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Simeon Smith
Simeon Smith is a native of Dublin, Ireland, but grew in the western city of Galway. He has achieved a BA in arts and an MA in community development, both from NUIG, and in 2007 achieved a primary qualification as a counsellor in reality therapy/choice theory. Simeon has been playing samba for 26 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 practitioners 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 recently returned to the University of Limerick, to further his own education, and is currently completing a Ph.D. on his percussion teaching in Irish primary schools. The primary site for his research is St James’s Primary School, Dublin.
Contact: Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick City, Co. Limerick, Ireland.