Adventures in Addis: March 2007

Adventures in Addis

In August 2006 I began my adventure to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa. I was offered a position as the Director of Band and Choir for 5-12th grade students at the International Community School of Addis Ababa. Thought it might be a good idea to record my experiences here. I would not have done this journal without a tremendously great friend that I love dearly offering me the idea. Thanks Sadina. I hope you enjoy the journal. -Chris

About Me

Name: Cameron

Location: Addis Ababa, Africa, Ethiopia

I am a professional percussionist and music educator. I started my performance career in 2000 and my education career in 2002. I am a pretty laid back guy. I work too much. Sometimes I get carried away with how much time I spend at work. But, I do enjoy myself every chance I get.

Monday, March 19, 2007

The Addis Crickets

In my short-lived life, I have performed and played in a variety of music ensembles. Something that I never thought I would do was to performing in an a capella group that sings Renissance and Baroque music.

The Addis Crickets, formed by Noa Luria, (don't ask me about the name of the group. I have no idea why a vocal group is called the crickets) is a group I have been singing with since November on Wednesday nights.

We had our first performance on March 9th and 11th. It was actually pretty good. We even had to do an encore for both performances. The pics that you see were taken at the sunday performance at the International Evangelical Church.