DrummingWorks
DrummingWorks
Performances
Upcoming and Past Performances/Workshops/Drum Circles
February 23, 2020
First Baptist Church
Kenya Mission Fundraiser
Somerset, KY
February 21, 2020
Black History Ball
Louisville, KY
February 7&8, 2020
Lex Old-Time Gathering
ArtsPlace
Lexington, KY
February 1, 2020
DrumPower Storytime
Southwest Regional Library
Louisville, KY
January 20, 2020
MLK Community Event
Carnegie Center
Lexington, KY
January 19 , 2020
Keepers of the Dream
MLK Community Celebation
KY Center
Louisville, KY
November 9 , 2019
STEAM Event
South Central Regional Library
Louisville, KY
October 17 , 2019
Somerset International Festival
Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY
September 28 , 2019
Circle of the Drums
Central Park
Louisville, Ky
August 29 , 2019
Senior Enrichment Center
Genesis Arts Ky
Louisville, Ky
August 2 , 2019
West Louisville Women’s Collaborative
Community Jam Session
Louisville, Ky
June 8 , 2019
SeedTime Festival
Performance and Workshop
Whitesburg, Ky
May 19 , 2019
ArtsReach Showcase
Youth Performance
Louisville, Ky
April 26 , 2019
Mind Body Sol
Healing Drum Circle
Berea, Ky
April 22-26 , 2019
School Residency
Hindman, Ky
March April May June , 2019
Veterans Centers
Workshops
Radcliff & Wilmore Ky
March 8, 2019
w/Cheyenne Mize
Int’l Womens Day Luncheon
Speed Museum
Louisville, Ky
March 3 , 2019
Hosperus Event
Healing Circle
Ali Center
Louisville Ky
February 20 , 2019
Kentucky State University
Workshop
Frankfort, Ky
February 8 & 9, 2019
Western Ky University
Women and Gender Studies
Workshop & Talk
Bowling Green, Ky
February 7 & 8 2019
The Lexington Gathering
Univ of Ky & ArtsPlace
Presentation w/Randy Wilson
Lexington, Ky
February, 2019
Collider Residency
South Central Regional Library
Louisville, Ky
January 26, 2019
Festival of Faiths
Brown Theatre
Featured Artist
Louisville, Ky
January 21, 2019
Carnegie Ctr
MLK Celebration
Family Drumming Workshops
Lexington, Ky
January 20, 2019
Brown Theatre
Keepers of the Dream
Performance (s)
Louisville, Ky
December 2, 2018
Unity of Toledo
Speaker - Celebration Service
Healing Drum Workshop
Toledo, Ohio
November 25, 2018
Ahava Ctr for Spiritual Living
Meditation
Drum Circle
Lexington, KY
November 7, 2018
Drum Circle
Wild Fig
Lexington, KY
October 21, 2018
Drum Circle
Lex-Fayette Government
Art at the Park
Isaac Murphy Memorial Park
Lexington, KY
October 20, 2018
Presentation
“The Drum as Inspiration”
KAPAAW Empowering Black Women Conference
Lexington, KY
September 23, 2018
Meditation and Drumming Workshop
Louisville, KY
September 22, 2018
Drum Circle
Art on the Block - 6th and Maple
Lexington, KY
September 20, 2018
Drum Circle
UK LGBTQ Resources
Lexington, KY
July 7 & 14, 2018
Lyric Theatre
Lexington, KY
July, 2018
Library Presentations
Louisville Branches:
Main, Western
Portland, Iroquois
Bloomfield Library, KY
June 12 , 2018
Community Drum Circle
MILKWEED Health & Harmony
Hopkinsville, KY
June, 2018
Library Presentations
Louisville Branches:
Shively, HIghlands
Bowling Green, KY
Bardstown, KY
Pulaski County
May 20, 2018
Performance
with Newburg Percussion Ensemble
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
May 20, 2018
Performance
with Dreams with Wings
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
April 28, 2018
Restorative Drum Circle
for women
Unity of Louisville
Louisville, KY
March 1 - 22, 2018
Healing Drum Sessions
for women
Wild Fig Coffee and Books
Lexington, KY
FEBRUARY 9/10, 2018
Old Time Music Gathering
Workshop
Performance
Lexington, KY
JANUARY 27, 2018
Professional Development Workshop
Lexington , KY
JANUARY 14, 2018
Keepers of the Dream
Performance
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
DECEMBER 2, 2017
Dumplins and Dancin
Hindman Settlement School
Drum Workshop
Hindman, KY
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
Professional Development Workshop
Madison County Library
Berea, KY
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Opening/Closing
KEA Minority Student Conference
Lexington, KY
SEPTEMBER 9, 2017
Drum Circle
Josephine Sculpture park
Frankfort, KY
afternoon
AUGUST 18, 2017
Special Eclipse Drum Circle
Sponsored by Milkweed
Hopkinsville, KY
am
APRIL 22, 2017
Drum Circle
Thunder at Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
6:30pm
APRIL 18, 2017
Drumming w/Community
Bell Hooks Institute
Berea, KY
12:00pm
APRIL 17, 2017
“Every Beat of My Heart”
Conversation w/Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks Institute
Berea, KY
6:00pm
MARCH 12, 2017
The Healing Drum
Restorative Drumming for Women
Wild Fig Coffee and Books
Lexington, KY
6:30pm
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Black History Month Workshop
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
7:00pm
OCTOBER 21, 2016
Black Women Writers Symposium
Berea College
Berea, KY
10:00am
APRIL 23, 2016
Thunder Over Louisville Drum Circle
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
3:00 - 4:30pm
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
with Sisters of the Sacred Drum
Louisville Center for Spiritual Living
Louisville, KY
10:30am
JUNE 7, 2015
Solo Performance
Louisville Center for Spiritual Living
Louisville, KY
10:30am
APRIL 25, 2015
UK Black Women’s Conference
Lyric Theatre
Lexington, KY
2:00 - 3:30pm
APRIL 18, 2015
Thunder Over Louisville Drum Circle
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
3:00 - 4:30pm
MARCH 8, 2015
Louisville Center for Spiritual Living
105 N Lyndon Ln
Louisville, KY
10:30am
JANUARY 18, 2015
Keepers of The Dream Community Celebration
The Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
5pm
OCTOBER 25, 2014
Drum Circle
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
3:30 - 5:00pm
May 31, 2014
Solo Performance
Lyric Theatre
Lexington, KY
6pm
APRIL 17, 2014
Sisters of the Sacred Drum
Maysville Community College
Maysville, KY
7pm
APRIL 12, 2014
Drum Circle
Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY
6 - 7:30pm
NOVEMBER 2013
Lyric Theatre
Lex, KY
7:00pm
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Sisters of the Sacred Drum
Gypsy Slam - KWWC
Transylvania University
Lex, KY
6:30 pm
AUGUST 20, 2013
Sisters of the Sacred Drum
Hope Center Event
Douglass Park - afternoon
JUNE 20, 2013
Sisters of the Sacred Drum
Human Rights Commission Dinner
The Grand Reserve
903 Manchester St. Lex, KY
5:30
JUNE 15, 2013
Healing Drum Circle
Retreat
Carlisle, KY
Details TBA
JUNE 15, 2013
Drum Power! with Youth Performance
Fatherhood Event
Douglass Park
Lexington, KY
MAY 18, 2013
Personal Power Drum Circle
Creative Connections Retreat
with Positive Focus
12:30 - 2:00pm
Registration info:
positivefocus.eventbrite.com
MAY 14, 2013
Drumming Presentation
WKU Gender and Women’s Studies
Bernheim Forest
APRIL 27, 2013
with Sabari Bengoma
Da’Ville Classic
Louisville, KY
Iroquis Park Amphitheater
3pm
APRIL 20, 2013
Community Drum Circle
Thunder Over Louisville
Kentucky Center for the Arts
Louisville, Ky
6:00 - 7:30pm
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Sisters of the Sacred Drum performance
Affrilachian Poets Reading
Transylvania University
Carrick Theater
7pm
JANUARY 27, 2013
Sisters of the Sacred Drum performance
Keepers of the Dream Celebration
Kentucky Ctr for the Arts
Louisville, Ky
5pm
AUGUST 18, 2012
Sisters of the Sacred Drum performance
Hope for the City
Douglass Park
11am
STARTING IN AUGUST
classes at Wild Figs Bookstore and Roberts Health in Eastland Shopping Center. Email for details.
JUNE 23
Drumming with Purpose
Cedar Hill Retreat Center, Carlisle, KY
April 17
Sisters of the Sacred Drum Performance
Freedome Celebration at
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, Ky
6:00 - Drum Circle
7:00 - Performance
April 21
Drum Circle
Thunder (over Louisville) at the Center
Kentucky Center for the Arts
6 - 8 pm
501 W. Main Street
Louisville, KY
february
February 17th
Rhythm Voices: The Steady Beat
of Activism
2nd floor Government Center
200 East Main Street
This multi-media exhibit by Joan Brannon explores the notion that the pace and intensity of social movement is aligned with the ancient and ancestral source of communication, The Drum.
Drawing from her body of work as a percussionist, documentary filmmaker, writer and activist, Brannon reveals the ever-present vibration of the drum in her work. The show includes a recollection of the voices from Ky’s civil rights movement, post-apartheid South Africa, disenfranchised Ainu people of Japan, former residents of a housing projects facing demolition, the reconstruction and re-opening of the Lyric Theatre, as well as footage of other artists and activists.
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
Sacred Drum Ensemble
Gateway Regional Arts Center
Mt. Sterling, Ky
January 2012
January 15th, 2012 at 5pm
Sacred Drum Ensemble
Ky Center for the Arts, Louisville Ky
Keepers of the Dream Celebration
January 16th 2012 - KET
Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky. The ten year anniversary of the film documenting the civil rights movement in Kentucky. Based on interviews collected for the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project, this documentary explores Kentucky's civil rights history and presents the personal experiences of men and women who recall life in a segregated society and the struggle to bring about social justice. Produced, co-written and directed by Joan Brannon for the Kentucky Oral History Commission/Kentucky Historical Society. Betsy Brinson, executive producer. Click here for schedule showing of Kentucky Beyond the Color Line the ten year anniversary series.
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