Faculty Bios

Sidney Weaverling

Sidney Weaverling is a co-director and co-founder of Rueda Con Ritmo, a Cuban-style dance school and performing group based in the San Francisco Bay Area.… Read More »Sidney Weaverling

Annette Aguilar

by Carolyn
02/01/201204/01/2013
Faculty Bios

Annette A. Aguilar – multi-percussionist, recording artist,educator, producer and bandleader – was born in San Francisco into a family from Nicaragua. She began playing music… Read More »Annette Aguilar

Rana Halpern

by Carolyn
12/25/201102/03/2023
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Faculty Bios, Teachers from Past Years

Rana Halpern has been playing drums since elementary school where she learned Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms. As a youth under the direction of Carolyn… Read More »Rana Halpern

Tonya Lyles

Tonya Lyles–Based in Austin Texas, Tonya “Onye” Lyles has founded SistaDrums to rejuvenate, invigorate, and uplift a community through teaching the art of hand-drumming and… Read More »Tonya Lyles

Shawn Nealy

by Carolyn
12/15/201102/03/2023
Born to Drum Faculty from Past Years, Faculty Bios, Teachers from Past Years

Shawn Nealy has been walking with the drum for the past 6 years & actively apprenticing & performing throughout the Bay Area (2 years) with… Read More »Shawn Nealy