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School Children Drumming for B’ham City Football Club

By Sarah | Published: 10/05/2011
Yardley Drummers NIA May 11

Sarah takes year 6 drumming band to the NIA!

Sarah was delighted to take her spectacular year 6 drumming band from Yardley Primary School to perform on the main stage of the NIA for Birmingham City Football Ground’s “Big City” event on 16th May…

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The benefits!

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

The effect of our African drumming experiences on any group is rapid and profound. Even in the first five minutes people are intrigued by the instruments, amused at their colleagues trying something different, and stimulated by being faced with a completely new experience. Before long participants are learning how to engage with each other musically [...]

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Testimonials

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

“A great team-building event – full of atmosphere and fun!” Alec Patterson Training Manager, Barclays “An amazing experience and a fantastic tool to use within training… A great way to break down barriers and communicate with each other on all levels.” Emma Jennings The Orange Studio “Our graduate program needed an event to help them [...]

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What’s Involved?

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

During all our events surprise and fun reign supreme! Participants are invited into a colourful seated circle of African drums and percussion instruments… We begin by introducing the distinctive Djembe drums. Then we bring in the powerful Djun Djun bass drums, the mellow tones of the bougarabou and an array of hand-held instruments. Together they [...]

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How much will it cost?

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

Adult Classes African Drumming beginners classes in Birmingham available. Contact us for details. Children’s Workshops Drumvoice Programme Duration Cost African Drumming Experience Full day £300 African Drumming Experience Half day £200 Drum & Sing Celebration Full day with two artists in attendance £600 Drum & Dance Party Full day with two artists in attendance £600 [...]

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Testimonials

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

Children’s Workshops “We look forward to our drumming workshops every year. The children love them.  How can such fantastic music be composed in such a short time? Absolutely brilliant!” Carmel Simmons, Colmore Junior School “The best external activity brought into school.  A thoroughly enjoyable day.” Newcastle-under-Lyme Junior School “The comments from all our staff following [...]

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Teacher Training

By Sarah | Published: 15/06/2010

Music leadership skills, Team-building & Issue-based training… Drumvoice training and mentoring programmes give teachers the confidence to realise their potential when it comes to music-making with children. This means more and more schools can fully integrate rhythm activities into childrens’ lives in a sustainable fashion and to reap the tremendous benefits as a result. Take [...]

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Issue Based Training for CPD

By Sarah | Published: 07/06/2010

With ever more demands on staff to meet targets and deal with changing approaches and requirements, we know what a highly pressured profession teaching is. More than ever, education professionals need to feel they are part of a supportive team, with positive leadership and good morale. Our Issue Based Training courses use the African Drumming [...]

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Drumming for Teachers!

By Sarah | Published: 07/06/2010

African Drumming Team-build & Stress-Relief for INSET days, NQT inductions & celebratory events Help your teaching staff to feel more of a team and give them skills they can share with the children, with our Drumming for Teachers! − a dynamic training session they’ll remember! We provide a creative and outrageously fun approach to team-building [...]

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African Tie-dye & Bead-Making

By Sarah | Published: 07/06/2010

Ideal for arts weeks, we work with children to make beautiful tie dyed materials and African beads for jewellery. These can be made into costumes for performances or for making exciting displays around the school. Included in the workshops are talks and visuals introducing children to the cultural background of these artforms.

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