Rhythmic Motivation : Interactive University Drumming Programs
Promote conscious listening, effortless teamwork, and clearer communication through rhythm.
with Jim Donovan
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Rhythmic Motivation
Immerse your students in an energizing day of drumming ecstasy with internationally acclaimed educator/performer Jim Donovan. This program is designed to help students learn more about themselves through the ancient art of group hand drumming. Help your students feel enlivened, relaxed and focused as they discover new a strategies for conscious listening, de-stressing and the value cooperative effort through rhythm.
WHAT IT IS:
A custom-designed program in which your students focus on building purpose and connection with others, deepening listening skills, exploring ways to enhance creativity and developing new leadership skills. Experience this groundbreaking program which is helping multitudes of people find new approaches for interpersonal success through the power of drumming together.
WHY IT EXISTS:
Because when you take a common object and ask everyone to actively participate in and share it, an extraordinary thing happens – people evolve from being separate, vulnerable, competitive, insecure individuals, to joining together as a cohesive whole - an entity fostering mutual respect, communication (particularly listening), honesty, equality, and imagination.
Suddenly, the twenty disparate, self-conscious freshman have morphed into “team rhythm.” Why? Because they were required to put aside all preconceived notions, all labels, all differences and work together to create a unified whole.
And, all the while, they relaxed, laughed, communicated, and “saw” each other in a whole new light.
WHERE IT HAPPENS:
Virtually any space:
• Large enough to hold the group
seated in armless chairs.
• In which it is perfectly ok to be loud!
• Preferably In-doors
HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES:
Variable. Each program is custom designed to fit the situation.
Usually 60 – 90 minutes per session
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: It was a pleasure to have Jim on campus. He puts on the type of interactive event that easily gets students involved. Jim is a total professional; he quickly puts people at ease and soon has the entire group drumming in unison. Programming at a two-year college can be difficult. Jim’s event grabs everyone’s attention. We had busy, stressed-out nursing students take the time to join Jim for two sessions! He’s great!
-Eoin Kinnarney
Director Student Activities Gloucester County College
"During this session I felt a major release of all that was troubling me. It was a unifying experience where I felt like there was only me and one other person in the room. This alone was comforting because I usually have trouble with performance in front of as many people there as there are. The beat, the rhythm, and especially the sound all contributed to this unifying and I felt that there weren’t any more problems. No problems with pain, no issues at work or home, no issues with anything. I could beat it into oblivion where it belongs – like nothing else matters. That’s the ultimate feeling I had…that nothing else mattered.
-Stacie Tkach
Student Saint Francis University
"Extremely engaging and enlightening; when the students finally "got it," you could see it on their faces and feel it in the room."
-Dex Tuttle
Assistant Director for Programming
PA College of Technology
"It's obvious from his performances the Jim Donovan has a way with drums; even more impressive is his way with people.
By the end of the evening, our students were pounding out complex rhythms and having a great time doing it!"
-Dave Maslar
Director, Student Activities
Broome Community College
