Patsy Meyer Music Adventures
Drumming programs are taught by New Life Rhythms and led by either artist Patsy Meyer or Chelsea Davis.
Patsy Meyer
Emmy-nominated vocalist, percussionist, songwriter, and recording artist Patsy Meyer brings more than four decades of professional music experience to her work as a teaching artist. Her musical background spans jazz, smooth jazz, Latin music, contemporary songwriting, recording, and live performance.
Meyer has toured and performed with acclaimed artists including Patti Austin, Peabo Bryson, Norman Brown, George Benson, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber and Spyro Gyra. Patsy’s understanding of rhythm, collaboration, creative expression, and community is informed by her training as a drum circle facilitator and preschool music specialist.
Passionate about sharing her knowledge with the next generation, Meyer creates engaging, fun, cross curriculum experiences that encourage students to explore their own creative voices.
Chelsea Davis
Chelsea is a multi-genre songwriter & jazz vocalist. She is a teaching artist for the Johnny Mercer Foundation, All the Arts for All the Kids Foundation, Cincinnati Arts Association, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, and Carnegie.
She has co-written more than 500 songs with children. Songs from her recording projects (Roseport, JØAN, and Empty Oceans) have been featured on Warner Brothers, CBS, MTV, Freeform, Apple, LA Theatre Works, NPR, and CMT.
Chelsea is the co-composer/co-lyricist of an original musical about Marian Anderson, the African American opera singer who gave the first racially integrated concert in Washington D.C. She shares her love of music with children through songwriting, singing and percussion.
PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN MUSIC ADVENTURE with Ms. Patsy
Curriculum Connections: Dance, Music, Lanuage Arts, Social and Emotional
Engaging, fun-filled classes that integrate learning and development inside a musical framework. Music and movement support language development, active listening, spatial awareness, numerical literacy, group process, and self-expression. Children will experience the joy of music by singing and playing various instruments, rhymes and finger-plays, small and large motor movement, dramatic play, and opportunities for creative self-expression. Basic music concepts include fast/slow, loud/soft, steady beat, singing melodies with and without words, stopping, and starting together. Patsy has a preschool teaching certificate and is a trained Music Together teacher since 2008.
NOTE: Workshops can be modified for inclusive classrooms.
Recommended Grades: PreK and Kindergarten (& Disabled)
Max. # Participants: 30
Length of Session: 45-55 minutes
Cost: $150 per session / $125 each additional same-day session
Max. # Sessions per Day: 4
DRUM CIRCLE ADVENTURE with New Life Rhythms
Curriculum Connections: Music, Math, Social Studies/Culture, Social and Emotional, Language Arts
Patsy Meyer will enable your class to experience the art of drumming, creating community, working together within group process, and developing leadership skills. Students will learn about different types of drums and percussion, their timbres and origins and the ways to play them safely. Student led call and response will increase leadership skills and promote self-expression, creativity, self-esteem and respect for classmates. Using the rhythms of words, poems, phrases, and affirmations, we’ll create new rhythms to transfer to our drum.
NOTE: Artist provides drums for all students. Please allow one hour for artist setup prior to the program start time.
Recommended Grades: PreK – 12th
Max. # Participants per Session: 30
Length: 50-60 minutes (flexible to fit schedule)
Cost: $275 per session / $200 each additional same-day session
Max. # Sessions per Day: 4
Space Requirements: Open (preferably carpeted) space with one chair per person in a circle. White board/chalk board.
WORLD PERCUSSION ADVENTURE with New Life Rhythms
Curriculum Connections: Music, Dance, Social Studies/Culture, Math, Social and Emotional, Language Arts
Choose a one-day experience or a 4-6 day/week residency. This workshop gives your students a cultural journey playing various world percussion rhythms, singing in other languages, movement, participating in drum circles and group process with opportunities for creative self-expression, leadership skills, and artistic development. Music concepts are taught through world rhythm patterns, dynamics, pitch and group singing. This program integrates cross-curriculum learning in many areas.
NOTE: Artist provides drums for all students. Please allow one hour for artist setup prior to the program start time.
Recommended Grades: 3rd - 12th
Max. # Participants per Session: 30
Length: 50-60 minutes
Cost: $275 per session / $200 each additional same-day session
Max. # Sessions per Day: 4
Space Requirements: Open (preferably carpeted) space with one chair per person in a circle. White board/chalk board. Electric outlet near white board.