Experience Bucket Drumming Program

PlayDrums.com is launching a new group bucket drumming program for general music educators, private group music instructors, and youth development program facilitators who wish to introduce bucket drumming and drum set percussion to young people aged 8-14.

Program Goals:

  • Students participating in informal settings will become more comfortable creating and performing rhythm-based music and learn how to drum quickly with no stigma or stress.

  • Music educators and group facilitators will learn practical, realistic information which will help them better engage young people with creative, high-quality, and unique learning experiences.

  • Teachers will cultivate students’ ability to carry out the artistic processes of creating, performing, and responding to music. Students participating in music classrooms will achieve competencies in related PreK-8 General Music Standards as established by the National Association for Music Education.

Experience Bucket Drumming! is made possible by the members of the Percussion Marketing Council and through funding from the NAMM Foundation.

WHAT is included?

FREE WEBINAR: A live, 1-hour event with everything needed to get started teaching bucket drumming. The webinar will cover the most frequently asked questions about teaching bucket drumming, including equipment, logistics, classroom management, and volume control. Participants will also learn ways to create lesson plans that emphasize musicality, skill-building, and creativity.

FREE BOOK: The Bucket Book: A Junkyard Percussion Manual by David Birrow

  • Provides easy-to-teach lessons on rhythm skills and percussion techniques

  • Does not require leaders or students to have a percussion background

  • Includes detailed information, photos, and resources to acquaint educators with percussion vocabulary and techniques.

  • Features activities that will engage and delight students as they explore different timbres and search for the next great sound or rhythm they can produce with their instruments

Experience Bucket Drumming Program also includes:

FREE TEMPLATE LETTERS: All the communications materials needed for acquiring bucket and drumming tool donations

FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT: Email check-in one month after the webinar to see if webinar participants have started, what questions they might have, and any barriers to starting; problem solve together

FAQ: Experience Bucket Drumming Program

 
 

WHAT materials are needed?

  • 5-gallon plastic buckets

  • Pairs of drumsticks OR pencils, wooden spoons, wooden dowels or other simple and safe stick

David Birrow

WHO is it for? 

Young people ages 8-14 in groups with:

  • General music educators

  • Youth development professionals

  • Private group music instructors

WHO developed the program?

The program was developed by the Percussion Marketing Council with percussionist David Birrow, an educator at the Breck School in Minnesota, and author of The Bucket Book: A Junkyard Percussion Manual, published by Alfred Music.
Learn more at www.alfred.com/authors/david-birrow/ and www.thebucketbook.com

WHERE can the program take place?

  • Elementary / Middle school classrooms

  • Private group settings

  • Afterschool programs

  • Community centers

 

Thanks to our program sponsors:
Alfred,
Vater, and Remo

 
 

Questions? Email: info@playdrums.com