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Workshops for Schools There are many ways to involve your school in a rhythmic experience! Here are some of the most popular: Find your Rhythm! Anyone can make music! Learn what you need to do to make music together - listening, responding, creating, improvising, and working together as a group are all encouraged through simple rhythm games. You may even have a go at conducting the whole group! A wide variety of drums and percussion instruments are used, and by the end of the workshop, a full percussion 'band' will have been formed, creating spontaneous rhythmic music together. What's more, each person is encouraged to think for themselves and find their own special 'part' in the rhythm - just as important and valuable as everyone else's. A fun, musical, energising confidence builder! Used by: Save the Children; Renfrewshire council... Rhythm of the world. A global look at drumming and rhythm. Experience and play unusual instruments - the watery 'bwoop' sound of the clay Udu from Nigeria - the drum language of the Turkish Darabuka - the irresistible beat of the West African Djembe. Learn about their cultural background; from the surprising differences in some rhythm cultures, to the surprising 'universalities' in others! Round off the workshop with a whole group music making session where everyone can play a part to create some truly 'world' music! Used by: Children's Classic Concerts; Paisley Museum. Can you Udu? Rhythm of Community. What do we need to do to work together as a community? Should we all be the same? What if we don't even understand each other? These and more questions are posed during the course of this workshop. Participants firstly engage in a co-operative exercise (drumming together), which builds on skills such as listening, valuing difference, working towards a common goal, and finding our own unique 'part' whilst being at the same time part of a larger group. They then identify for themselves the skills they have just used, and work out how these could be applied in other situations: such as a multicultural environment. Click here to see ideas generated in schools in Dundee and Glasgow. Used by: Scottish Interfaith Council; Speakers in Schools 'The Same but Different' project; Religious Education Movement in Scotland; Paisley Museum 'Our Community project. Of course, these are just suggestions... workshops can be tailored to your individual situation and curriculum requirements. Just send a message to find out more. Last of all - why let the children have all the fun? Any of the above events can be tailored to engage staff members - whether as a team-building experience, or an in-service day to enable you to continue developing the rhythm of your school. COMMUNITY CHURCHES EVENTS / ORGANISATIONS