MUSIC IN PERFORMANCE:
* ENSEMBLE DAVULI *
and * THE DANCING GYPSY BAND *
THE  DANCING GYPSY BAND
ENSEMBLE DAVULI
BAND MEMBERS:

Carmine Guida ~ Oud, Doumbek, Davul, Riq ~ Our long-distance honorary member, as well as our mentor and musical inspiration, Carmine is a well-known
musician and teacher in the NYC Middle Eastern scene. He is best known as a founding member of the band Djinn, and he also plays for many of the talented
bellydancers of World Dance New York. Carmine has released numerous CDs and DVDs, and his music also now appears on TV and movie soundtracks.
Carmine performs and teaches throughout the US, and internationally. For more information about him, go to: www.carmine.com

Brian LeDuke ~ Doumbek, Def, Riq, Davul, Saz ~ Our resident rock drummer and medieval musician, Brian has been playing Western music professionally
for over 25 years, and is proficient at strings and vocals as well as drums. He has studied Middle Eastern music under such notable artists as Mike Gregian and
Raquy Danziger, in addition to our mentor Carmine. Brian has played at many clubs, faires, cultural events, and concert halls in the Worcester and Boston area,
where he is well known for his intense rhythm skills. Brian co-organizes The Dancing Gypsy Band with his wife and percussion partner, Dina.

Dina LeDuke ~ Zills, Tambourine, Davul, Bass Doumbek, Percussion ~ We figure you know who this multi-talented lady is by now... see her complete bio by
clicking on the "About" tab above! Her musical training has included jazz, rock, folk, and Middle Eastern music. She co-organizes The Dancing Gypsy Band
with her husband and percussion coach & partner, Brian.

Tery Lemanis ~ Oud, Bouzouki, Saz, Guitar ~ Tery hails from Boston, MA and comes from a long line of musicians. A graduate of Berklee College of
Music, Tery has studied Byzantine and Greek music at The Phillipos Nakas Conservatory in Athens, Greece. He is a faculty member at New School of Music
in Cambridge, and teaches for Plugged In, a teen band program in Needham. Tery is a free-lance musician as well as a full time member of the world fusion
ensemble Esthema. He has performed with such notable Middle Eastern musicians as Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, Simon Shaheen, and Charlie
Makredes.

Audrey "Rosa" White ~  Violin ~ International performer and educator Audrey is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She is
the Artistic Director of the Worcester Youth Orchestra, and has been appointed conductor of the Boston City-Wide String Orchestra. Audrey is also a regular
performer with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, and freelances throughout New England. She has been a member of the "B'ad Raq Sani Sara
Roadshow Band", an ensemble which has performed in New England and Pennsylvania. She enjoys deepening her knowledge of the Middle Eastern repertoire
by sitting in with various ensembles. Her next musical composition project promises to be a
"Middle Eastern Concerto Grosso".

Jenn "Lily" Zimmerman, The Dancing Bard ~ Flute ~ (Bio coming soon)



SAMPLE PLAYLIST:

* Al Nadda * Aman Avci * Armut Agaci * Alf Layla wa Layla * Aziza * Bent al-Shalabiyah * Bir Demet * Erev Shel Shoshanim *
* Fire Dance * Garoon Garoon * Harmandali * Hava Negila * Irota * Layla * Liljano Mome * Lamma Bada * Leylet Hob *
* Meso Pelaga * Miserlou * Nihavent * Nihavent Longa * Nihavent Oriental * Nihavent Oyun Havasi * Rampi Rampi *
* Rumelai * Uskudara * Ya Rayah *



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The Wandering Drum is a collection of original songs in the style of
Traditional Mideastern music mixed with Tribal and Rock Fusion flavors.
We sound like and/or have been influenced by the following artists:
Gypsy Caravan, Solace, Djinn, Light Rain, and Raquy and the Cavemen.
Whether for practice, performance, choreography, or hafla party music,
Ensemble Davuli's magical grooves will make the art of bellydance come
alive for you. We created our funky fusion sound at Pajammin' Studios
(our home studio), with special guest tracks contributed by Carmine Guida
of Djinn, and two of our other friends from the Dancing Gypsy Band,
Audrey White and Jenn Zimmerman.
This group is more than just The Dancing Gypsy's "house band" ~ though it is officially that too. The Dancing Gypsy Band is a group of musical friends who
found themselves playing at the same Middle-Eastern-themed events all around the Northeast. We first met at "Uncle Carmine" Guida's drum workshops and
Jalsahs, and then suddenly realized that we sounded really good playing together. One day in the spring of 2009, Uncle Carmine said "Hey, why don't we form a
band?" and thereby hangs our tale. Though we live in far-flung corners of the Northeast, we do manage to get together and play our favorite Turkish, Greek,
and Arabic songs at various events, and Carmine always joins us when he's in town. We look forward to many future gigs together... to book us please email
dina@thedancinggypsy.com  
We are Brian and Dina LeDuke, a husband and wife music and percussion
team, playing and performing together since 2004, shortly after we met.
Brian was a rock-drumming Renaissance man and Dina was the Gypsy
Dancer who stole his heart. Together we have formed Ensemble Davuli, a
duet named after the big Davul drum that drives much of Gypsy, Turkish,
and Central Asian music. We play multiple percussion and melody
instruments, both ancient and modern; hear what we mean on our debut
CD The Wandering Drum.