Half of the percussion section is lined up along a classroom wall, with whiteboards to their backs. Each young boy is shaking a shekere — a West African instrument made from a dried gourd and covered ...

From inside the Sabin CDC center in Northeast Portland, a chorus of percussion music carried out the open door and onto the street outside. At the back of the newly expanded community center, a group ...

The joy and laughter of children and their parents along with the steady rhythmic pulsating beat of dejembe drums filled the sudio one room at the East Jefferson YMCA in Metairie. Amy Segar watched as ...