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Balkan Music &
Dance Workshops

Every summer the EEFC presents two week-long workshops. Follow the links below to read all about them!

Mendocino, California

June 28-July 5, 2025
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Iroquois Springs, New York

August 9-16, 2025
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Matt Moran

Tapan (Daouli, Bubanj)

Matt Moran has played tapan (aka goč, bubanj, tŭpan, daouli, or davul) since way before you could find videos of Balkan music online. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he leads Slavic Soul Party! and plays Balkan music with Eastern European masters and American practitioners. He is currently a member of Kavala and Mountain Lions, and also in many jazz and new music groups (as a vibraphonist). He has traveled to the Balkans numerous times since 1999 to listen to contemporary practices in brass band, bitov, and zurna/zurla drumming styles.

Websites: Slavic Soul Party! and Matt Moran