Kumandi Drums & Healing
Kumandi Drums & Healing is a music school in Decatur, GA, confirmed from a source the business controls. They say they teach complete beginners. They advertise $50 per 60-minute lesson.
Verified 20 August 2026How they teach
Classes start with beginner hand technique: bass, tone and slap strokes, with warmups meant to bring balance and relaxation to the hands. From there you learn one traditional West African rhythm at a time, including the break, djembe accompaniments, dunun music, bridge and song. Alongside lessons and group classes, Kumandi works in therapeutic and ceremonial drumming: healings, rituals and celebrations.
Who teaches
- Chuck CogliandroHas taught West African hand drumming for more than 30 years, and leads the Emerson Drummers and the Tucker Women's West African drumming group.
The details
- Phone
- +14049665800
- Website
- www.kumandi.com
- Styles they list
- west-african
- Advertised price
- $50 per 60-minute lesson
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Confirmed on their own site, checked 20 August 2026.