Our drum circle offers free workshops at every monthly jam. Although most of our members have djembes, ashikos and dumbeks, we typically offer workshops on world rhythm genres, drum maintenance and drumming techniques. These workshops are not pitches for any business interest, and they require no additional equipment.

If you would like to offer a free drumming workshop at one of our future monthly jams, please email us at info@thedrumcircle.org and let us know.

Drum Maintenance Workshop: we are really fortunate to have Jeff Busto in our area. A drum maker and maintainer, Jeff has generously agreed to give a workshop for July's jam on how to string your drum, tune it and maintain it. This is a very rare and fantastic opportunity for our area. You WON"T WANT TO MISS IT!

Native American Rhythms Workshop: in August we take our annual journey thru Native American Rhythms. This workshop includes two instrument (simultaneous) drumming, shaker and rattler techniques, and features the rhythms of several First Nations of North America.

Russian Rhythms Workshop: in the heat of September we revisit the rhythms of Russia. We tackled these 3 years ago and they were very popular.


Workshops Planned for 2009:
Rhythm Genres:
  • 1 Scottish (Winter)
  • 1 AfroCeltic (Winter)
  • 1 Belize (Winter)
  • 3 Senegal (Spring)
  • 1 Native American (Summer)
  • 1 Russian
  • 1 Greek
  • 1 Middle Eastern
  • 1 India-Bhangra
  • 1 American Funk
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
    Workshops Offered in 2008:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 1 Congolese (Winter)
  • 1 Australian (Winter)
  • 1 Native American (Winter)
  • 1 Guinea (Spring)
  • 1 AfroCeltic (Spring
  • 1 Algerian/Rai (Summer)
  • 1 Indian (Carnatic) (Summer)
  • 1 Turkish (Fall)
  • 1 Middle Eastern (Fall)
  • 1 Israeli (Fall)
  • 1 Finnish (Winter)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Shaker 1: Rattle
  • Shaker 2: Tambourine
  • Two-Instrument Playing Technique
  • Stick Drumming
    • Workshops Offered in 2007:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 1 Greek (Winter)
  • 1 British (Winter)
  • 1 Celtic (Winter)
  • 1 Native American (Spring)
  • 1 Brazillian (Spring)
  • 2 Senegal (Summer)
  • 1 India-Bhangra (Summer)
  • 1 Turkish (Fall)
  • 1 Japanese-Taiko (Fall)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Drumming Notation
  • Two-instrument Drumming
  • Accentuation
  • Stick Drumming
  • Shakers
    • Workshops Offered in 2006:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 2 AfroCeltic (Winter)
  • 1 Native American (Winter)
  • 1 Algerian (Rai) (Spring)
  • 1 Polynesian (Spring)
  • 1 Algerian (Rai) (Summer)
  • 1 Middle Eastern (Summer)
  • 1 Indian (Hindustani) (Summer)
  • 1 Australian (Fall)
  • 1 Rock (Fall)
  • 1 Guinea (Fall)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Metronoming (Winter)
  • Drum Chanting (Spring)
  • Two-instrument Drumming (Spring)
  • Drumming Notation (Summer)
  • Tube Drumming (Summer)
  • Tambourine (Summer)
  • Accentuations (Fall)
  • Full-On Handing (Fall)
    • Workshops Offered in 2005:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 1 Finnish (Winter)
  • 2 Native American (Spring)
  • 1 Ancient Egyptian (Spring)
  • 1 Fusion (Spring)
  • 1 Morrocan (Summer)
  • 1 Russian (Summer)
  • 1 Brazilian (Summer)
  • 1 Jazz (Fall)
  • 2 Israeli (Fall)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Shaker 1: Rattle (Winter)
  • Two-instrument drumming (Winter)
  • Accentuation (Winter)
  • Shaker 2: Sistrum (Spring)
  • Shaker 3: Tambourine (Summer)
  • Brush and Scrub Strikes (Summer)
    • Workshops Offered in 2004:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 2 Rock (Spring)
  • 2 African (Spring)
  • 1 Reggae (Summer)
  • 2 Hindustani/Carnatic (Summer)
  • 1 Algerian Rai (Summer)
  • 2 Middle-Eastern (Fall)
  • 2 Japanese (Fall)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Dry Strikes / Rimshots (Winter)
  • Accentuation (Winter)
  • Making a Drum Case (Winter)
  • White Noise (Spring)
  • Drum Notation (Spring)
  • Rim Pitches (Summer)
  • Percussive Breathing (Summer)
  • Hand Care (Summer)
  • Special Effects (Summer)
  • Introductory (Fall)
    • Workshops Offered in 2003:
    Rhythm Genres:
  • 2 African (Spring)
  • 2 Middle-Eastern (Summer)
  • 3 Celtic (Fall)
  • 3 Latin (Fall)
    		• Drumming Technique/Maintenance:
  • Brushes and Scrapes (Spring)
  • Drum Notation (Spring)
  • Drumming Special Effects (Summer)
  • Strike Types (Summer)
  • Stringing a Drum (Summer)
  • Making a Caftan (Summer)
  • Toning/Melodic (Fall)
  • Making a Drum Strap (Fall)