SUMMERTIME IS UPON US....a perfect time to begin your journey on the drummer's path and enjoy a group class at DRUMZ to enhance your playing skills and grow and develop as a confident and enthusiastic drummer/musician and LET YOUR SPIRIT SOAR! The NEW CLASS SESSION AT DRUMZ BEGINS MAY 27th! All classes are in six week sessions and cost is $100. There are always amazingly warm and friendly, supportive, enthusisastic and FUN students assembled in these group classes and many lasting friendships seem to develop in every group. It is simply the opportunity to be in a supportive and creative, non-competitive and expressive musical environment that I find fosters and strengthens community and friendship! Everyone can discover their common ground through group music making experiences. JOIN US in our celebration of rhythm and experience the joy, the energy, the spirit, and the power of connection and creative expression and community through drumming and rhythm! Private individual classes and private group classes also available.Call 512-453-9090 for more information or email Sherry at: sdrumz@austin.rr.com

SUMMER I 2017 DRUM CLASS SCHEDULE

                                                              
                               

SATURDAY MORNINGS beginning May 27th, 2017

 EXPLORING THE ART and MAGIC OF HAND DRUMMING from 10am-11am
  Join us for this class, a Beginner and Beyond Beginner level, and learn the art and magic of drumming as a language for the spirit! These classes offer drumming for sheer fun, for creative self-expression, and for a new mode of communication with others in a group setting. We will learn proper hand technique to play West African djembes and djun duns in these classes and fun rhythmic exercises to develop good technique as well as learning Traditional West African rhythms and orchestration, breaks, and solo phrases.

SATURDAY MORNINGS- Beginning May 27th from 11:15AM -12:15pm. 
KRIN CLASS- The African Log Drum. Students must have their own Krins for this class. This is a class for Beyond Beginner/Intermediate level players and definitely takes FUN to a new level! 


TUESDAY EVENINGS beginning May 30th from 6:45-7:45pm
THE ART OF SOLOING for Beyond Beginner and Intermediate level players.
 This class is for students who have stiudied West African rhythms and are ready to move on to the next level and develop skills to solo, using both traditional West African solo phrasing and skills to improvise and create your own distinctive, expressive solos. We will learn exercises to develop skills which can strengthen and enhance your solos. Please call Sherry or email: sdrumz@austin.rr.com if you have questions determining if this class is suitable for your skill level.

WEDNESDAY EVENINGS beginning May 31st

DJUNDUN CLASSES from 6:45pm-7:45pm

Beyond Beginner/Intermediate level classes in the fun and powerful African Bass Drums. Students must provide their own sticks and ideally would have their own Djundun as well. A limited number of djuns are available for those students who do not yet have their own.

BEGINNER/BEYOND BEGINNER DJEMBE- EXPLORING THE ART & MAGIC OF HAND DRUMMING- 8pm-9pm
For those just starting on the drummer's path as well as those who have taken beginner level classes and are on their way in developing as drummers. We learn basic hand technique, rhythm fundamentals, exercises to develop technique, drum circle ettiquette, how to tune a drum, how to select a drum, Traditional West African rhythms and songs, and ome opportunities to play in-the-moment-improv pieces as well! We all have rhythm....it is our mother tongue! And music is our Universal language.

MONDAY AFTERNOONS IN BRIARCLIFF ( LAKE TRAVIS AREA)  Begins JUNE 5th
4-5pm

WOMEN'S ALL LEVEL DRUMMING CLASS This class is an opportunity for women to come together in rhythm and drumming and experience the joy of this fun, primal, liberating new language in a home setting in Briarcliff. Please email Sherry at :sdrumz@austin.rr.com for more information or to sign up for this class.