https://www.drumpower.com/home daily 1.0 2025-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/82839754-c8e5-4359-a9f5-f7be5b40a82c/peoplegreen2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/be4add4e-4180-4bbf-8ae6-2c0127f65813/palettegreen2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/1389bf9d-aa0e-4fad-b2e4-a016bd616d4f/bumpgreen2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/baf037bb-df71-42ea-870a-e52e189daf5c/033-Drum+Power.jpg Home - Drum Power: Building Up Our Youth Drum Power is a drum and dance experience for young people where they are actively encouraged to develop valuable social-emotional skills through the exploration of African cultural traditions. Drum Power focuses on three pillars for positive youth development: Discipline: Using my energy for good things. Community: Supporting my own learning and the learning of others. Leadership: Doing the right thing even when I have to do it by myself and especially when no one is watching. Learn more our approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/d761e385-8c21-4fda-9744-c0af880fe385/017-Drum+Power.jpg Home - Get Drum Power at your school or youth program. For over 20 years we have worked in schools and after-school programs to provide educators with a way to help increase the self-esteem and leadership skills of children. We work with your staff to tailor the Drum Power experience to meet your needs. Together, we collaborate to determine goals for Drum Power and identify outcomes that are most important to you. We assess the resources and equipment already available at your site, identify specific developmental needs of all participants, share possible lesson plans and assessment strategies, and explain requirements for successful implementation. Learn more about in-school programming. https://www.drumpower.com/approach daily 0.75 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/e5b7209d-9b91-479e-aa00-f1048adfc54b/logo.gif Approach - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.drumpower.com/leadership daily 0.75 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/0a101b5a-c70d-42a1-941d-a174b2e51778/_MG_2504_cr-web%2Bcopy_sq2.jpg Leadership - Yorel Lashley, Ph.D. Yorel Lashley is an educator, percussionist, songwriter, and educational psychologist. In 2001, Lashley founded Drum Power, which has used the process of learning West African Traditional, Afro-Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban percussion to help more than 3,800 young people develop and practice social-emotional skills. In addition to Drum Power, Lashley also created the Relationships First professional development for building and maintaining healthy classroom culture and fully-integrated social-emotional learning. Lashley, who previously performed professionally in New York City for 12 years, currently performs West African, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, and New Orleans Second Line with a range of groups in the Midwest as well as Kankouran West African Dance Company. He also serves as the Director of Arts at PLACE. https://www.drumpower.com/inschools daily 0.75 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/7d637864-66f9-436a-a537-d9e1ffd1d74d/DSC_0501_square.jpg Drum Power in Schools - Drum Power in Schools Drum Power provides extended residencies in schools and community organizations that provide spaces to practice and build social and emotional skills through West African, Afro-Brazilian drumming and Afro-Cuban drumming. Yorel Lashley, PhD, a developmental psychologist and master percussionist, brings more than 20 years of experience as an educator and applied researcher to supporting students and educators. For information on bringing Drum Power to your organization please us the form at the link below to contact us. https://www.drumpower.com/advanced-drum-power daily 0.75 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/b2873cb4-39dc-4806-964c-13ad0ad379d3/IMG_3012_sq.jpg Advanced Drum Power - Advanced Drum Power The Drum Power Advanced Performing group features drummers ages 11 to 16 who bring their music, energy and passion to stages and events throughout the midwest. They have performed at La Féte de Marquette, Willy Street Fair, Overture’s Kids in the Rotunda, Yahara River Fest, Access Health Annual Benefit, Madison Schools Foundation, Beats for Education, Juneteenth at Penn Park and countless other venues and engagements. 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Intergenerational Community Arts Celebration - West Africa Drumming with Yorel Lashley and Mandjou Mara Yorel Lashley is an educator, percussionist, songwriter, and educational psychologist. In 2001, Lashley founded Drum Power, which has used the process of learning West African Traditional, Afro-Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban percussion to help more than 3,800 young people develop and practice social-emotional skills. In addition to Drum Power, Lashley also created the Relationships First professional development for building and maintaining healthy classroom culture and fully-integrated social-emotional learning. Lashley, who previously performed professionally in New York City for 12 years, currently performs West African, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, and New Orleans Second Line with a range of groups in the Midwest as well as Kankouran West African Dance Company. He also serves as the Director of Arts at PLACE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/0bf3ad0d-0774-4219-8bef-2539d203d019/170225_Limanya_mandjou.jpg Summer Camp - Intergenerational Community Arts Celebration Mandjou Mara is a master drummer and griot (singer) from Guinea, West Africa. He lights up the room with his playful musicality, magnetic persona, and expert technique. He began playing music at the age of five and was a member of Oiseau Blanc and Ballet Tayeli. As he became more skilled, he was known as having a “voix d’or” a “voice of gold.” In addition to being an engaging performer, Mandjou is a patient and skilled instructor. Through his performance and teaching, he connects with everyone and ensures that “there are no boundaries in the language of music.” He also works at the University of Wisconsin - Madison as an accompanist. Mandjou is a founder of Limanya Drum & Dance Ensemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/86520817-dd14-4c6b-9417-0f341e9db627/tom2.jpg Summer Camp - Intergenerational Community Arts Celebration - Afro-Brazilian Drumming with Tom Ross and Guests Thomas is currently the Musical Director and President of The Handphibians Inc., a community based Samba School in Madison , Wisconsin, and is co-founder of Grupo Balança, an ensemble didicated to performing Brazilian Samba and Pagode. He has studied numerous styles of Afro-Brazilian music in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador do Bahia, Brazil. To date, Thomas has performed on three occasions at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) and performs regularly with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/df7416f8-fde6-4e14-978f-f8eae2f22e8b/quenia.jpg Summer Camp - Intergenerational Community Arts Celebration - Brazilian Dance with Quenia Ribeiro Quenia Ribeiro is a dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Ribeiro has performed Samba and Afro-Brazilian Dance in Greece, Martinique, Portugal, Brazil, and throughout the United States. Her studies in dance include elements of Classical Ballet, Street Samba of Rio De Janeiro, Afro-Brazilian Folkloric Dance, and Orixa movements rooted in Africa. Ribeiro has partnered with schools in both New York City and Brazil to teach Brazilian Dance and Creative Movement. Currently, Ribeiro choreographs and directs her own Dance Company, Grupo Ribeiro and teaches at Ailey Extension in New York City. sambasambasamba.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f17749c93cf9295a60b24c/1cc395d8-3088-4920-9e03-d95982f42b5e/assan_konte.jpg Summer Camp - Intergenerational Community Arts Celebration - West African Dance Assane Konte Assane Konte is one of the original founders of KanKouran West African Dance Company, an organization that he founded in 1983 with his childhood friend and master drummer, Abdou Kounta. Since then, Konte has dedicated his career to preserving and sharing Africa’s rich culture through dance and music. His choreography and costume designs have enhanced not only KanKouran’s stage presence, but also countless local and national dance companies. KanKouran has performed with symphony orchestras, chorales, church-based dance groups, tap-dance companies, ballet companies, theatrical productions, and other drum and dance companies from around the world. Konte presently serves on the faculty at Howard University. kankouran.org https://www.drumpower.com/camp/youth monthly 0.5 2022-01-28