Jim Greiner
Phone: 831-462-3786
Email: jgreiner@handsondrum.com
Private Lessons On: Congas, Djembe, Bongos,Ddoumbek/Darabouka, Frame Drums, Shekere, Udu, hand percussion instruments: maracas & other shakers, claves, Afuce/Cabasa, Tambourine, Bells, Blocks, percussive effects
Location of Lessons: Soquel Village/throughout Santa Cruz County
Housecalls? yes
Classes/Groups: Djembe Class: Tuesdays 7 to 8:30 pm. Conga Class: Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 pm. Group Sessions: Jim Greiner's Hands-On! Drumming® Events - Interactive drumming activities for Corporate Team Building, Conference/Meeting Ice Breaking, Community Groups & Events, Schools, Private Celebrations of all types.
Location of Classes/Groups: Santa Cruz County & Worldwide
Specialties: Universal Rhythmic Fundamentals and Rhythms, Traditional and contemporary Latin and African, Rock, R&B, Funk, Blues, Jazz & Pop. Drum Circle Facilitation Workshops/private lessons available. Facilitating Drumming Programs for Corporate team building, Meditation Drumming, conference ice-breaking, community groups, schools & private groups
Credentials: Endorser/Clinician for major music industry manufacturers: LP (Latin Percussion), Sabian Cymbals, ProMark Drumsticks, Gibraltar Drum Hardware, Audix Microphones & Toca Percussion. nducted community drumming programs worldwide since 1980.
Rare, seven-time winner of Drum! Magazine's Readers Poll Awards for: -Drum Circle Facilitator of the Year (three times) -Percussion Clinician of the Year (twice) -Percussion Instructional Video of the Year (twice)
"Jim Greiner is one of the pioneers of community drumming and is perfectly poised to spearhead this movement. His work with corporate, community, school and therapeutic groups is acclaimed worldwide." - Drum! Magazine. Well over 3,000 Corporate Team Building sessions worldwide for over 100,000 participants. Santa Cruz Area Lessons & Class since 1985. Over 200 percussion clinics worldwide at music stores, percussion conferences and music camps for Latin Percussion Instruments.
Year began Teaching: 1985
Student Requirements: Willingness to relax, breathe, have fun with the fundamentals, proceed in a step-by-step journey, groove, improvise, play with purpose and passion, and to celebrate life!
Music Teachers’ Association of CA Member?
Low Income Policy? work/study exchanges available - wanted: yard work, house cleaning, minor fix-it work, computer consulting, other skills/interests? Ask me!
Rates: $50/hr for private lessons/discounts for multiple lessons, group rates available, workshop rates determined by the number of participants
Other Services: Hands-On! Drumming® Events: Jim Greiner's interactive community building, motivational drumming programs & drum circles for corporate team building, conference/meeting ice breaking, community groups, schools & youth groups, and private celebrations of all types. Instruments provided and bring your own. All levels of experience! Instructional DVDs and online lessons also available
Additional Information: “Playing percussion, whether tranquilly or vigorously, as many of the same physical, mental and emotional benefits as Yoga, Athletics, Martial Arts and Meditation” - Jim Greiner, interviewed on NPR, Boston.
"Jim Greiner is an outstanding, versatile and accomplished percussionist, and is recognized as one of America's leading percussion educators." - Latin Percussion Instruments
"Percussionist Jim Greiner invokes the primal power of drumming to lower the participants' stress, to exercise their minds and bodies, and to bind them together into community." - PBS special, Healing Quest
"You brought everyone together and set a lively tone for the rest of our seminar." ? Bruce Cohen, Institute of Certified Financial Planners
"A truly fun and memorable exercise in team coordination and creativity." ? Ralph Norris, CEO of Air New Zealand about one of Jim’s corporate sessions in New Zealand
"Best company party in years!" ? Linda Kirk, Shell Oil