Ellen Clegg, Percussionist, Master Facilitator and Experiential Educator, utilizes drumming to enhance wellness in people of all ages, to find their strength, courage, expression, and wisdom through workshops, retreats, and performance. With 35 years of experience, Ellen has travelled internationally, integrating knowledge of the drum's healing traditions with proven health strategies of modern scientific uses of group drumming to create community and individual transformation and empowerment. She has collaborated with numerous dancers and choreographers during her career as a performer, musician, and accompanist, beginning with West African Dance classes in Cleveland, OH and Montpelier VT. More recently she has collaborated with Jahara Conz, PVPA Dance Department, and world re-known Choreographer Rosangela Silvestre from Bahia, Brazil.