The Djembe Joy Organization

Djembe Joy provides the gift of music and its therapeutic benefits to children with special needs. Djembe Joy is a non-profit organization that provides a powerful music therapy program. We provide music therapy classes in a welcoming environment to impact students through beneficial enjoyment. Djembe Joy impacts students by providing the ability for expression through music. 

    The djembe is a special West African percussion instrument which when translated into English means, "Everyone gathers together in peace." This instrument is seen as a spiritual talking drum which helps bring people together.

  The djembe drum circle is made up of students who come together to play the djembe drum along with various percussion instruments.  This experience provides a strong group connection and a feeling of belonging is created because participants are making music together peacefully. The steady beat of the drum acts to bring people together physically, emotionally, and mentally.