Dan – Drum Tutor

Apr 3, 2008

Dan

Drum Tutor

Dan has been playing drums for 30 years and teaching for 15.
His musical journey has taken him from heavy metal to dance, hip hop , funk, rock
and swing blues. He has extensive experience in live gigs, recordings and music production and also plays various percussion instruments.

His current live musical projects include Carnaby Army, Taiko Meantime and J.G.
and The Ultimates including recent appearances at Glastonbury Festival and on
the BBC.

He believes that learning drums should be fun and relevant but also challenging
including core skills such as rudiments, reading music and playing with
metronomes.

He teaches Trinity and Rockschool grades and likes to incorporate the students
own choice of songs into lessons so they can learn songs from their favourite
bands or artists.

He believes in discipline, patience and perseverance to achieve great results and
continued development.

Dan holds an enhanced DBS check.

 

‘I have had flute lessons for nearly 3 years now and I absolutely love it more everyday. The lessons are really fun because Rachel makes me work hard but makes it really fun and interesting at the same time. Flute was my first instrument and I wasn’t sure how it would go but now I play 3 instruments and have a music scholarship at my school because of Rachel. I practise every night because I love it, no one has to nag me, it is my relaxing time or when I feel fed up…I just play and feel better. I love performing with The Surrey Sound of Music..we all get on well and have so much fun practising and performing makes me really happy. In June we all went to see The Lion King and in November we are going to see Matilda, I can’t wait!! I want to play flute forever.’

Lottie, 11

‘Rachel has been teaching our daughter, Heera, flute from the age of 7. In just over 2 years Rachel has successfully guided Heera through the first 3 grades and Heera is now about to take her Grade 4 exam at the age of 9. Heera always looks forward to her flute lessons with Rachel. She is very encouraging, positive and a great teacher. She makes the lessons fun for Heera while preparing her for the exams. I really recommend Rachel as a music teacher.’ 

Mrs A Seshadri

‘My daughter started having flute lessons with Rachel almost 2 years. Rachel is awesome and the encouragement and patience she has shown over the past two years has never faltered. She is talented and professional at all times. My daughter looks forward to her flute lessons and has progressed extremely well, achieving her Grade 5 music theory and Grade 6 flute exam. Rachel is fun and friendly but at the same time, firm. Rachel challenges my daughter to play music that she is not particularly comfortable with and this has helped her to grow in confidence as a flautist. Rachel is extremely well organised and communicates well both through email and her website. She organises twice yearly concerts for her pupils of all standards to get together and perform both in front of each other, and to their families and friends. I would thoroughly recommend Rachel as a flute teacher.’

Mrs J Walmsley