Welcome

World Music Drumming, now in thousands
of schools in the US, Canada, and worldwide is an innovative idea whose time has come. This successful curriculum has shown outstanding success at engaging all students in hand drumming traditions (West Africa, the Caribbean, and others) combined with singing, moving, playing other instruments, and creating.

Use the navigation bar on the left to find out more about our workshops, staff, publications, and other ideas.

-Dr. Will Schmid
Author, Clinician

• Summer World Music Drumming Workshops for 2009
  
  All Workshops below are OPEN unless noted below
  
  - Oconomowoc, WI, June 21-26, Levels 1, 2, 3, Drumming up the Fun
  - Portland, OR, June 29-July 3, Level 1, Walt Hampton Hot Marimba
  - Leesburg, VA, July 6-10, Levels 1, 2, 3, WMDrumming for Kids
  - Kansas City, KS, July 13-17, Levels 1, 2
  - Tampa Bay, FL, July 13-17, Levels 1, 2
  - Rochelle Park, NJ, July 20-24, Levels 1, 2, 3
  - Nashville, TN, July 27-31, Level 1 (OPEN), Drumming in the spirit (CLOSED)
  
  2009 tuition will be: $499 non-credit OR $789 for 3 G semester credits from UW-Milwaukee. Housing/Meals for WI only: $499 double room/meals, $669 single room/meals, $249 commuter/meals. Housing/meals for all other workshops are on your own; a block of rooms is reserved at a local hotel.
  
  Click here for 2009 Workshop Information and Registration. A PDF brochure is downloadable from this site.
  
  Click here for the Leesburg, VA World Music Drumming for Kids brochure. Both the Morning Session and the Afternoon Session are OPEN.
  
  
• Resources for Teaching World Music Drumming
  
  We have added a number of new PDF documents that answer common questions. Click on Local News, Concert Programs, and Teaching Resources in the navigation bar on the left to read on topics such as "Essential / Indispensable." "WMDr Recordings," "Drum Choices," "Grant Ideas," "Tuning Tubanos," etc.