Casey Bond loves having fun with a drum- and she wants you to have fun, too! She’s a perennial favorite at belly dance and music festivals, including The Atlantic Antic, Art of the Belly, Tassels & Cues, Hips of the Hudson, The Greek Jewish Festival, Zlatne Uste Golden Fest, Queensboro Dance Festival, NYC Dance Parade, BDA’s NYCairo Festival, NEATS (North East American Tribal Style) Camp, SuperFunDanceCamp, Rakkasah East/Spring Caravan, The Cloister’s Medieval Festival, and Philadelphia Folk Song Society’s Spring Thing.

Casey Bond was renowned for her weekly Raq Steady ensemble drum classes on Long Island and NYC, with an impressive 14 year run from 2006-2020. Although Covid ended the weekly classes, these days she’s focusing on facilitating workshops at music and dance festivals. As founder/artistic director for the Raq Steady student percussion ensemble, some of her 25 original drum compositions are featured on her CD Raq Steady: Greatest Hits Volume One, available on Amazon Music.

Casey is proud to lead the percussion section for some of NYC's coolest bands, performing regularly with Carmine & Friends at ARRA Cafe, Pangia NYC and more, and with The Elias Ladino Ensemble, and Scott Wilson & Efendi. She’s featured on Scott Wilson’s CD Live from Jebon, available on Amazon Music. (And watch for a soon-to-be-released CD from the Elias Ladino Ensemble!)

For more information about booking a workshop or band for your next event, or for private darbuka classes, contact Casey at caseybond@aol.com.