Drumming through Trauma is made up of weekly 90-minute classes using wooden drums and hand instruments. The classes focuses on drumming as a group, and each week begins with a warm up and ends with open jamming, also known as a drum circle.

Group drumming is an ancient healing practice used for thousands of years for stress reduction, self-expression and community building. Group drumming is also supported by ample scientific research to mitigate veterans’ symptoms of PTSD. Drumming Through Trauma is a unique drumming program that gives participants a physical and emotional outlet to relieve the feelings they have internally suppressed.

The class is taught by Sam Holmstock, a founding member of the band Entrain and teacher of Afro-Caribbean drumming for 30 years. 

This is a weekly, ongoing class funded by The Golf Club of Cape Cod’s TGC Fund (a donor advised fund though the Cape Cod Foundation)