Elizabeth recently moved from Brooklyn to lovely Gardiner. Her joy of sharing music is vital to her sense of community. She offers a variety of percussion instruments to her students while leading call and response rhythms and encouraging improvisation in a drum circle setting. Her style of facilitation is light, fun, and festive. Developing a space where students can share ideas and build friendships is important to her. Drumming is also a great vehicle for many art forms whether it’s singing, poetry, or dance. This gives Elizabeth the opportunity to incorporate her students different artistic interests from time to time.
Class Components:
Percussion Technique and Vocabulary — Traditional Rhythms from various Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico, American Hip Hop, Brazil, Africa
Significance and origins of specific rhythms
Fun Music Games, Songs and Activities — Composition- students sharing ideas both for performance and in class regularly
Improvisation- Exciting Circle Drum Jams
Body Rhythms- creating rhythms with stomps, claps, snaps etc...
Literacy in the understanding of basic rhythmic notation
Seasonal themed classes (Valentines, Solstice, etc)
Performance for friends and families
Hand drums and small percussion provided including: Congas, Bongos, Floor Toms, Djembe drums, tambourines, shakers, bells, and exotic percussion that Elizabeth shares from her travels as a musician.
When: Wednesdays Jan. 7- March 25, 2026
What time: 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
How much: 12 classes /$275 or 4 classes/$100
Want to try it out first? - Purchase a single trial class! You may try out any single class on the schedule and sign up for the remainder of the classes if you decide it’s a good fit :)
Elizabeth Pupo-Walker
Elizabeth is a Grammy winning artist and has been working professionally as a percussionist since 1992. She studied in Matanzas, Cuba with Los Munequitos de Matanzas, and at Conjunto Folklorico Nacional School of Music in Havana. She contributes to various film score/soundtracks with Netflix and HBO and has performed, and/or recorded with numerous musicians including Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Femi Kuti, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Cochemea, Harry Styles, Reggie Watts, Mark Ronson, Clairo, Sinead O’ Connor, Michael Bublé, Beck and Allison Russell to name a few.
Elizabeth has performed on Late night with various artists, and has had the honor of performing at some of our country’s finest venues; i.e., Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and Red Rocks among others. Elizabeth loves teaching young people and has held many teaching artist residencies and workshops in schools, community based organizations, and private classes over the years. She currently holds school teaching residencies thru The American Composers Orchestra in NYC, and with the award winning socio-emotional youth development organization, The Leadership Program.
Instagram : @elizabethpupowalker
Website : https://www.elizabethpupo-walker.com/