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Drum Circles
Drum circles are a great way for everyone to discover how easy and fun it can be to make music together. Simple patterns played on drums and percussion instruments can be combined to create surprisingly beautiful and powerful music. We are all musicians.
Making music together in a drum circle can be very fulfilling, creating a sense of togetherness and belonging, of celebration and enthusiasm.
I have led drum circles for church and school groups, community activists, business employees, disabled adults, autistic youth, the elderly, and others. Almost everyone can benefit from a shared experience of rhythm and drumming.
Drum circles can be used to enhance teamwork and build community. Making music together requires listening to one another, cooperating, and sharing. These are important skills for all of us.
RhythmJoy
Geoff Johns & Carol Lutra-Johns
10354 SW Mukai Circle, Vashon Island, WA, 98070
Tel - 206.567.5822
Designed and programmed by
TerraRhythm
Engineering Global Media for Vibrant Change
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Drum Circles are great tool for all kinds of community good
"The rhythm circle that I enjoyed the most was the one that was expertly facilitated by Geoff Johns...(he) showed the circle a number of simple parts, giving the people choices, encouraging them to pick the part they felt most comfortable playing. Then he layered the parts on top of each other, one by one, pausing at each layer to let the circle hear the change in the song the new part created. The result was a complicated, multi-part rhythm where everyone in the circle was successfully participating. It was... expertly facilitated by Geoff Johns, and expertly played by three hundred moms, dads, and kids having fun."