Artistic Life: EN-RICH-MENT Empowers Young Artists
On an early October afternoon at EN-RICH-MENT’s Arts Education Center, 6-year-old beginner student River is seated at a drum set as drum set instructor Adam Grimm teaches him how to drum. River uses the drumstick in his left hand to beat a snare drum and then crosses his right hand overtop, using a drumstick to hit hi-hat cymbals.
“I like music a lot,” River says, adding that drums are his favorite instrument because “they make a lot of music.”
“You can definitely tell his love for music. He really has a passion,” says Grimm. “I hope that when they get older, they realize what they had — the opportunity to be able to play all these instruments, violin, strings, steel drums, small ensembles, large ensembles — it’s a really good thing for them.”