African Drumming with Sonny Bryant
Participants engaged in a hands-on learning experience through playing the African drums and gained insight into native African music and culture and the influence Africa music has had on contemporary music. This hour and a half workshop introduced the participants to a new way to learn about culture and music with a professional entertainer and instructor.
12 people attended. Participants engaged in a humorous, enlightening, and influential African drumming workshop. By the end of the workshop the entire group, including a seven-year-old, a nine-year-old, three retired women, and seven young adults, were playing rhythms on the African Drums in unison. Each participant left the event with a new knowledge of the symbolism of each drum, insight into how Africans learn to hear and play music, and how to engage in a music session, with little to no experience, as if they were a professional.
Saint Peter Public Library; Center for Servant Leadership (CSL), Gustavus Adolphus College; Saint Peter Community Center, Multi-Purpose Room, Sonny Bryant