coming events

frame drum courses

Join the frame drum community, develop your musicality and indulge in the rhythmic flow! I give ongoing group classes, intensive workshops and guide drum circles. If you are interested in receiving updates on my program, write me an email to borys.drums@gmail.com to sign up for a newsletter.

coming soon:

Frame drums - introduction class in Berlin

- 10th of May 2025

- 27th of September 2025

This 3-hours class is a chance to explore modern frame drum technique, open to participants of any level – including those that never picked up a musical instrument before. We will study the basics of the lap-style frame drum (according to the approach of Zohar Fresco), exercise rhythmics in movement, play traditional rhythms and learn how to create new ones.

Frame drum course - part 1 (Berlin)

New courses begin on:

- May 14th, 2025

- October 8th, 2025

A course divided into 7 weekly meetings and an intensive weekend workshop aims at building solid foundations of the lapstyle frame drum technique. It's dedicated to everyone that wants to learn - regardless of your former musical experience!

other events

Retreat at OMbora (Świdwowiec/Poland)

NEXT DATE: TO BE ANNOUNCED (AUTUMN 2025)

Retreats in a beautiful village of Swidwowiec (2h from Berlin), where we study modern frame drums, get energized with morning yoga sessions, and relax with evening concerts of bowls and gongs. Workshop open to all levels.

Frame Drum Essentials Course

Dates for 2026 will be announced in Autumn 2025

Methods – not exercises! In this 20-hour course you will learn most important techniques of modern frame drumming and get tools to improve on your own. The lessons will be recorded and available to participants.

Ahwash ⴰⵃⵡⴰⵛ workshops in Amazer, Morocco

Winter/spring every year.

DATES FOR 2026 will be announced in Autumn 2025.

Ahwach (Ahwach / ⴰⵃⵡⴰⵛ / أحواش) is a diverse Amazigh tradition of chanted poetry in a form of collective dance-singing, typical for Moroccan Atlas Mountains and the surrounding areas. It’s based on very simple, balanced movements and call-and-response patterns, which makes this practice particularly available to people of different cultures and bodies. Since 2022 together with Hicham Ounamir, a traditional musician and song-writter, we have been organizing Ahwash workshops in his village Amazer, combined with my in-depth rhythmical practices.

ongoing classes in Berlin

In case you are interested in joining, please send me an email: borys.drums@gmail.com

drum circles

Open classes dedicated to playing together, group improvisation, embodying groove and music. We start with a technical part (warm-up, some new input). Then we learn a groove, which later gets developed into longer phrases and provides a basis for improvisations. When playing together we address the question of balance: between holding the space, giving the space, and taking the space. An important lesson for both for a musician and a human. :)

The classes happen irregularly, usually at least twice a month.

*To join the class it's recommended that you know at least the very basics of any of the frame drum techniques.

regular group classes

In-person: Intermediate group in Berlin. Every Friday / 18:30-20:00
In-person: Beginners' group in Berlin. Wednesdays / 18:30-20:00
Online intermediate level group. Every Saturday, 12:30-13:30 Berlin Time

The exact times might change. Please contact me for more details :)

classes in Poznan (Poland)

In case you are interested in joining, please send me an email: borys.drums@gmail.com

new group for beginners in Poznan: open call!

TO BE ANNOUNCED! start: September 2025

Intensive weekend workshops twice a month. Write me if you'd like receive the updates.

Poznan intermediate group

ongoing

Live meetings once a month (and sporadically also online!). Except for workshops the group regularly meets to play together, and recently formed a band - Cybele - which has already performed in several events. Some of the members study with me since 2017, some have joined more recently.

individual lessons: in-person & on-line

I give individual lessons for students of every level - both in-person and on-line. The lessons are adjusted to the needs of student - whether it's professional goals, developing ability to improvise, learning percussion accompaniment, meditative practice, or boosting rhythmic skills. There is no such thing as 'lack of the sense of the rhythm' or 'lack of musicality'. Everyone has capabilities to practice music in their daily life.

I teach contemporary techniques for lap-style frame drum (known also as mazhar / mizhar / bendir), upper-style frame drum (in some places known as tar, bendir, tof, daf), riq (also written riqq).

pricing for individual lessons

1-hour lesson: €50
4 hours in a month: €160

studying together with friends

You can sign up for a lessons together with your friends. The price for a meeting will depend on the amount of people. Contact me via borys.drums(at)gmail.com for the details!

online lessons

I teach through Zoom. Each lesson is fully recorded and available to the student along with various materials, sheets, and exercises tailored to the level.