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"I had the good forture of studying with Dan. Aside from his great musicality and patience, he is a teacher who is able to break down the complex flamenco patterns and guitar technique in a way that it is understandable to any student. " -Germann, guitar student. Daniel Fries is currently accepting private students. If you are interested in learning more about guitar, flamenco, or music in general, I can help you. I teach in Berkeley CA, and will do housecalls within a resonalble distance. I teach guitar technique, music theory for the guitar, and flamenco rhythms. I can help students of any level and age improve their understanding and mastery of the guitar in general, or flamenco in particular. I also train flamenco dance students in flamenco rythms, or compas, in an effective way that is generally un-touched upon by dance teachers. I charge $65 for lessons. Please feel free to contact me for more information, or to set up group classes. NEW - check out my cheaper group classes in San Francisco at Zambaleta Music School. |
"Dan teaches a great class -- with an understanding and sense of humor that allows even beginning students to access the complexity of flamenco music. I listen and dance to flamenco completely different after taking his classes. Highly recommended. " -Nicole Lanzotti, flamenco dance student
Daniel Fries is one of the premier flamenco guitarists in the San Francisco Bay Area, both as an accompanist for flamenco song and dance, and as a soloist. He has performed with such world class flamenco artists as La Tania, Andrés Marín, Cristo Cortés, and Manuel Gutierrez, as well as with many local artists and companies, such as Caminos Flamencos, Carola Zertuche, Arte y Compás, and Carolina Lugo's Brisas de España, for which he has been musical director. While in Italy, he performed with two of the country's top dancers, Juana Cala, and Maria Jose Soto Leon in venues from Venice to Milan to Sicily. While his playing style remains grounded in the roots of the traditional Spanish flamenco, he also explores new directions in musical composition as well as blending of elements from the various musical traditions around which he grew up in San Francisco; Indian, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African. He has performed in venues ranging from San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, to venues in China and in India. He also directed the music for "Zambra Bailar," a company mixing flamenco with Middle Eastern music and belly dance. In 2002, he composed and directed the music for La Tania's ongoing project, "The Passage of The Muse." Mr. Fries has studied in Spain with several flamenco guitar masters, including Manolo Sanlucar, Paco Peña, and Jose Luis Rodriguez. He has also studied Indian Classical music under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Ghanain drumming with C.K. Ladezkpo, and has B.A. in Music from U.C. Berkeley.
In 2003, Mr. Fries took his band Funkiri to Sevilla, Spain. After an intense period of performing around Sevilla's bars and clubs, he moved to Italy for a year. Now, back in the Berkeley, he is available for performances and lessons.
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