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Simeon Smith Simeon Smith is a native of Dublin, but grew in the western city of Galway. He has achieved a BA is Arts and an MA in Community Development, both from NUIG. In 2006, he achieved a primary qualification as a counsellor in Reality Therapy/Choice Theory. Simeon has been playing samba for almost 15 years, and is a founding member of maSamba Samba School. Over this period, he has received formal and informal training from many of the top practicioners in the field, and facilitated many top samba artists to visit and teach in Ireland. In this time he has developed a huge musical repertoire, covering many of the popular styles of Afro-Brasilian music. Simeon has taught for National Universtity of Ireland Galway, University of Limerick, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, as well as being responsible for setting up over 20 samba bands in Ireland and the UK. Simeon has spent over 4,000 hours teaching samba in his career. Simeon has developed many of the unique teaching methodologies used by maSamba Samba School and is regularly asked to deliver workshop programmes with samba bands, music teachers and corporate groups. As well as performing with MaSamba, Simeon is part of the European touring group of Monobloco and has toured with Dead Can Dance. |
