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Our Classes
Learn The Way You Do
Excel with my revolutionary learning system designed to help my students succeed in all aspects of their percussion experience. Classes were based on each students needs including Individual instruction, small ensembles, workshops, drum line instruction, performance opportunities, and personalized referrals & recommendations, to name a few.
Snare Drum Lessons
Snare Drum Lessons are the foundation for all drummers and percussionists. All students require well developed skills including drum rudiments, counting patterns, coordination skill, scales and ear training and music sight reading.
Drum Set Lessons
Learning to play drums and percussion starts with solid basics. Rudiments, my counting pattern system, and developing better coordination all lead to your success on all the drums, drum set and any percussion instrument.
Timpani Lessons
Playing Timpani or “kettle drums” is one of the most desired positions in a professional orchestra. School programs tend to wait to teach timpani and provide little or no instruction to beginning timpanists. Learn to develop ear training skills, timpani tuning, tone production dampening techniques, solos and repertoire, and more.
Joining Band
Joining a musical group is one of the best ways to learn to make music.
Most public school programs start with beginning band in 5th or 6th grade. To improve drum and percussion playing skills it is highly recommended to take drum and percussion lessons. Here you will learn the snare drum, mallet percussion, drum set and timpani skills to fully enjoy your school band experience. When players progress to high school band the music is instantly much harder. Most drummers are put on an easy part until they “catch up” with the group. Most School Band Programs pass music and after a few months there is a performance. A missing element in most cases is teaching basic reading, coordination, rudiments, sight reading technique and refined ensemble skills. After high school they lack the skill and technique to survive in college groups. It is an activity where everyone remembers the fun from the fellowship and combined with drum and percussion lessons will give a player lifetime skills to enjoy.
Another type of music group is a Drum Corps.
Drum Corps are made from highly skilled players who know their basics. They are private non-profit organizations. They only start with qualified players that are only admitted by passing an audition and the staff places members where they augment the ensemble. Members show up prepared and in most of these groups slacking off ends with loss of membership.
To understand how to audition for a Drum Corps please read my blog “How to Audition for a Drum Corps.”
Mallet Percussion Lessons
Learn the proper techniques for playing Bells, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone and other mallet percussion instruments. Hand positions, 4 mallet grips, quality tone production, posture, sight reading techniques are all covered. Most school programs start on the Bells and later add Snare Drum.
When you are prepared on these instruments school band is a lot more fun. Stay ahead of the class with great mallet lessons.
Small Ensemble Techniques
Playing in an ensemble is one of the most challenging and difficult techniques to learn. Learn the effective ways to develop your skills when learning by playing in a small ensemble with players at the same ability level. With proper guidance you will learn the difference between “playing together” and “playing clean.” Matching your sound with other players defines your membership in the best performing ensembles. Learning to “Play in the Pocket or Groove” with others is also one of the most difficult skills to earn.
Students graduate to Small Ensembles when ready as recommended by the teacher.