Exploration & Development of Self-Expression & Self-Esteem:
Participants learn to express themselves as individuals through music and performance while developing unique creative skills.

Understanding Ourselves and Others:
Participants learn West African, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian cultural traditions, the roles of music in those societies and their influence on American culture.

Music Skills:
Participants learn West African, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian drumming technique & rhythms, rhythmic meter, syncopation, dynamics, hand care and drum maintenance.

Discipline:
Participants develop discipline (defined as the ability to use energy along with self-control to achieve positive outcomes) by working and practicing to gain drumming skills.

Accountability:
Participants are responsible for their own behavior, attendance, punctuality, practice and success in Drum Power. However, we encourage them to use the knowledge they gain to be responsible for all aspects of their lives especially academic achievement.

Goal Setting:
Participants learn to set their own short and long-term goals by outlining what they would like to achieve in the program and in the future.

Self-Reliance:
Participants must focus on their own growth and choose to employ their own energy.

Thinking & Reasoning:
Learning and replicating rhythms and musical arrangements requires mental development and concentration.

Physical Health Maintenance & Development:
Developing drumming technique requires coordination, dexterity, physical training and stamina.

Cooperation & Team Work:
Participants learn to work together as an ensemble of performers which allows them see the real importance of team work first-hand. All three musical styles require collaboration through the rhythmic parts, which fit together and support one another.

Positive Energy Focus:
Participants have a positive point of focus for energy and stress release.

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