Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™
DISCOVER • BECOME • LEAD • GROW™
A 10-Week Signature Team Development Program
A Progressive Rhythm-Based Experience for Communication, Collaboration & Leadership
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™
A Deeper Journey in Team Development
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ is a 10-week rhythm-based team development program designed to strengthen communication, collaboration, trust, adaptability, leadership, and team cohesion through a progressive experiential learning process.
Created by Cindy St. Cyr, the program brings together rhythm-based experiential learning, collaborative music-making, leadership development activities, guided reflection, and wellness-based facilitation to help teams develop and apply essential interpersonal and leadership skills together in real time.
Rather than addressing team development through a single experience, participants move through an intentional progression:
DISCOVER • BECOME • LEAD • GROW™
Each phase builds upon the one before it—moving from individual and team awareness to trust and collaboration, leadership practice, deeper application, and sustained team growth.
Through strategically designed rhythm-based challenges and shared learning experiences, participants have opportunities to:
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Strengthen communication and active listening
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Build trust and psychological safety
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Increase self-awareness and emotional intelligence
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Develop collaboration and team cohesion
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Practice adaptability and creative problem-solving
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Explore leadership, initiative, and influence
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Strengthen resilience and connection
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Apply learning to the real challenges facing their team
All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
The Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ Journey
Over 10 weeks, teams move through a progressive rhythm-based team development journey. Each phase builds upon the skills, insights, and connections developed in the previous sessions.
🥁 SESSION 1 — DISCOVER
Awareness • Listening • Communication • Individual
Contribution
Participants begin by discovering their own unique rhythm while strengthening self-awareness, active listening, communication, and awareness of their role within the team.
🎵 SESSION 2 — BECOME
Trust • Collaboration • Cohesion • Adaptability
Participants move from individual awareness to collective synchronization, strengthening trust, collaboration, relationships, adaptability, and team cohesion.
🎯 SESSION 3 — LEAD
Confidence • Presence • Initiative • Influence
Participants explore leadership in action through experiences that develop confidence, communication, adaptability, initiative, influence, and leadership presence.
🚀 SESSIONS 4–9 — GROW
Application • Resilience • Connection • Continued Development
Teams deepen and apply what they have learned through customized thematic sessions designed around their needs, challenges, and desired outcomes.
🎉 SESSION 10 — CELEBRATE
Reflection • Integration • Connection • Celebration • Forward Momentum
The journey culminates in a collaborative rhythm experience that brings the team together to recognize and celebrate its growth, communication, leadership development, synchronization, and shared accomplishment.
All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
SESSION 1 — DISCOVER 🥁
Discovering Your Own Unique Rhythm
Self-Awareness • Listening • Communication • Individual Contribution • Confidence
The journey begins with discovery.
Through engaging rhythm-based experiences, participants explore their individual strengths, challenges, communication patterns, and unique contributions while becoming more aware of how they listen, respond, and interact within the team.
As experiences build and reflection and debrief are woven throughout, participants begin connecting what they discover through rhythm to how they show up within the team—strengthening awareness, confidence, communication, and appreciation for the value each person brings to the whole.
Focus Areas
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Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
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Individual strengths and opportunities for growth
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Active listening and communication
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Creativity and self-expression
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Confidence and individual contribution
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Team awareness and connection
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Presence and participation
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Psychological safety
All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
As participants develop a stronger understanding of themselves and one another, they are ready to move from individual discovery to true collaboration—BECOME.
SESSION 2 — BECOME 🎵
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound
Trust • Collaboration • Communication • Adaptability • Team Cohesion
Building upon the awareness developed in DISCOVER, participants move from recognizing their individual contributions to discovering how different strengths and contributions can work together as an ensemble.
Through a progression of engaging rhythm-based team building experiences, participants deepen trust, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and creative problem-solving as they listen, respond, adjust, and work together toward a shared result.
As the experiences deepen, reflection and debrief are woven throughout—helping participants recognize team dynamics, strengthen relationships, and connect what is happening within the drum circle to how they communicate and collaborate within their organization.
Focus Areas
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Trust and psychological safety
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Communication and active listening
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Collaboration and teamwork
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Adaptability and creative problem-solving
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Relationships and team cohesion
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Synchronization and shared purpose
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Individual contribution within the ensemble
As collaboration and synchronization deepen, participants naturally begin exploring the qualities that help a group move forward together—creating the bridge from BECOME to LEAD.
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“This experience brought new energy
and perspective to our team.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
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All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
SESSION 3 — LEAD 🎯
The Art of Leadership
Leadership • Communication • Creativity • Confidence • Influence
Building upon the trust, collaboration, and synchronization developed in BECOME, participants move into leadership—exploring how their communication, choices, creativity, and presence can influence the group.
Through engaging rhythm-based team building experiences, participants have opportunities to practice leadership skills, stretch beyond their comfort zones, and explore new ways of communicating, contributing, and responding to others in a fun, supportive environment.
As participants lead, follow, listen, adapt, and create together, they gain greater awareness of how leadership and communication influence team dynamics and the collective experience. Reflection and debrief are woven throughout, helping participants connect these discoveries to leadership and teamwork within their organization.
Focus Areas
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Leadership presence and confidence
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Clear communication and active listening
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Initiative, influence, and decision-making
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Creativity and self-expression
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Adaptability and communication under pressure
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Emotional intelligence and team awareness
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Leading, following, and supporting others
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Stepping beyond familiar roles and comfort zones
As participants strengthen their confidence, communication, adaptability, and willingness to stretch, they are prepared to move into GROW—where the skills and insights developed through DISCOVER, BECOME, and LEAD can be deepened, reinforced, and applied to the team's specific needs and goals.
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“I enjoyed the facilitated conversation afterwards.
I particularly enjoyed being able to communicate our
needs as a group. This aligned insights in my leadership.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
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All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
SESSIONS 4-9 — GROW 🚀
Deepening the Journey
Application • Resilience • Connection • Continued Development
Building upon the foundation established through DISCOVER, BECOME, and LEAD, participants move into six customized sessions designed to deepen learning, strengthen team development, and apply what they have discovered to the needs and goals of their organization.
Each session provides opportunities to revisit, reinforce, and expand upon the communication, collaboration, trust, adaptability, leadership, and relationship-building skills developed throughout the journey.
Through increasingly complex rhythm-based team building experiences, guided reflection, and meaningful dialogue, teams continue to learn together while exploring the challenges, dynamics, and opportunities most relevant to them.
Possible GROW Focus Areas
Customized to the needs, challenges, and desired outcomes of the organization, sessions may explore areas such as:
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Communication under pressure
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Trust and collaboration
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Psychological safety and engagement
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Adaptability and navigating change
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Resilience and well-being
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Leadership development and integration
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Team cohesion and organizational connection
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Alignment and forward momentum
Additional focus areas may be incorporated based upon the organization's specific needs and goals.
As participants deepen and apply what they have learned, the journey
moves toward CELEBRATE—an opportunity to reflect upon their growth, recognize what they have accomplished together, and experience the power of Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™.
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“Cindy brought insight to the team. She did a great job engaging every participant and allowed space for everyone to share. She even made it comfortable for those who don’t like to share.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
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SESSION 10 — CELEBRATE 🎉
Celebration of Growth
Reflection • Integration • Connection • Celebration • Forward Momentum
The final session brings the journey together as participants reflect upon and recognize the growth that has taken place—individually and together as a team.
Through guided reflection and shared dialogue, participants have an opportunity to acknowledge discoveries, strengthened relationships, developing leadership skills, and the ways their communication, collaboration, trust, and synchronization have evolved throughout the program.
The journey then culminates in a high-energy collaborative rhythm experience celebrating the team's growth, connection, leadership development, synchronization, and shared accomplishment.
Celebrating the Journey
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Individual and collective growth
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Stronger communication and collaboration
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Trust and team connection
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Leadership development
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Team cohesion and synchronization
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Celebration and forward momentum
What began with discovering individual rhythms has grown into a more connected, collaborative Orchestra of Sound™—bringing together the discoveries, relationships, skills, and shared experiences developed throughout the journey.
Who Does This Program Serve?
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ is a customizable rhythm-based team building and development program designed for teams and organizations across a variety of professional, educational, healthcare, and mission-driven environments.
Ideal For:
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Corporate & Small Business Teams
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Executive & Leadership Teams
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Education Leadership, Faculty & Staff
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Senior Living Leadership & Staff
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Healthcare & Caregiving Teams
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Nonprofit & Mission-Driven Organizations
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Faith-Based Organizations
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Government & Civic Organizations
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Professional Associations
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Teams Navigating Growth, Change or Transition
Whether the goal is to strengthen communication, build trust, develop leadership, improve collaboration, navigate change, strengthen team cohesion, or create a healthier organizational culture, the program is customized around the team's specific needs, challenges, and desired outcomes.
Why Cindy St. Cyr?
Decades of Musicianship. Specialized Training. Experienced Facilitation.
For more than 15 years, Cindy St. Cyr has facilitated rhythm-based and group drumming experiences, bringing together more than 40 years as a professional musician with extensive training in music education, group drumming, rhythm and drum circle facilitation, wellness-based music practices, experiential learning, leadership, and team development.
Since beginning her specialized training and professional rhythm-based facilitation in 2010, Cindy has worked with diverse groups and organizations, continually expanding her professional training and refining an approach that uses rhythm to strengthen communication, connection, collaboration, adaptability, and leadership.
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ grew from those years of experience—a culmination of Cindy's professional training, hands-on facilitation, musical expertise, and insights gained from helping groups discover what can happen when individual contributions begin working together as one.
Her programs combine skilled professional facilitation with customized programming aligned to the needs and goals of each organization, creating engaging and inclusive experiences where participants can learn, connect, and grow together.
Professional Training & Credentials
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40+ Years as a Professional Musician
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Rhythm-Based Team Building & Group Facilitation Since 2010
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B.A. in Music, Magna Cum Laude — University of St. Thomas
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HealthRHYTHMS® Trained Facilitator — REMO
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REMO Endorsed Drum Circle Facilitator
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Village Music Circles Training — Arthur Hull
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Sound Healing Academy Graduate — Practitioner
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800+ Hours of Continuing Education & Professional Development
Ongoing professional study in music, music education, rhythm and drum circle facilitation, evidence-based and wellness-based music practices, group facilitation, team building, leadership development, and related areas of professional practice.
Learn more about Cindy’s professional background on LinkedIn.
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PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT
“Cindy brings a wealth of talent, rhythmic joy,
and deep healing to her creative programs.
She is the embodiment of wellness.”
— Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC
Author of The Art and Heart of Drum Circles and Music Medicine: The Science and Spirit of Healing Yourself with Sound, and Creator of The Healing Drum Kit
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Ready for a Deeper Transformation?
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ offers teams the opportunity to move beyond a single team building experience into a deeper journey of communication, collaboration, leadership, connection, and growth.
Whether your team is looking to strengthen relationships, navigate change, develop leadership, improve communication and collaboration, or build greater trust and cohesion, the program can be customized around your organization's specific needs and goals.
Let's Explore What's Possible for Your Team
Schedule a Discovery Call to discuss your team, your goals, and how Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ can support your organization's continued development and forward momentum.
All instruments are provided.
No musical experience is necessary.
