Workshops & Special Series

Workshops & Special Series

Workshops & Special Series

Instructor: Moss Natal

How to Maintain and Tune Your Drumkit

This will be a combo of demonstration and hands-on, working with the WDC’s kits Moss will demonstrate how to responsibly dismantle, maintain, reassemble, and tune the drumkit.

Participants can photograph and take notes as the demonstration proceeds. This will include:

  • Toning the bearing edges of the shells

  • Cleaning out dust and grime

  • Cleaning the shells – interior and exterior differences

  • Applying white lithium grease to the lugs to prevent rust and wear

  • Installing and breaking in new heads

  • Reassembling the kit

  • Tuning methods to apply proper tension and prevent breakage

No experience necessary!

Date: May 24, 2025

Time: 3-5:30pm

Cost : $20 

CO-ED – Open to all gender identities.

Please Note: This Event Is Not at the WDC Studio!

LOCATION: 300 Industrial Blvd N.E., Minneapolis

Park on the west side of the building and enter at southwest corner near the garage door 

Introduction to Steel Pan 

Join us for this exciting new collaboration with the  Pan-handlers Steel Drum Band. Participants will learn about the cultural and societal developments that led to the invention of the pan instrument(s), its role in Caribbean culture, and the parallels of pan history with music history here in the US. Participants will learn how the pan is built, creates sound, and how it is tuned. The bulk of the session will provide participants an opportunity to play the different pan instruments, learn basic pan pedagogy, and make ensemble music in multiple parts.

The ability to read music is not a prerequisite. Participants will stand while playing, though accommodations can be made for those differently abled. 

Let’s have some FUN! We will create harmonic overtones and couplings in a series of specific pitches with these unique drums.

Date: Sunday, May 10, 2025

Time: 2:00-5:00 pm

Level: All

Cost: $35

Open to all gender identities

More Coming Soon!

Throughout the year, we offer a variety of workshops and class series that range from trying something new to developing your technique.