Chip Bailey is passionate about music, working with and enabling anyone regardless of experience, ability, age, gender, race or religion to participate in making music.
Chip has over 20 years experience facilitating music sessions for the public and private sector and is known for hilarious and uplifting interactive workshops.
As a facilitator he brings boundless energy, humour and experience, releasing, empowering, enabling and guiding people.
Playing drums together is an easily accessible avenue for self-expression. It is a place where people with a whole range of musical experience can get together and share the joy of playing percussive music together. A drum circle brings people together to explore and share the power of rhythm.
Throughout these sessions, as a facilitator Chip will enable participants to express themselves through playing hand drums and percussion instruments. It is structured to allow team members to have a voice, experience co-operative accomplishments and have fun. It is a percussion orchestra with no written music to follow. Music is created on the spur of the moment.
Drumming affects us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and can be profoundly up lifting. Rhythm is a universal language and is a language that can unite the diverse elements of humanity.
Chip's interactive workshops are a unique experience which uses group drumming to release human potential through a rhythm-based event. It is a hands on experience.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS
• Having fun whilst drumming together.
• Experiencing a sense of unity, connecting people. Rhythm succeeds where words fail.
• When the circle works together we all benefit. These principles carry over into everyday life.
• Health benefits can include stress reduction, creative expression, feeling better, great leveller.
• It is a quick and easy way for people to be creative and get involved in music making.
• Drum Circles always emphasise musical spirit not musical talent.
WHO IS IT FOR?
• Everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, religion etc. All are invited and welcome.
• It is accessible to those who have never played a musical instrument through to the experienced musician
WHERE CAN IT TAKE PLACE?
Anywhere! Schools, Colleges, Universities, Corporate Settings, Churches, Youth Groups, Community Centres, Special Needs, Residential Homes etc.
EQUIPMENT
A Beautiful array of hand drums and percussion from all over the world will be provided.
“Your musical ability and your power of communication spoke to us both hilariously and profoundly" – NIGEL UDEN, SOUTHERN SYNOD SUMMER SCHOOL
“If there was an “interactive highlight” to last year’s festival it had to be the Chip Bailey workshop. Absolutely, any age and any ability can take part in this giant percussive ensemble which is rather noisy and totally fun. Chip Bailey has the ability to bring rhythm out of the apparent chaos of 40 – 50 people using everything and anything as an instrument" – FESTIVAL, GUILDFORD
Chip trained with Access to Music on the Music Facilitator Programme and with Trinity College London as an Arts Award trainer. He holds a full driving license, full DBS clearance and has Public Liability Insurance through Sound Sense.