Drum Circles

This summer (2022) I am delighted to be teaching Hand Drums and Bucket Drumming at Great Brook Valley, Plumley Village, and Angels-Net, All in Worcester.
Expertly led, accessible drum circles capture and maintain student attention. They boost focus, coordination, and social skills. Hand drumming is an energetic, no-fail activity that fosters a sense of mastery. Drumming integrates analytical and artistic thinking. It increases sensory and spatial awareness, relieves stress, and improves both small and large motor skills.

I tell drummers:

‘If you are hitting the drum, you are doing it right.’

‘If you need to listen for a while before you join, you are still doing it right.’

‘If you are hitting the drum the way I am showing you, you are even more right!’

World Drumming motivates close, non-verbal, social interaction without forcing close physical proximity or eye contact. It encourages reciprocal, communicative behavior. The inherent safety in this format allows easy participation and affects positive responses including self-control, emotional synchronicity, initiation of engagement, confidence, turn-taking, shared attention, increased compliance, creative self-expression, and personal enjoyment.