Arguably the most influential music known to mankind is African music whose drum rhythms and songs have shaped musical traditions across the world. And yet African music did not grow up in a vacuum but has itself been influenced by a number of foreign musical traditions namely Islam and Arabic culture from the East and European culture from the West.

Though stringed instruments, bells, flutes and xylophones are all used in traditional African music there are no two instruments more important than the basic African hand drum and the human voice. Drums are almost always accompanied by singers who often keep time with rattles, shakers, woodsticks and bells or by simply clapping their hands or stamping their feet. Traditionally music and song was part of community life in Africa which punctuated milestone events of the community as well as the life of the individual from the cradle to the grave.

Wise Moves have been working for many years with an exceptional team of Percussionists and Master Drummers  as well as African Singers. Their worksops are designed to not only to teach pupils about the instrument but provide a window into African culture, their history, myths and philosophies.

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