Facilitating Drum Circles: Katherine T. Robinson & Sally G. Robinson at TEDxTampaBay

Katherine Robinson is a graduate of the University of Vermont, where she majored in Anthropology and Psychology and minored in Jazz Studies. She has played classical piano since the age of eight and continues to enjoy playing her own compositions. She loves expressing herself through dancing, drawing, music, djembe and poetry. One of her main passions is motivating and inspiring others to be the best that they can be. She has experience teaching English to foreign students and enjoys the exposure to different cultures. She has been certified as a trained facilitator of group empowerment drumming through Remo Drum Corporation and enjoys facilitating drum circles in order to connect people on a deeper level.

Sally Robinson has a B.A. in Music and an M.S. in Counseling Psychology. She is also certified as a trained facilitator of group empowerment drumming through Remo Drum Corporation. She combines these two fields in a passionate pursuit of helping her students and clients create a sense of well being while inspiring a life long love of music. She works as a private Music Therapist and Piano Teacher in St. Petersburg, Florida and facilitates African drum circles in settings such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes. She strongly believes and has demonstrated the power of music to heal, reduce stress and anger, connect people, and strengthen the immune system.

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