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Every Tuesday, Ras hosts a Laughter Percussion therapy workshop at the YMCA in Kalgoorlie. Numbers are limited, bookings are essential. Get in touch via Facebook to book your place in the session. See you there!
Every Tuesday, Ras hosts a Laughter Percussion therapy workshop at the YMCA in Kalgoorlie. Numbers are limited, bookings are essential. Get in touch via Facebook to book your place in the session. See you there!
About Us
Our highly acclaimed musician, experienced entertainer, and laughter therapist Prof Ras Banamungu is the mastermind of the multi-awards-winning Ras Banamung and The Det-n-ators International. He has designed a program specifically to meet his community’s needs- LAUGHTER PERCUSSION. Through his life story, a unique art form, professional experience within the disability sector, and trauma-informed studies, Ras has curated an inspiring experience of happiness that caters to all ages, abilities, and locations.
Join our wellness program brought to you by Prof Ras Banamungu, an experienced entertainer and laughter therapist. Our modules designed to meet the specific needs of our diverse community at Laughter Percussion
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NDIS Laughter Percussion Sessions at YMCA – Every Tuesday with Professor Ras Banamungu
Join us every Tuesday from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at YMCA Kalgoorlie for our unique Laughter Percussion Therapy Sessions, led by Professor Ras Banamungu, internationally recognized therapist, author, and founder of the Laughter Percussion Academy.
These sessions are part of our NDIS-approved innovative community participation program, designed to uplift the mental, emotional, and social wellbeing of people living with disability through the power of rhythm, joy, and connection.
🪘 What to Expect:
Engaging Laughter Percussion workshops
Safe space for self-expression and healing
Fun, rhythmic drumming exercises
Connection with others in the community
Led by an experienced, trauma-informed therapist
💙 All NDIS Participants Are Welcome: We warmly welcome self-managed, plan-managed, and NDIA-managed participants. Our sessions are accessible under:
Community Participation
Innovative Community Participation
Therapeutic Supports
📍 Location: YMCA Kalgoorlie, 1 YMCA Way, Kalgoorlie WA
🕥 Time: Every Tuesday, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
📞 Contact: +61 403 543 890
📧 Email: banamungu2007@gmail.com
Come drum, laugh, and heal with us — one joyful beat at a time!
Are you interested to learn how music is composed and how professional artists play instruments? Learn everything related to music as an art. Music lovers, beginners, intermediates, and musicians who want to deepen their understanding of rhythm and new musical concepts can join our class.
Are you looking forward to becoming a professional percussionist? Cajon means box (Caja) or drawer (Cajon) in Spanish. Legend has it that 18thCentury enslaved Africans in Peru created the first Cajon.
Marimba is a long wooden keyboard Percussion instrument with a large resonator of African and Latin American origin. It is regionally termed African Mbira.
The Xylophone is made of bits of wood that are tuned to different notes. You have to play it with sticks, or beaters, to hit the wooden bars, sometimes as many as six at a time.
The mbira of the Zezuru group of the Shona people of Zimbabwe consists of 22 to 28 metal keys mounted on a Gwariva (hardwood soundboard) made from the Mubvamaropa tree.
The Percussion family traditionally played this goblet-shaped drum. This instrument is, to date, the most popular African drum to be played around the world.
Tambour has a more distinctive tone than other typical instruments. It was popular in western European regimental and marching bands a few centuries ago.
Want to be a ‘conguero’ artist? A person who plays Conga is called a “conguero.” Once you learn to play Conga, you can play all day long and still have fun
A Brazilian cylindrical rattle used as a percussion instrument, used mainly in samba and bossa nova music. A long shaker with little shells, beads, or seeds.
Learning to play tapping sticks can be great fun! It is by far the most popular African instrument to be played outside of Africa.
You will be trained by the renowned musician Ras Banamungu who has professional experience teaching music to specially-abled, trauma-affected students.
No matter which age, community, ability, or location you belong to, We have uniquely designed music classes to cater to all your specific needs.
Hear directly from our students about their experience of learning and evolving at Laughter Percussion
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