Good work!

I received an email this morning through my website. The message (below) was short and sweet and it made my day.
Thank you Katy!
I found your website through a friend’s fb page. My business partner and I direct summer camps for children with a parent incarcerated, and drums are our primary method of healing and [...]

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They’re Teaching Elephants In Thailand How to Play Music, and You Still Don’t Have A Music-Making Program For Your Campers?!!

I was driving in my car today and listening to WNYC . The host was interviewing a guest by the name of David Soldier, who tells an amazing story of how he began teaching elephants in Thailand how to play musical instruments. The elephants eventually learned visual cues and were able to play together. David [...]

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Best Wishes to Summer Camp Directors

Monday June 21st. Not only is it the Summer Solstice and the start of summer, but most camps will be starting within the next two weeks, which really marks the start of summer! It is an exciting time, and for camp directors it can be a stressful and anxious time. I hear this.  I am [...]

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Rhythm and Genes: Is Rhythm Inherited?

This video was sent to me by my buddy Scott Denett…

This video is special to him because it happens to be his grandfather that is featured in it (playing with drum sticks). Scott was ecstatic to have stumbled upon this video.  Scott is an amazing musician in his own right. I have been playing music [...]

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Professionals in Camping Interview Series: Dr. Susan Rubin

I recently interviewed Dr. Susan Rubin after her presentation at the ACA  Tri-State Camp Conference in Atlantic City, NJ. In this interview we discuss the importance of making conscious and healthy choices for food programs at camps.
Check out the interview featured on the Camp Nation Blog, click here.

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So, your preschooler wants to be a drummer!

Editor’s note: this is a follow up on a previous post entitled Are Children Starting to Drum at A Younger Age?
I have been contacted by several parents who have asked me what I feel would be the best way for them to support their young child’s desire to drum. These parents were speaking of toddlers [...]

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Are children starting to drum at a younger age?

At the music school where I teach, there is a pre-school program. There is an art class for five year olds that meets in the afternoon. Every week I have the pleasure of seeing young faces peer through the window and smile as they watch and listen to me and my students playing the drums.
Rhythm [...]

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Adam’s camp story (of the century)

PART I
Camp is in my soul…
My parents, Mark and Fran, were married for six years when they took the job working at Camp Akiba in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1976. Working at a camp was ideal for them because my father was a school teacher with the summer  off. They [...]

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