Amy Jackson is a native Atlantan and co-founder of Rhythm Synergy, who has been drumming since an early age.  Amy is passionate about drumming and her energy and enthusiasm is contagious.  Combined with her love of drumming and nursing career of 27 years, she facilitates not only drum circles geared towards health and wellness but also education, teambuilding, special needs, seniors, celebrations, graduations, and community drum circles.  Amy also teaches traditional West African music specifically designed for the beginner drummer.    

Amy’s mission is to share her love and passion for drumming/rhythm making with others, to help guide people from all walks of life to find their own inherent rhythms, to lessen stress, to have fun, and to help bridge gaps between cultures by teaching traditional West African music from Guinea.  

She has studied drum circle facilitating for health and wellness with the renowned Christine Stevens and neurologist Barry Bittman, M.D. of HealthRhythms, completed three workshops for drum circle facilitator training with renowned musician/facilitator, Kalani of DrumCircleMusic™ , and completed level I training with the father of drum circle facilitators and the drum circle movement, Arthur Hull Village MusicCircles ™. She has apprenticed with Jana Broder of DrumMagic™ and John Scalici of GetRhythm™.  She has been  a guest facilitation artist with Arthur Hull at drumStrong ™, and an invited guest facilitator with John Scalici, Jana Broder, and Dave Holland of Beatin' Path™ at other rhythm based events.
She perfoms with an all women’s percussion ensemble, ConunDrums, and a diverse group playing traditional West African music, Ten Blocks Away.

She has studied West African Music with master drummers Mamady Keita, founder of Tam Tam Mandingue, Famaoudou Konate, and Fode Camara all from Guinea, West Africa. She is currently a student studying traditional West African music with Bill Scheidt of Living Rhythms™, a professor of the international West African drumming school, Tam Tam Mandingue. She has studied the djembe with various renowned percussionists in the Atlanta area, Chuck Cogliandro, Aly Camara, Colleen Caffrey and Tom Harris. She is a member of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild and the Percussive Arts Society.

Website: http://drummingatlanta.com/