Roots of American Music

Ms. Hill's world hand drumming studies began in 1996. Trained in rhythm facilitation, she founded Rhythm Culture in 1998 and has since placed drums and world percussion instruments into the hands of thousands of children and adults throughout Cuyahoga County. Ms. Hill joined the Roots of American Music in 2000 to help support their mission of bringing American Roots music to school-age children. Under Roots of American Music, Ms. Hill teaches workshops and residencies and leads a school assembly program called Living Rhythms. She has also been an ICARE artist through Roots of American Music since 2002. She has written award-winning curriculum and educational materials for a variety of national publishers, NASA, and WVIZ-TV.