For adults
Start at any age
Many of our students are adults: people who played in a school band years ago, parents of students, and beginners who always wanted to. Lessons run in the evening and on Saturday morning, and nobody expects you to perform.
Evening and Saturday lessons
No experience needed
Quiet options for an apartment
Where to begin
Three good places to start
Rhythm reading
A Wednesday evening class with Sookhee. You learn to read a drum part and count it aloud, with no drum needed.
Wednesday evening
Beginners
The Saturday circle
Hermes leads a morning circle of hand drums. Adults and students sit together and learn a rhythm in a few minutes.
Saturday morning
Hand percussion
Private lessons
A lesson on the kit, congas or mallets after work, shaped around what you want to play.
Monday to Thursday evenings
Any instrument
Adults ask
I have never played anything. Is that all right?
Yes. Most adult beginners start with the pad and rhythm reading, and move to a drum when they are ready.
Will I be in a class with children?
The Wednesday reading class is for adults only. The Saturday circle is mixed, and private lessons are one to one.
I played in a band years ago. Can I come back?
Yes. Tell your teacher what you remember, and we begin there.
Book a first lesson for yourself
Tell us on the form that the lessons are for you, and we will suggest a teacher and an evening.