Contact Information

Greg Whitt
Drum for Change with Greg Whitt
(919) 696-0883
[email protected]
https://www.drumforchange.com/

Space Requirements

Large open room or shaded outdoor space (weather permitting). Gyms not preferred but ok. Instruments remain on-site during the week (need to be secured).

Tech Requirements

Portable PA system. Allow 60-min load-in and 30-min pack out. Assistance loading is appreciated. Arrange access and parking at the door closest to the space. Room temp bottled water requested.

Availability

Year round

Fee Structure

$3,500 flat fee for the week (up to six sessions per day)
$1,750 for half day residencies (either morning or afternoon preferred)

$25/day trip fee beyond 10-miles of zip code 27609

Add-on a 30-minute stress-buster session for faculty/staff for $250

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Rhythm Residency ::: Value Of Rhythm

Drum for Change with Greg Whitt
Program Type: Workshop/Residency

Rhythm Residency ::: Value Of Rhythm

NOTE: DRUM FOR CHANGE IS NOT A PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE. The artist brings real instruments for every student. Class sizes are limited to 25 students so that EVERYONE has the opportunity to drum TOGETHER. Students learn rhythms, songs, and dances from cultures all across the planet.

This program features a character-building component that highlights values important to rhythmacultures – places where drumming, singing, and dancing are still part of everyday life. Each song that we learn has a specific underlying moral, ethic, or principle like gratitude, unity, positivity, service to others, respect, balance, celebration, and connection to nature that serve as positive examples for healthy, happy lifestyles for modern society. Six 55-minute sessions/day Mon-Thu (allow for lunch).

Option 1: Up to six groups per day return to drum class daily Monday thru Thursday (perhaps in lieu of other specials) to develop a drumming repertoire. Non-participants enjoy a student recital in an assembly on Friday. Fri AM review followed by school-wide performance (two 30-minute programs).

Option 2: Everybody drums. Up to six sessions per day so that every student gets hands on drums during a 55-minute playshop. No recital.

Add-on sessions for special-needs, after-school programs, or 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 to support a collection of essays about 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.

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