The drum has always been used to communicate, and everyone has a story to tell! In this session, students will learn first that the most important thing in communication is really learning how to LISTEN! Once students know the importance of how to play together and be silent when others are playing their part, they will learn the three basic rhythms on the djembe. There will be lots of teamwork, but in this class, participants will also look at how a solo performer can tell a story and make it come to life.
TEACHING ARTIST SESSION
Telling Your Story on the Djembe (PK-5)
Lee Ann Broussard
Lee Ann Broussard has had a 50 year career in the field of communications and public relations in the music and health care industry. Lee Ann is a graduate of Our Lady of Fatima High School who has studied Theology and holds two Criminal Justice degrees from ULL. Currently, Lee Ann is a member of the Recording Academy, aka National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences…aka the Grammys. In her first year as a Grammy member, Lee Ann was able to submit the music of and get recognition for local artist Erica Fox, who then became the first African American female in the area to be considered for a Grammy in the Rhythm & Blues category. Lee Ann is the leader of a drum troupe called TRINITY; the group leads city-wide drum circles at Moncus Park in Lafayette. Along with performing with TRINITY, Lee Ann creates drumming programs for the ULL Life Students (those who have learning, physical, or mental challenges), holds meditative “sound baths” at the Lafayette Salt Cave, and works with at-risk-youth in the Lafayette Public School System. Lee Ann has also provided drumming programs for the Boys and Girls Club in Vermilion Parish. While Lee Ann is passionate about music, her main purpose is to give every artist, no matter the age, an opportunity to reach their dreams and become successful in all that they set out to accomplish in the music industry and in life.
