ABOUT Greg Whitt SESSION TITLE: Elements of Rhythm Greg Whitt is an in-demand arts facilitator and educator based in Raleigh, NC, USA. He has received four competitive Regional Artist Project Grants in the field of folkloric music. At the Maryland University of Integrative Health, his graduate studies focused on wisdom traditions to benefit modern society,…
About Jeremy Kirk SESSION TITLE: Sharing Aloha in Drum Circles Percussionist, educator, composer, and ethnomusicologist Jeremy Kirk is Associate Professor of Music at Southwestern College (Winfield, KS). Recipient of the Southwestern College Exemplary Professor of the Year Award, Kirk is deeply committed to providing students the skills necessary to excel in today’s world as an…
ABOUT Frank Thompson SESSION TITLE: Building a Community Based Drum Business from Scratch Frank Thompson is a professional drum circle facilitator and educator. He is the founder of the AZ Rhythm Connection (AZRC) and has been facilitating rhythm for over 30 years. Frank is very experienced with using music for wellness and drum circle facilitation…
ABOUT Lisa Colleen (Beale) SESSION TITLE: Rhythm for Regulation and Resiliency Consulting: Lisa Colleen is the founder and principal with LC Coaching LLC, (DBA LC Rhythm Events), a high-energy consultancy that applies rhythm, movement, and neuroscience to the art of reframing perspectives for health, happiness and wellbeing. Education & Coaching: Prior to expanding her coaching…
ABOUT Robert Damm SESSION TITLE: Drum Circle Facilitators Workshop Robert Damm is Professor of Music at Mississippi State University where he teaches classes about World Music, Music of Africa, Music of Latin America, Native American Music, African American Music, World Drumming, and Mississippi Blues. He studied music and culture in Cuba, Ghana, and Mali. He…
ABOUT Tyler Hawes SESSION TITLE: Clack City Kashakas Town Hall Tyler Hawes is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator from Akron, Ohio. During his undergraduate percussion studies under Josh Ryan at Baldwin Wallace University, he studied abroad in Ghana, West Africa, at the Dagbe Cultural Institute under Emmanuel Agbeli. Immersed in traditional drum and dance music,…
