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

• Halloween Drum Circle, October 31, 8-9pm, Circle Yoga, Washington, DC.  Click here for more info.
• ARTS Day, November 4, Pine Crest Elementary School, Washington, DC

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.