Singing and Drumming Our Connections

with David Poole and Cliff Berrien

Are you looking for a profound and joyful way to connect with your fellow humans and the natural world around you? We invite you to join our one-of-a-kind workshop that combines singing, movement and drumming to foster a strong sense of community and celebrate the deep connection we share with each other and with our beautiful planet.  We will drum both as an ensemble (with Cliff introducing traditional patterns and practices from Africa and Latin America) and in more freeform, improvisational ways.  We will share songs from around the world that speak to our relationships with one another and with other elements of creation.  All music will be paperless (no need to read music) and taught in the aural tradition.

No Experience Necessary: This experience is open to all, regardless of your musical background or prior experience.  To paraphrase an African saying, “If you can speak – you can sing, if you can walk – you can dance, and if you have a heartbeat – you can drum!”

Connect and Reconnect: Forge new connections with others even as you rekindle your relationship with the natural world.