Art As Worship On Empower Radio

Chuck Cogliandro is a drummer, teacher, healing practitioner and Director of Kumandi Drums & Healing. Since 1992, Chuck's path has included bringing people together in the shared joy of West African drumming. He is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and is completing his second year of studies in Family Constellations work with Peter and Jamy Faust. “Drumming brings so much joy. It gets people out of their minds and out of their anxieties – out of the mental level of worrying. It raises their energetic level of vibration into the spiritual level. That's where healing comes through the music and the drums.” ~Chuck Cogliandro Chuck hosts and organizes the annual Kumandi African Drum & Dance Camp near Asheville. He has directed performing community and professional drumming groups, helped organize and performed with the 100-member drum tribe in the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympic Games, and has made CD, commercial and soundtrack recordings. Chuck’s company name, Kumandi, is fr