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PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY RECEIVES NAMM FOUNDATION PROGRAM GRANT
NAMM, the trade association of the international music products association, has announced that the Percussive Arts Society is a recipient of a NAMM Foundation Program Grant for the program Recreational Drumming: Celebrating Health and Wellness, a world-wide, two week event celebrating and recognizing the health benefits of recreational drumming. The grant will provide financial support to build awareness of the enjoyment and health benefits of recreational drumming programs.
“The Percussive Arts Society is honored to receive a 2009 NAMM Foundation Program Grant,” states Percussive Arts Society Executive Director Michael Kenyon. “Building on the momentum and overwhelmingly positive responses of our pilot program completed last year, this funding will allow us to reach new communities; raising awareness of the positive health benefits and enjoyment of recreational drumming.”
The Percussive Arts Society will recruit and coordinate experienced recreational drum facilitators to produce innovative community based music learning programs for people of all ages and abilities later this summer. Facilitators will then lead programs in diverse settings such as hospitals, schools, and community centers to share the health benefits of providing fun, recreational or educational percussion activities. Local chapters of the Percussive Arts Society will build awareness of the events at the local level.
Recreational Drumming: Celebrating Health and Wellness events will provide broader exposure to recreational drumming and the role it can play in health and wellness, bring recreational drumming events to a variety of settings, and create new opportunities for youth and adults to experience the positive benefits and enjoyment of making music.
Last year’s pilot program produced 24 recreational drumming events in 15 states and three countries that served over 1,600 participants. The celebration also added new facilitator opportunities, created new relationships between community organizations, and established new programs in schools and healthcare facilities around the world.
For more information about the Percussive Arts Society, visit its web site at www.pas.org or call (317) 974-4488.
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