Classes/Workshops/Retreats
Workshop and classes cover hand control for right and left handed drummers, djembe’, ashiko and dunun techniques, hand positions for base, tone, slap, flam and muted slap, playing with balance, divisions, emphasis/syncopation, space filling, stick control, positions and patterns for playing the heartbeat bass drum (dun drum), timing, feeling the rhythm, how to play polyrhythms together, basic four-four and six-eight drum beats clave’ and bell patterns, How and when to solo and JAM.
Though the focus is Afrocentric participants will experience rhythms patterns that may be used in facilitated and freestyle circle drumming.
Group Workshops -- minimum 10 persons -- $20 / person for 2 hours negotiable
Half-day Workshop -- minimum 10 persons -- $40 / person for 4 hours with break
Youth classes ---minimum 10 persons --$10/person for 2 hours
Private lessons - $35/hr one hour each lesson
Out of town workshops include meals, and other expenses.
Drum Retreats: Women only, women and men, office and company gatherings are TBA.
Workshop and classes cover hand control for right and left handed drummers, djembe’, ashiko and dunun techniques, hand positions for base, tone, slap, flam and muted slap, playing with balance, divisions, emphasis/syncopation, space filling, stick control, positions and patterns for playing the heartbeat bass drum (dun drum), timing, feeling the rhythm, how to play polyrhythms together, basic four-four and six-eight drum beats clave’ and bell patterns, How and when to solo and JAM.
Though the focus is Afrocentric participants will experience rhythms patterns that may be used in facilitated and freestyle circle drumming.
Group Workshops -- minimum 10 persons -- $20 / person for 2 hours negotiable
Half-day Workshop -- minimum 10 persons -- $40 / person for 4 hours with break
Youth classes ---minimum 10 persons --$10/person for 2 hours
Private lessons - $35/hr one hour each lesson
Out of town workshops include meals, and other expenses.
Drum Retreats: Women only, women and men, office and company gatherings are TBA.