Art and Heart of Drum Circles

The Art and Heart of Drum Circles
By Christine Stevens
Book and CD
95 pages

Learn about drum circle principles, instruments and set-up, the art of facilitating a drum circle, conducting and cueing, designing your program, and more. This book is for you if you want to start drum circles in your school, community, band, corporation, or home; share your musical talent with others in a way that reaches beyond performing; or inspire people of all ages, races, and abilities to discover their commonality through musical expression. Discover the simplicity of the elements of a drum circle - the music and the people.

The included CD features over 45 minutes of play-along grooves to jump-start your drum circle as well as to use as a practice tool to develop your personal percussion repertoire. 

CONTENTS:
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction

The Art of Drum Circles: The Circle, The Instruments, The Art of Facilitation, Arranging & Re-Arranging, Teaching without Teaching, Rules to Groove By, Designing Your Program.   

The Heart of Drum Circles: Transformation, The Heart of Facilitation, The Real Instruments, Talking in Circles, Metaphor.   

About the CD
Resources for Further Information
About Christine
About Remo's Recreational Music Center