McKinney, TX
Date: July 7-11, 2025
Location: Walker Elementary
Classes offered in McKinney:
World Music Drumming Level 1
World Music Drumming Level 2
Workshop Schedule: 9:00-5:00pm Monday-Thursday; 9:00-@12:30pm Friday
Please read our cancellation policy.
World Music Drumming Level 1
Faculty: Mary Checco, Michael Checco, Josh Ryan
For teachers, counselors, community recreation leaders, church musicians, and players who would like to learn the basics of West African and Caribbean drumming, singing, and moving through the World Music Drumming Curriculum, written by Dr. Will Schmid. Participants will learn how to implement and apply the curriculum within a classroom and/or community setting. The Level 1 class assumes no prior experience with drumming and serves as an excellent introduction for including drumming within a sequentially based set of lessons and units. Level 1 can be repeated.
Workshop Text: World Music Drumming 20th Anniversary Teacher Edition. If purchasing from West Music, use PROMO code WMDCURR25 at check out.
World Music Drumming - Level 2
Faculty: Mary Checco, Michael Checco, Josh Ryan
For those who have taken Level 1 and wish to deepen their application of the World Music Drumming Curriculum as well as improve musical skills and teaching effectiveness. Each day, Level 2 participants work with a variety of faculty, including Josh Ryan -- Ghanaian, Cuban, and Afro-Cuban drumming, singing, movement, and WMD faculty -- guiding participants in enhanced experiences with the curriculum and additional materials from other sources. Many choose to repeat this course. Level 2 participants will use the 20th Anniversary Edition (2015), World Music Drumming Curriculum. If purchasing from West Music, use PROMO code WMDCURR25 at check-out.
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BE SURE TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION PROFILE: Full-time student means high school or college student; Retired means currently retired; In-district means participating in a district that is hosting a workshop. The In-District discount works exclusively in the participant’s district; Other means all other participants. Note the savings by registering BEFORE May 20.
Location:
Shady Oaks Elementary
1400 Cavender Drive
Hurst, TX 76053
Selecting payment: “Full-Time Student” ($385) = secondary level student, undergraduate or full-time graduate (year-round). “In District” ($450) = a staff member in the host district; “Retired Educators”($450) = Must be officially retired by the start date of the workshop. “All Others” ($545, until May 15; after May 15 $595) = select regular registration.