About Us

Releasing Rhythms is a new company based in Belfast, started by Siobhan McGrath. Siobhan spent over ten years working as a primary school teacher and coordinating music in schools. Wishing to pursue her passion for music, she now teaches piano, conducts a number of school choirs and is facilitating drumming workshops in schools and hopes to bring positive musical experiences to a much wider community. She has studied African drumming in Ghana and completed level 1 & 2 of Village Music Circles Drum Circle Facilitators Training with Arthur Hull.

 

Testimonials from schools

St. Joseph's Primary School, Carryduff

The Releasing Rhythms sessions have been a great stimulus for the children in consolidating their sense of rhythm. It is a fun filled time with the children looking forward each week to their Friday session. It develops not only their musical skills but their listening skills as well.        
Mr. Edmund Collins (Teacher)

Millennium Integrated Primary School

All the children throughout our school have experienced  a Releasing Rhythms workshop during our Integrated Education Week which they found to be a very enjoyable experience. The activities were excellent for fine tuning their listening skills and developing their capacity for understanding instructions. Practising these skills is excellent for brain development. I believe that these drumming activities will have a future impact on the children's academic achievements as they are good for opening neural pathways, the key to maximising potential.               
Mrs. Mary Roulston (Principal)

Thomas Annang

Thomas Tettey Annang is a professional drummer and dancer from Ghana. He has been a member of the Akrowa Dance Ensemble in Accra for nine years. The Akrowa Dance Ensemble is a professional group of drummers and dancers who have performed for many occasions (weddings, funerals, festivals, local and tourist entertainment) and in a multitude of establishments including schools, hotels, the National Theatre of Accra, the Canadian, Brazilian and Danish Embassies, the American Consulate and the UN, to name but a few. He has played lead and support on a range of African drums and performed various dances. Thomas has taught drumming and dancing in local schools and to professional musicians from all around the world.