Joseph Dixon

Joseph Dixon, is a professional artist and drummer of the D-Young Artists Ensemble and outreach director for Young Audiences of Houston. He has been supporting ARTreach programs since 2007.  He teaches West African drumming and about the world renown percussionist Babatunde Olatunji. His activity covers the history of the African drums in America and participants learn to play traditional African rhythms such as Kakilambe, Doudoumba and Manjiane.

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Beat, Bang and Believe

This is a percussion workshop that utilizes found objects like paint buckets and plastic tubs to provide the simple drum rudiments needed to create music, using the elements and principle of tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and pattern.

Joseph Dixon designed this workshop for the Fort Bend County Probation Department to teach the youth traditional African rhythms while engaged in a community drum circle. The workshop helps teach the value of creative self-expression, while building necessary social skills supporting team work.