Drums Aloud History
This project came about when Nigel and Mike met up with the Caslon Community team, as all three
parties were interested in developing a community drumming project in the Birmingham/Black
Coutry region. In January 2007, the preparation began and the bid was submitted to Awards
for All in May 2007 and the grant of £9,500 was awarded in July 2007. As a result, the organisers behind this project were
able to bring West African djembe & sabar drumming to the Black Country & Birmingham, but primarily centred around Halesowen
in the West Midlands.
This funding has been used to establish West African djembe & sabar drumming & percussion classes by allowing us to subsidise the
classes, venue hire costs and means that we have sufficient instruments, for a class of at least 18 people.
These include djembes, dunduns, sabars, krins and a range of other percussion instruments.
Drums Aloud administration
Drums Aloud is administered by
- Mike Tinsley who is a community adult education officer for Dudley LEA
- Nigel Sadler who has been involved with charity work in the Gambia (WYCE), and is an active member of the African drumming community and occasionally leads the teaching in the absence of the more established teachers.
