Photographs by Will Davison

Second-grade students at Charles Helmers School learned the rhythms of different countries and brought them together for a giant drum circle Tuesday morning. Each second grade class has been working with musicians from Remo, Inc. for the last week.

The program is one of several outreach programs for grades K-12 coordinated by staff at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons.

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Other SCPAC-COC programs for young students include the Los Angeles Opera working with fourth grade students at Helmers, as well as classes at Fair Oaks and Northlake Elementary Schools, toward a performance scheduled in early November.