Join Heart and Soul Drum Academy at Hardwood Creek Library for an interactive drum and dance session including a performance, tutorial, and jam session. 

Heart and Soul Drum Academy is an educational non-profit organization in the Rondo Community of St. Paul, Minnesota, offering Djembe hand drum classes to youth ages 3-17. They use the Djembe hand drum to teach about communication and musical creativity. Musical arts are no longer available in many public school systems. Providing community Djembe classes in drum circles is a way to help youth focus on a task, listen to what others contribute to the drum circle, and work together for one purpose – a song. Some drummers are the steady bass beat, others play the various ranges of tone, and the rhythmic makers accent the beats by slapping the drum, to bring the bass, tone and slap together for a syncopated rhythm of harmonies.

This program is for all ages. No registration is required. This event will be held outdoors in the courtyard and will be moved indoors if needed for weather.

This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.