Fee: $100/$85 members (all materials included). This is the fee for making one drum. You are welcome to register as a pair to make a single drum.
Registration: Advanced registration is required; please register here.
HOME at Lynden offers occasional workshops exploring or inspired by traditional crafts. In 2025-2026, workshops will include drum-making with percussionist Julio Pabón, an alebrijes workshop with Ceci Tejeda, and a pysanky workshop with Wisconsin Ukrainians.
Join Julio Pabón, Milwaukee’s community musician and percussionist, to create your very own drum out of a 5-gallon pail and materials easily found at home or at your local hardware shop. We first offered this popular drum-making workshop during the HOME Family Workshop Day and Bombazo and are delighted to make it available again. During this three-hour workshop, you’ll be paired up to work with a partner to provide each other with the hands-on assistance needed to complete your drums. Everyone is welcome to stay back after the workshop is over to learn rhythms with Pabón.
About the Artist
Julio Pabón is a musician and educator who has dedicated his career and life to his love for community. As a world-class percussionist, he performs with De La Buena Latin Jazz Ensemble. He started Samba da Vida MKE, a Brazilian samba school, at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and continues to grow it with fellow world-class percussionist Bony Plog-Benavides. With over 20 members, Samba da Vida performs at music shows and community events throughout the city. His prior musical ensembles and pursuits include working with the Milwaukee Public Theatre, the Tamarack Waldorf School, and others. In 2018, he joined the Waukesha Public School district as their music teacher.
