Katy Gaughan Katy Gaughan brings her love of the drum and joyful dance to enchant her audiences. As a drummer, dancer, drum circle facilitator and drum instructor, Katy uses her musical skills and facilitation training to bring people together to feel the connection of community, learn about drum and movement, and have fun. Katy believes that the drum is an instrument that can be used for healing and encourages health through drumming with her organization, Music Heals Us.

Katy's love of drumming and dance brought her to Arthur Hull's 10th annual Hawaii Facilitator's Playshop in the Summer of 2005, which augmented her training from the 2003 East Coast Drum Circle Facilitator's Playshop. These intensive trainings with Hull, one of the grandfathers of the American drum circle movement, certified her as a drum circle facilitator and a mentor in the drum circle facilitator community.

Katy currently works with Cosmic Collaborations to organize and facilitate SOUL FIRE INSIDE, a monthly community drum and dance circle in the Washington DC area. She has also facilitated drum circles and team building events with Creative Adventures, Congregation B'nai Tzedek, Children's Hospital, the Sitar Center, Georgetown University, Arlington Center for Dance, Cesar Chavez Charter School, Fort Hunt Elementary School, Beauvoir School, Shalem Institute, East Coast Sage Circle, and Stillwater Mindfulness Practice Center.

Katy has drummed with a variety of Washington DC area based bands over the past six years, including Bumbada! Women's Drum Ensemble, Ten Feet Tall, Justin Trawick, Tribal Trance Fusion, Djesben, Rhythm Shamans, and Jaqui MacMillan's Hand Drum Orchestra. She also plays with the Rhythm Workers Union, an activist group committed to bringing rhythm and music to the streets during protests, marches and demonstrations.

Katy has been dancing most of her life and has been drumming for the past eight years. She has been blessed to learn and drum with a variety of teachers including Baile, Mamady Keita, Glen Velez, Layne Redmond, Laryea Addy of the Royal Ghanaian Drum Family, the Malcom X Drummers and WAMMIE winner Jaqui MacMillan.

For bookings or more information, please contact Katy at 202-361-4095 or email Katy@MusicHeals.Us