Brad Broomfield is a Casa Samba assistant musical director.
Hailing from New Orleans LA, Brad Broomfield is, first and foremost, a student of the world’s diversity of cultural expressions. As a culturalist and creative, Brad specializes in drum and dance traditions emanating from West Africa, the Muslim world, and their respective diasporas, with a particular focus on the Caribbean and its ties to south Louisiana. His studies have led him to research music and dance with recognized culture-bearers in and from Ghana, Cuba, Brazil, Haiti, Honduras, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, and India. Brad previously taught Afro-Cuban drumming for the African Rhythms Drum & Dance Troupe at University of Pennsylvania and performed with Philadelphia’s renowned Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble, as well as with the Arab cultural organization Al-Bustan. Currently, Brad is a member of New Orleans’ leading Afro-Brazilian music and dance institution, Casa Samba; a drummer with the internationally-acclaimed, modern Afro-Caribeña group, ÌFÉ; and music director for Andrea Peoples’ Kreative Arts Collective. Brad has also served as the Principal Percussionist/Timpanist of the Jordanian National Orchestra and toured internationally as Featured Percussionist/Snare Drum Soloist for the Tony and Emmy Award-winning Broadway show Blast!