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Primordial Percussion		Drum circle facilitation by Cliff Patton. Specializing in special needs and seniors products and drum implementation programs. Maker of beautiful and unique custom djembes, ashikos and other drums. Site has postings of other circles in the southern Ontario area. London, Ontario Read article by Cliff Patton: Into The World Of The Drum
Diana's Drum		Zoë Kessler, Head Facilitator of Diana's Drum, is a trained HealthRHYTHMS® Facilitator and hand-drumming instructor with over 20 years' experience. Zoë provides therapeutic drumming services in a wide variety of settings, including long-term care residences, group homes, and women's organizations to name a few. Customized corporate training programs, community drum circles, drum-making workshops, private and small-group drum lessons are also available. Mount Forest, Ontario Read article by Zoë Kessler: And The Beat Goes On

Canada - Handmade Hand Drums and Percussion
East Coast Drumcraft	Cardigan PEI	Maker of custom djembes, ashikos, dunduns, bhodrans and tongue drums (slit drums). Other percussion accessories available.
The GoatWorks	Halifax Nova Scotia	Importer of traditional West African drums and accessories from Guinea, Mali and Senegal. They also offer workshops, drum classes and performances.
Ancient Hernit Drums	Weymouth Nova Scotia	Pat Jarvis is a maker of quality hand carved African style drums in Nova Scotia.
Bourema	Quebec	Maker of artistically crafted custom djembes.
Moperc	Quebec	Moperc crafts beautiful wooden shell tunable congas, bongos, djembes, dunduns, batas, sabars, tamboras, bingbas.
Tribal Thunder	Ontario	Maker of custom ashikos, dunduns, frame drums, bhodrans, and cajones.
Mountain Rythym	Lakefield Ontario	Manufacturer of djembes, ashikos, cajons, hand drum ensembles. Patented tuning system.
Primordial Percussion	London Ontario	Maker of beautiful custom djembes, ashikos, dunduns. Custom skins and wood finishes. Also host drum circles in London.
Treefrog Percussion	Ottawa Ontario	Maker of unique custom djembes, ashikos, dunduns, cajons, kid's drums, xylophones. Djembes feature a unique wood mozaic like construction.
Butterfly Dreams	Penetanguishene Ontario	Allan Thomas of Coyote Crafts makes shamanic drums, rattles and cedar flutes. The site linked to is Butterfly Dreams which shows a few of his drums painted by Leysha.
Orion Drums	Pickering Ontario	Maker of custom ashikos, dunduns, frame drums. Custom skins and wood finishes. Imports and rebuilds African djembes. They also sell octagonal frame drums, hoop drums and hoop kits. Workshops on dance, drumming and drum making are also available.
Music Workshop	Thunder Bay Ontario	Local music retail store wirh a large variety of world hand drums and other musical instruments. Lessons and drum circle facilitation services are also available.
Alpha Rhythm Roots	Toronto Ontario	Importer of West African instruments such as djembes, djun djuns, krins, balafons and much more. Also offers instruction in traditional African drumming.
Earth Beat Drums	Saskatoon Saskatchewan	Kellie Welk makes custom native hand drums and also offers workshops.
Laureen Rama	Edmonton Alberta	Laureen Rama is a shamanic healer and has created beautiful custom log drums out of cottonwood trees and moose or buffalo hides.
Piita's Ceremonial Drums	Hillspring Alberta	Piita makes custom native hand drums, powwow drums and rattles.
Moonrise Music	Duncan B.C.	Chris Bertin makes custom djembes, ashikos, djun djuns, congas, talking drums, didgeridoos, rattles and bullroarers using mostly hand tools and recycled wood. Drum lessons are also available.
Rythm's Edge Percussion	Jordan River B.C.	Maker of custom djembes, ashikos, dunduns, claves, tamas, sabaars. Also host drum circles in Sooke, B.C.
SHOPercussion.ca	Lake Country B.C.	Canadian-owned and operated online store selling drums and percussion equipment, located in British Columbia, Canada.
Kristen Scholfield-Sweet	Whaletown B.C.	Kristen makes and paints custom native hand drums.
Yendor Drums	Whaletown B.C.	Maker of custom djembes, log drums, powwow drums. Imports djembes, bells and rattles.

Canada
Djembe-L FAQ	Canada	Listing of hand drum teachers in Canada.
Drum Circle Meetup	Canada	Find drum circle meetups in the US and Canada.
East Coast Provinces (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)
Saltwater Sounds	Miramichi New Brunswick	Weekly goup hand drumming classes are available in this retail music store.
Saint John Drum Circle	Saint John New Brunswick	The Saint John Community Drum Circle meets twice monthly on Sunday evenings. Click on link for more info.
Drum Dance	Halifax Nova Scotia	This group offers drum and dance classes, workshops and performance events in the Halifax area and beyond. They also have traditional hand drums for sale.
Glenn Fraser	Halifax Nova Scotia	Glenn Fraser teaches hand drumming, primarily in djembe and conga techniques and rhythms. He offers both group classes and private lessons. Glenn is also a member of a traditional West African (Malinke primarily) drumming group called Fola (available for bookings). You may phone Glenn at 902-429-4651 or email glenn@drumdance.ca for more info.
Pam Paton	Lunenburg Nova Scotia	Drum circles, workshops and private instruction have been the focus of Pam's 25 years of teaching.
Truro Drum Circle	Truro Nova Scotia	The Truro, NS Drum Circle gets together every second Sunday afternoon or so. They have also had workshops featuring Glenn Fraser from Halifax. Interested people can contact Ted Powell at 902-893-1831.
Ken Shorely	Wolfville Nova Scotia	Ken lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia where he is the percussion instructor at Acadia University, a freelance performer, workshop leader, studio musician, and composer. Ken teaches classes in world drumming, with a specific focus on Middle Eastern rhythms for doumbek and frame drums.
Quebec
KoSA Academy	Montreal Quebec	KoSA Academy is a year round learning center for drumset players, and percussionists of all levels and interests. Programs of interest include drumset, African drumming, Brazilian, Cuban, Arabic, plus a host of many other world percussion styles. Private lessons as well as small ensemble and group classes will be offered.
Montreal Tamtams	Montreal Quebec	The Tamtams in Montreal are drums of peace which resonate in unison every Sunday, at the foot of Mount Royal. It's an invitation to reverie, music and dance. It's magic! Huge photo album on site.
Patrick Graham	Montreal Quebec	Patrick Graham, an experienced world music percussionist, offers a series of workshops through the Québec government's Culture in Education Partnership. The series, called Rhythm Around Us, is suitable for all levels of primary school students and is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Communications.
Shawn Mativetsky	Montreal Quebec	Shawn offers private lessons and workshops for post-secondary students. His primary focus is the Northern India tabla.
Ontario
Bracebridge Community Drum Circle	Bracebridge Ontario	Bracebridge Community Drum Circle meets Tuesday nights. Call Leslee at 705-645-5042 or Mi-Shell at 705-645-4167 for more information or e-mail s.tassie@sympatico.ca.
Michael Kaer	Chatham Ontario	Michael Kaer teaches drum lessons and leads drum circles. Find out how to contact Michael for more info at his massage web site.
AfroCulture.com	Guelph Ontario	Adwoa Bedoe is an author, story teller, educator and African dance instructor. She grew up loving the traditional dances of Ghana, and eventually learned dances from other parts of Africa as well. Her partner Fule Bedoe offers instruction in traditional West African drumming.
Primordial Percussion	Ingersoll Ontario	Drum circle facilitation by Cliff Patton. Specializing in special needs and seniors products and drum implementation programs. Maker of beautiful and unique custom djembes, ashikos and other drums. Site has postings of other circles in the southern Ontario area.
The Marcell School of Drum	Kitchener Ontario	Dale Marcell offers ongoing classes in hand drumming to beginners and advanced students. He also offers a variety of drum circle facilitation programs.
Drum Anticks	London Ontario	Jack Barnes offers a variety of hand drum programs for all ages, drum circle facilitation, and drum lessons.
One Tribe	Midland Ontario	Artist and reiki master Leyshya offers facilitated drumming circles in Midland and Penetanguishene Ontario. As a Sacred Spirit Dancer she holds empowering and healing Spirit Dance Circles for women. Leyshya also has custom built and hand painted drums for sale. For more info regarding Leyshya's workshops as well as creations and products available through One Tribe please write to Leyshya at onetribe@csolve.net or phone 1-705-527-6038.
Diana's Drum	Mount Forest Ontario	Zoë Kessler, Head Facilitator of Diana's Drum, is a trained HealthRHYTHMS® Facilitator and hand-drumming instructor with over 20 years' experience. Zoë provides therapeutic drumming services in a wide variety of settings, including long-term care residences, group homes, and women's organizations to name a few. Customized corporate training programs, community drum circles, drum-making workshops, private and small-group drum lessons are also available.
Robert Bradley	Oshawa Ontario	Robert Bradley offers workshops in making Native American style drums. He also holds monthly drum circles in Sharon and Oshawa Ontario. You may contact Robert by phone at (905) 433-3934 or by email at robertbradley1964@hotmail.com.
Baobab Tree	Ottawa Ontario	Kathy Armstrong is the director of this organization and instrumental in bringing Kwasi Dunyo to Canada from Ghana. Classes are offered to both adults and children in various Ghanian styles of drumming and dancing. Her organization also encompasses adult and youth performing groups.
Kebba Jobateh	Ottawa Ontario	Kebba offers hand drumming workshops, drum circles, and teaches various African instruments including djembe, talking drum, berimbau, m'bira, kora and balaphone.
Ottawa Folklore Centre	Ottawa Ontario	The store which sells a variety of folk and world instruments has teachers available for learning hand drums and percussion.
Treefrog Percussion	Ottawa Ontario	Owned and operated by Leo Brooks, Treefrog Percussion was founded with the vision of making unique, high quality instruments in a small workshop. Leo continues to offer a variety of hand drumming classes throughout the year in different locations around Ottawa and Gatineau. Since 2000 Leo has also done drumming workshops for an incredibly wide variety of groups throughout the national capital region.
Samba Ottawa Group	Ottawa Ontario	People of all musical ability are welcome to join this samba group located in Ottawa.
Orion Drums	Pickering Ontario	Ron Cross, founder of Orion Drums, is a seasoned drummer and percussionist, as well as a skilled drum-maker. A Canadian company, Orion Drums facilitates hand-drumming workshops geared to inspire creativity, support teamwork and relieve stress. Orion Drums also offers drum building workshops, as well as importing African drums and building custom African and native style drums.
Everybodys Drumming	St. Catherines Ontario	Phillip Hodgson facilitates drum circles at the corporate, community, education and personal level.
Jeff Stewart	Sudbury Ontario	Jeff Stewart is facilitating “The Spirit of World Drumming Circles” with his community at large for music educators, drumming enthusiasts and within the healthcare system.
Music Workshop	Thunder Bay Ontario	Owned and operated by Sean Jesseau, Music Workshop is Thunder Bay's coolest alternative music store!! 100+ world hand drums and many more musical instruments. Sean is an experienced drum teacher and drum circle facilitator with other lessons offered by a team of talented teachers- six days a week- on drum set, guitar, bass, piano and more.
Alpha Rhythm Roots	Toronto Ontario	Alpha-Oumar Barry, from Guinea-West Africa, offers drumming classes focused on Guinea traditional rhythms. Beginners and intermediate on the doundoumba, sangban, kenkeni and djembe can attend without any particular prerequisites. Also sells imported instruments from West Africa.
Boom! The Power of Rhythm	Toronto Ontario	Paul Houle teaches private lessons in orchestral and world percussion at the Royal Conservatory of Music and is Director of Percussion Ensembles. Paul also provides corporate team bulding drumming workshops.
Drum-Time	Toronto Ontario	Drum-Time-Canada Workshop Services, based in Toronto, was founded by "Empress Arlanna" (Mrs. Arlanna Alie), a professional percussionist and a teacher in African/Caribbean Dance. The team of Drum-Time-Canada instructors facilitate private and public workshops for children and adults. Drumming lessons are provided on a year-round basis, bringing to life all percussion instruments, drum sets, djembes, bongos, congas and snares. Home lessons are also available.
Drummers In Exile	Toronto Ontario	A weekly, freestyle, drum - dance - poi - fun - circle at The Dance Cave at 529 Bloor St W. in Toronto
Fluency Drum Circle	Toronto Ontario	Weekly drum circles Sundays at Withrow Park.
Halleluja Drummers	Toronto Ontario	The Halleluja Drummers are a multi-ethnic, entertainment group of drummers based in Toronto, Canada. The Halleluja Drummers sing, play music, and rejoice with you and your guests at your festive event. The Halleluja Drummers will lead drumming circles and/or perform a live show for corporate events, music fairs and other types of personal events. They will also build drumming workshops tailored for your needs.
Kwasi Dunyo	Toronto Ontario	Kwasi ( Kwah-shee ) Dunyo is a master drummer born in the Ewe village of Dagbamete in Ghana. He teaches traditional drumming, dancing and singing across Canada and the United States. Kwasi is also active in establishing performance groups in North America. When not travelling he teaches percussion at the University of Toronto, York University and the Royal Conservatory of Music. Kwasi also offers 3 week study tours to Ghana in July.
One Beat Hand Drumming	Toronto Ontario	Originally from Jamaica, Michael McLarty brings a lifetime of skills as a professional musician to his students with a variety of hand drumming styles. Workshops with master drummers are also offered periodically.
Rhythmic by Nature	Toronto Ontario	Terri Segal, an Expressive Arts Therapist, Facilitator, and Educator, is dedicated to share the benefits of creative expression through group drumming and arts workshops. Through her business Rhythmic by Nature, Terri facilitates group drumming programs at schools, special needs and social service agencies, corporations, as well as for special events. She also facilitates workshops that combine drumming with other artistic modalities such as writing, painting, dancing, and singing.
Royal Conservatory of Music	Toronto Ontario	The RCM World Music Centre was established by Executive Director Paul Houle. Learn world percussion styles such as Ghanaian Ewe drumming, Taiko drumming, Brazilian samba and Indian tabla drumming.
Soul Drums	Toronto Ontario	Soul Drums offers hand drum classes from a variety of teachers. This retail percussion store is owned and operated by Doug Sole who also teaches and is a drum circle facilitator.
Suleiman Warwar	Toronto Ontario	Suleiman is the lead dumbek player for Arabesque Dance Company and is experienced in traditional Arabic percussion. As well as performing, Suleiman also teaches a variety of drumming classes through the Toronto Board of Education.
Sunnyside Beach Drummers	Toronto Ontario	Weekly drum circles at Sunnyside Beach every Sunday from 3:00pm till dusk (spring till fall).
Toronto Independant High School	Toronto Ontario	After school drum circle with John Berger for ages 14+. Tuesdays 4:30-5:30. Click on link for more info.
Toronto Tam Tam	Toronto Ontario	Toronto Tam Tam is held once a month on Sat. evenings, every 3rd complete weekend of each month.For more info click on link.
Trichy Sankaran	Toronto Ontario	Prof. Sankaran frequently lectures and conducts performances, workshops and seminars on Indian music, and on Rhythm in World music at leading academic institutions throughout North America. Prof. Sankaran who specializes in the mrdangam, is the co-founder of the South Indian Music Program at York University.
University Of Waterloo	Waterloo Ontario	Weekly Sunday night drum circles (7-9) at the Student Life Centre, Multipurpose Room.
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
	Manitoba	No listings.
Alberta
David Thiaw	Calgary Alberta	David Thiaw ( Chow ) has over 20 years experience teaching African rhythms and has published a book African Drum Workshop.
Circles of Rhythm	Calgary Alberta	Judy Atkinson facilitates drum circles at corporate, health, education and personal level.
Dansa Drumming	Calgary Alberta	Dansa Drumming is a high energy ensemble which offers drum circles and drum circle facilitation services.
Beat The Stress	Calgary Alberta	Kathryn Doherty is a drum circle facilitator and reiki master who facilitates drum circles for health, stress management and team building.
Tambo Cuba	Calgary Alberta	TAMBÓ is a Canadian organization dedicated to bringing the music and dance of Cuba to you. We coordinate and sponsor workshops in locations all over the world, and host international artists and students in Cuba.
The One World Drum Co.	Calgary Alberta	The One World Drum Co. offers weekly African drum classes for all skill levels and a variety of special workshops. Owner Roger Duncan also offers drum circle facilitator services. Weekly drum circles at the store.
Community Shamanic Drum Circle	Edmonton Alberta	Shamanic circle meets weekly to explore techniques such as shamanic journeying and healing.
Drumocracy	Red Deer Alberta	Tanya Schur of Drumocracy offers rhythmic playshops in schools & corporate settings to enhance personal potential and strengthen communities. She facilitates healthy lifestyle workshops for professional development and personal growth with group drumming and other forms of creative expression.
British Columbia
The Listening Well	Bowen Island B.C.	Shasta Martinuk offers drum workshops, retreats, drum circle facilitation and introductory classes and lessons in the West African style of hand drumming. Shasta also offers Sound Healing Sessions as well as teaches classes in Sound Healing at The Westcoast Institute of Mystic Arts.
Moonrise Music	Duncan B.C.	They offer one on one instruction in traditional rhythms and hand technique on the djun djuns, djembes, ashikos, and congas. Chris Bertin also teaches didge lessons and instructs in percussion instruments such as shakers, berimbau, clave, and many others. They also offer sound therapy didgeridu healings, which are an incredible way to connect to your center and align your chakras. Group sessions are also available.
Trevor Salloum	Kelowna BC	Trevor Salloum is a percussionist and author who teaches group and private classes in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Middle Eastern percussion. He has taught adults and children for over 25 years and conducted drum workshops in Canada, United States and Brazil.
Sound Transformations	Lantzville BC	Lora Teuschler is a Sound Therapist and reiki drumming practioner who regularly facilitates group drumming healing circles. She resides in Lantzville on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Aboubacar Camara	Vancouver B.C.	Aboubacar, originally from Guinea, has many years experience as a dancer, choreographer, and musician of hand drums and other instruments. In the lower mainland Aboubacar offers classes and workshops in drum and dance, drum making workshops, and special event performances.
Adel Awad	Vancouver B.C.	Adel teaches hybrid world beat hand drumming that encompasses elements of Middle Eastern, African, and Latin techniques. All levels are accepted, from complete beginners to professionals.
Carol Weaver	Vancouver BC	Carol Weaver, local musician, artist, practices reiki and shamanic arts. She holds sacred drum circles each month.
Drum Cafe	Vancouver BC	Drum Cafe has a corporate team building and entertainment performance history of over 2500 events in 16 Countries around the globe. Originating in South Africa, it now has a branch in Vancouver, BC.
Freestyle Drumming	Vancouver BC	Pamela Lynn's customized rhythm programs offer a fantastic way for your group to celebrate and join together in a unique, fun activity while learning the basics of hand drumming.
Have Drums Will Travel	Vancouver BC	ManDido Morris offers a mobile, hands-on, African drum workshop / performance in support of multi-cultural education for up to 500 drummers.
Lyndon De Witt	Vancouver B.C.	Lyndon, originally from Sri Lanka, is a drummer and percussionist with over 25 yrs of experience, who specializes in drumset and hand drum instruction. Lyndon currently plays a cajon in a flamenco trio called "De La Terra" and teaches at Tapestry Music (604 538-0906) in White Rock. You may contact Lyndon direct at 604 319-9650.
Masabo	Vancouver B.C.	Classes in West African drum and dance among others at this studio.
Navaro Franco	Vancouver B.C.	Navaro draws from over 20 years of experience as a student, teacher and performer in many forms of dance and music. She has spent many years playing within community and professional music groups, and taught thousands of people in private, corporate, school and retreat center settings. Navaro is currently a founding member of The DivaDrum Collective, and holds ongoing weekly classes with Earth Prayers Ecstatic Dance Journeys, and Rhythm Maps & Rivers of Rhythm Drum Classes. .
Rhythm and Relaxation	Vancouver BC	Weekly drum circles in Surrey BC with Dr. Connie Wanlin R. Psych. Click on link for more info.
Russell Shumsky	Vancouver B.C.	Russell teaches African drumming, accompanies dance classes and plays with various bands. He has over 18 years of professional playing and teaching experience. Russell plays the Marimba, Bodhran, Didgeridoo, Congas, Dunduns and Djembé.
Vancouver Area Drumming Events	Vancouver B.C.	Listings of drum circle and other hand drumming events around Vancouver with other related drumming links.
Vancouver Rhythm And Dance	Vancouver B.C.	VRAD Mission Statement: "Building community through rhythm and dance events". VRAD is open to all enthusiasts of Rhythm and Dance from all cultural backgrounds.
Yukon and Northwest Territories
	Yukon	No listings.

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