Drum Lessons in North Tampa, FL

Instruments: Trumpet Trombone Drums Euphonium French Horn Tuba

My teaching experience began in college as an arranger, and in assisting staff at Rickards high school in Tallahassee I later became the percussion instructor at Deerfield beach high school, and the brass director at Miami carol city senior high, I am currently the assistant band director, and assistant conductor at Miramar high school. All my students have gone on to obtain partial and full music scholarships to prestigious universities. Read More

Instruments: Drums Acoustic Guitar

This is a two way street. I will always listen to my student as I would expect in return. An open mind is essential in learning new motor skills as well exporting a new creative platform. I work with my students to understand the concept of teaching your mind/body new motor skills and muscle memory. This is much more than just learning an instrument, it is learning an entire system of patterns and lists. Read More

Instruments: Drums

All of my students have the same basic foundation. On top of that foundation we add in specific tutorials geared towards the type of music that they want to plat. We identify key elements and styles within that genre of music that their interest in. Then I construct a specific lesson plan geared towards that particular style. This is part of my process because understanding what specific style they prefer to learn. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums

Worship Band, Rock band Random Encounter (not currently), USF Drumline, Orchestra, Jazz band, Afro-Cuban hand drumming, contracted songwriting/composing. Read More

Instruments: Drums Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion

I encourage an understanding of music and drum-set/percussion performance by listening/analysis of music andtranscription of different rhythmswith a practical application to the drums/percussion. I aim to promote multi-cultural awareness by incorporating traditional rhythms from around the globe into modern-day drum-set and percussion performance. I use a number of different teaching strategies to tailor-make the learning experience for each student. A few of the many books I use are 'Syncopation for the Modern Drummer' by Ted Reed, Stick Control for the Snare Drummer by George Stone and Teaching Rhythms by Joel Rothman. Read More

Instruments: Drums Orchestral Percussion Latin Percussion

I am a motivated instructor who loves working with students and sharing my passion for drums and percussion. Performing with other talented musicians in many diverse settings has been an excellent experience of my life as a musician. I have learned many great things in playing outside of my comfort zone, breaking barriers of musical genres with a keen focus on dynamics. Read More

Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Trombone Drums Synthesizer Euphonium Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Latin Percussion

Due to my experience working with multiple grade/age levels, I have learned to carefully fine tune my teaching strategy for each individual student that I work with. At the beginner level I typically work from method books to ensure a solid development of performance fundamentals. I also like to spend a good bit of time establishing successful warm-up and practice routines. With intermediate level students I continue with more challenging method books as well as standard musical excerpts and etudes. Read More