Drumming Classes
Uplifting, fun and open to all
Love to Drum Djembe & Percussion Fun
Each class is about experiencing flow and fun in a relaxed and supportive space. Find a groove and spark your creativity. Drums are supplied and beginners warmly welcomed. Drop-in!
Why drumming?
Boost your mood
The uplifting rhythms energise the body, lift the spirit, and support emotional balance
Connect with the community
Drumming breaks down barriers, fosters equality and builds strong bonds
Co-ordination & cognition
Playing layered patterns trains memory, focus and motor skills, strengthening brain and body
Fun embodied expression
The physicality of drumming offers a playful release, grounding your energy while giving space for creativity
Teaching & Facilitation
By Simon Rowe
With over two decades of dedicated study in African drumming, my teaching is informed by the Guro tradition of Côte d’Ivoire and a long-running community practice. In these traditions, rhythm is more than performance. It can be a way of gathering people, carrying memory, and marking meaning through song, dance, ceremony, and celebration.
For me, drumming is a social and cultural practice as much as a musical one. It carries story and lineage, marks life transitions, and gathers people through ceremony, procession, song, dance, work and celebration.
I create sessions that are welcoming, musically rich, and carefully held. I work with diverse groups, from organisational teams and leaders to creative practitioners, creating spaces where rhythm becomes a shared language. From that place, steadiness, listening, confidence, and collective momentum can emerge naturally.
Private sessions
Whether you’re organising something for a team, a community, or a small group of friends, I create drumming sessions that are welcoming, musically rich, and carefully held.
Rooted in the Guro tradition of Côte d’Ivoire and long-running community practice, these sessions treat rhythm as a shared language—supporting listening, steadiness, confidence, celebration and collective momentum.
We’ll shape the session together
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We’ll agree the format and aims in advance
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Accessible for all levels (no previous drumming experience needed)
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Venue can be arranged, or I can come to you
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Instruments provided
Share your group size, location and preferred dates—I’ll reply with a simple proposal.
"I came home buzzing and happy after the drumming lesson. I would definitely do it again, and I wish I could join a lesson every week."
Luciana Almeida
Climate Action Advisor, Ashden Climate Solutions
‘This was a great, fully immersive experience. I loved the way Simon broke down the songs into small sections (which I could just about manage!) and then brought it all together to create some actual music! I would highly recommend joining this session.’
Jo Ecclestone Ford
Strategic Lead, True Colours Trust
"Simon created a great group atmosphere that balanced fun with some serious percussion. I would recommend to anyone wanting to find their inner rhythm!"
Alex Seal
Team development workshop
Most interesting lecture. Time flew very fast. They taught us how to work together, move together as a group to deliver one rhythm or note.
Participant
Leadership in the Age of Disruption Programme.
Saïd Business School, Oxford University.
Questions?
Absolutely not! Our classes are designed for everyone, including complete beginners, and all drums are supplied.
We create a safe and inclusive environment where even the most reserved feel comfortable participating at their own pace.
We mainly play djembe, however there are always other instruments to hand including dun dun and shakers
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