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Recent Stories
Sonney Wolfe
April 24, 2026
AKRON, Ohio — Families and children gathered Saturday, April 4, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for a drum circle with Trust Drum Circles, an interactive program promoting creativity, cultural awareness, and community connection through hands-on drumming and movement.
Sonney Wolfe
March 27, 2026
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to recognize the contributions, experiences, and voices of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Across the country, inclusive arts programs are increasingly recognized as powerful tools for fostering communication, confidence, and community participation for individuals of all abilities.
Sonney Wolfe
February 27, 2026
Percussion instruments echoed through Stewart’s Caring Place on Family Fun Night, February 17, as participants gathered in a circle, hands poised and ready. Led by Maseh of Trust Drum Circles, the session began in familiar fashion with steady rhythms and shared laughter. But this time, a new energy joined the circle.
Sonney Wolfe
January 26, 2026
Corporate retreats and functions are designed with the best of intentions: to strengthen employee relationships, improve communication, develop skills, and restore morale, yet many fall short with packed schedules and activities that leave little room for genuine human connection or rejuvenation. At a recent staff retreat for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Trust Drum Circles demonstrated what it looks like when connection is treated as the goal rather than a byproduct. Through an interactive drum circle centered on shared rhythm, the experience replaced forced participation with collective engagement. Human Resources Manager Melissa Pace noted an immediate boost in morale, sparked in part by Executive Director Maseh Nchang’s facilitation.
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Sonney Wolfe
April 24, 2026
AKRON, Ohio — Families and children gathered Saturday, April 4, at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for a drum circle with Trust Drum Circles, an interactive program promoting creativity, cultural awareness, and community connection through hands-on drumming and movement.
Sonney Wolfe
March 27, 2026
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to recognize the contributions, experiences, and voices of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Across the country, inclusive arts programs are increasingly recognized as powerful tools for fostering communication, confidence, and community participation for individuals of all abilities.
Sonney Wolfe
February 27, 2026
Percussion instruments echoed through Stewart’s Caring Place on Family Fun Night, February 17, as participants gathered in a circle, hands poised and ready. Led by Maseh of Trust Drum Circles, the session began in familiar fashion with steady rhythms and shared laughter. But this time, a new energy joined the circle.
Sonney Wolfe
January 26, 2026
Corporate retreats and functions are designed with the best of intentions: to strengthen employee relationships, improve communication, develop skills, and restore morale, yet many fall short with packed schedules and activities that leave little room for genuine human connection or rejuvenation. At a recent staff retreat for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, Trust Drum Circles demonstrated what it looks like when connection is treated as the goal rather than a byproduct. Through an interactive drum circle centered on shared rhythm, the experience replaced forced participation with collective engagement. Human Resources Manager Melissa Pace noted an immediate boost in morale, sparked in part by Executive Director Maseh Nchang’s facilitation.
Sonney Wolfe
January 18, 2026
At festivals and community events, the most memorable moments are often the ones that invite people out of the audience and into the experience. That’s where Trust Drum Circles comes in. Rather than presenting a traditional performance to watch from afar, Trust Drum Circles transforms open spaces into interactive gatherings where participation is the point.
Sonney Wolfe
January 16, 2026
A group of teens and young adults from the Child of Mercy Children’s Home (COMECH) took the stage for the first time on December 13 in Mombasa, Kenya, marking a key milestone for a vocational pilot launched earlier this year by Trust Drum Circles. The program introduced students to traditional Kenyan drum-making, ensemble drumming, dance, and music production, pairing artistic training with practical, income-generating skills.
Sonney Wolfe
December 27, 2025
In 2025, Trust Drum Circles expanded its youth programming across Northeast Ohio, partnering with schools and youth organizations to deliver hands-on, culturally rooted drumming workshops that reached hundreds of children. Supported by community partnerships and growing interest in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), TDC saw significant increases in both demand and measurable youth engagement outcomes.
Sonney Wolfe
December 17, 2025
In 2025, grant funding allowed Trust Drum Circles (TDC) to increase their disability-service footprint, delivering adaptive, inclusive music programming to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Sonney Wolfe
December 10, 2025
Tyler’s Redemption Place in Akron, Ohio pulsed with energy and rhythm on November 15, as participants came together for a drum circle workshop. The team (a collaboration between Trust Drum Circles founder Maseh Nchang, The Summit FM’s Music and Wellness Coordinator Sarah Swirsky, and renowned guitarist and recovery advocate Marc Lee Shannon) created an interactive live-music experience grounded in reflection, community, and restoration.
Sonney Wolfe
December 3, 2025
TDC Chair Dr. Jessica Bennett and Founder Maseh Nchang realized the potential of their new vocational program in a single moment: watching Kenyan master craftsmen, drum-makers since 1976, guide youth from the Child of Mercy Children’s Home (COMECH) through their first drum-making apprenticeship. It was here that Bennett and Nchang knew the program could shape far more than instruments. It could shape futures.
