NOTE: DRUM FOR CHANGE IS NOT A PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE. The artist brings real instruments for every student. Class sizes are limited so that EVERYONE has the opportunity to drum TOGETHER. Group drumming fosters cooperation, collaboration, and communication. In a 55-minute session students receive a world music immersion through games, rhythms and songs using hand drums from around the planet. Each song has a specific underlying moral, ethic, or principle like gratitude, unity, positivity, service to others, respect, balance, celebration, and connection to nature. These serve as positive examples for healthy, happy lifestyles for modern society. Add-on sessions for faculty/staff stress busters available.
Artist Background
Greg Whitt has received four competitive Regional Artist Project Grants from United Arts, two for the study of folkloric music in the Caribbean, one to support specialized drumming in wellness settings, and one supporting a collection of essays on positive affirmations set to music and illustrated with video. With a graduate certificate in Transformative Leadership from the Maryland University of Integrative Health, his programs are actually hands-on philosophy about how we can live, work, and play well together in community. Only they’re cleverly disguised as music. And they’re delivered as interactive and engaging fun. Working in corporations, congregations, communities and classrooms, Greg facilitates team building, education, and wellness programs using music as the metaphor for life in rhythm and harmony with one another and with the world around us.
Search Criteria
- Program Type: Workshop/Residency
- Discipline: Music
- Grade Level: Elementary, Middle
- Cultural Context: African, Caribbean
- Accepts bookings in Johnston County
