Music is a gift. As a drummer, I feel the healing power of music through drum circles. Drum circles connect us through rhythm … transform us with music … celebrate our joy.

And that, to me, is a healing experience.

Music Heals Us is a vision of Katy Gaughan to use drum circles to bring the healing experience of group drumming to the mid-atlantic community ~ schools, church groups, synagogues, health and wellness centers, senior citizen facilities, women’s groups, men’s groups, retreats, festivals, ritual celebrations.

Katy Gaughan is a hand percussionist and drum circle facilitator in the Washington, DC area. Katy loves bringing community together through music, especially drumming. Katy facilitates drum circles, team building events, drum experiences for retreats, and performs with the bands Firewheel and Djesben.

Katy has some fun with a drum solo with her band Djesben, performing an original song at the New Deal Cafe, October 2009. Also featured in this clip is John Kadlecik, of Furthur and Dark Star Orchestra, on fiddle.

Katy performs with her band Djesben on an original song, “Iceland,” at the New Deal Cafe, October 2009.

To see more pics & video of Katy in action, visit my Photo/Video/Audio Gallery.

If you are looking for a drum circle for your special event, a teambuilding with drums, a health and wellness retreat, or musical performance, I am happy to be of service.  Please contact me and let’s talk!

Upcoming Events with Katy

• Djesben at Bossa Lounge, March 9, 8pm, appearing with Cheik Hamala Diabate. 2463 18th Street NW Washington, DC
• YWDEP Ghana Report Back, March 18, 6:30pm, Washington Very Special Arts (WVSA).  1100 16th St NW Washington, DC. Drum circle and performance!
• Basic Hand Drumming Workshop, March 29, 3pm, with Creative Community  Connections. Langston Brown Community Center, 2121 Culpeper St., Arlington, VA.
• Djesben, Elijah Tucker & Generous Music, and Very Special Guest John Kadlecik at Bossa Lounge, April 11.  2463 18th Street NW Washington, DC
• Djesben at the Torpedo Factory, April 15, 7pm, Alexandria, VA
• Kids Unplugged Day Drum Circle, April 19, 12noon.  Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD.
• Djesben at the New Deal Cafe, May 15, 8pm.  Greenbelt, MD
• DRUM STRONG Baltimore, May 16, 1pm.  Drum circle to raise funds (and vibrations) for cancer research, cures, and care. Details forthcoming…

NEWS! Katy wrote about her experience leading a women’s retreat in Ohio that was published in the Shalem News.  To read that article, click here.