"Possible is possible!"
Karen Smith 2023 Pew Fellow
“My drum is a spiritual connection to the African ancestors and to the world around me."
About Karen
About the Artist
Karen Smith is the proud recipient of a 2023 Pew Fellowship grant. https://www.pewcenterarts.org/2023grants
A New York Native/Philadelphia Transplant, Karen is a percussionist, playwright, director, producer, and poet. She is also the founder and leader of two musical collectives: The Karen Smith Experience, and Sistahs Laying Down Hands (SLDH).
"I create spaces where other artists can join in a spirit of trust and improvisation.”
The Movement
For more than 10 years Karen Smith has been taking her drums on the road with her movement, Have Drums Will Travel Immediately. She has provided rhythms for projects in the Delaware Valley Tri-state area, and also in Alabama, Houston, Atlanta, and Jamaica, West Indies. She also performed at the United States Human Rights Network Conference. Karen captures "the rhythm of a place and the cadences of people.” The beat continues wherever the movement may take her!
Cultural Events
Karen Smith curates artistic projects, hosts private drumming lessons, provides musical backgrounds, plays at festivals, and especially loves collaborations!
Video
Here's a segment of Karen's interview with Teyanna Stone of Imagine Stone Productions, on being a multi-faceted artist. See full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdL0xYSCkY
Philly Daydreams: Stories In Transit - Karen Smith
As part of Anula Shetty’s Philly Daydreams: Stories In Transit, percussionist, Karen Smith shares the world she imagines in her Philly Daydream while riding the Broad Street Subway, against the background of the soothing, meditative sounds of her tongue drum.
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E V E N T S
3/16 - 5/18/24
Percussion and Drum Workshops
12pm
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1:30pm
Parkway Central Library Music Dept., 1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) Philadelphia PA 19103
Event Details
3/16 - 5/18/24
Percussion and Drum Workshops
Join Karen Smith and the Free Library's Music Department for another season of percussion and drum workshops every third Saturday of the mon...
12pm
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1:30pm
Parkway Central Library Music Dept., 1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) Philadelphia PA 19103
4/27/2024
All That Jazz
2pm
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4pm
The Nile Cafe, 6008 Germantown Ave., Phila PA, 19144
Event Details
4/27/2024
All That Jazz
A Spring Thang, Po/Jazzy Event with The Karen Smith Experience, featuring vocalist Shakera Jones, and an Open Mic hosted by Tiffany Dean.
Pa...
2pm
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4pm
The Nile Cafe, 6008 Germantown Ave., Phila PA, 19144
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PO Box 56046 Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
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