The Art and Heart of Drum Circles

by Christine Stevens

Overview

(Book). This book is for you if you want to... * Start drum circles in your school, corporation, community, music store, band, or even your home! * Share your musical talent with others in a way that reaches beyond performing. * Inspire people of all ages, races, and abilities to discover their commonality through musical expression. The online audio features over 45 minutes of play-along grooves to jump-start your drum circle as well as a practice tool to develop your person percussion repertoire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540002181
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	5.93(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Christine Stevens (Cape Town, South Africa'), 'MT-BC, MSW, MA is an author, music therapist and masters level social worker. She has trained thousands of facilitators from more than twenty-five countries in the evidence-based REMO HealthRHYTHMS. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Katrina, students at Ground Zero and she led the first drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq.

Table of Contents

Foreword Arthur Hull ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Part I The ART of Drum Circles 3

The Circle 7

The Instruments 11

The Art of Facilitation 21

Arranging and Re-Arranging 31

Teaching without Teaching 39

Rules to Groove By 47

Designing Your Program 53

Part II The HEART of Drum Circles 61

Transformation 63

The Heart of Facilitation 67

The REAL Instruments 71

Talking in Circles 75

Metaphor 79

About the Audio 83

Resources for Further Information 87

About the Author 91

UpBeat Drum Circles 93

About Remo's Recreational Music Center 95