Drum Lessons
Drum Lessons
Drum lessons are for children as young as 5 yrs old through adults as old as 99. You are never too old to learn to play. Our professional teachers take students from where they are either as a complete beginner or a student who has already studied the drums for years. All ability levels are welcome from beginners through advanced.
How Lessons Work
When a student starts lessons at Vancouver Music Academy the first step is to assess any skills the student already has and find out what goals they have, what types of songs they want to learn and make a plan to accomplish those goals. We start students on our Music Scales of Achievement program on their first day, where they will pass through series of levels and are recognized and rewarded each time they pass a level (usually 4-8 months). After each lesson, students receive an email from the teacher so that the student knows exactly what to practice at home. This takes out the guess work and makes practicing between lessons much easier and more productive.
Never Miss a Lesson!
If a student is ever unable to attend a lesson for any reason they can choose between taking an online lesson via Google Meet for the day (or for multiple days) or requesting a recorded lesson to take at the students convenience.
Additional Opportunities to Develop as a Musician
After a period of time and as space allows students can be invited to join one of our Rockbands or string ensemble groups. These groups can make it possible for students to make friends with other musicians their age and have performance opportunities as they learn to play with other musicians. If you are interested in this opportunity be sure to ask to be put on a waitlist. Other opportunities to help students develop into a competent musician include:
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Regular recitals
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Songwriting
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Recording workshops and more
Lesson Times
We offer lessons 7 days a week. Weekday lessons start as early as noon until as late as 8 pm. Weekend lessons start at 9 am until 4 pm on Saturdays and 9 am until 3 pm on Sundays.
Testimonials
''My son has taken drum lessons here for over a year. Staff, including his instructor, are awesome. My son started with zero drum experience and after a year is playing several songs. His teacher is there to help process it through the frustration, motivate him to keep trying, and has successfully taught him many songs of his interest. They have an incentive program that keep students engaged and on track for learning songs. He has also performed in multiple recitals that they put on, which are an awesome experience for him to demonstrate all of his hard work. My son looks forward to coming here every week. That has a lot to do with effective instructors.
Our son has been taking drumming lessons at Vancouver Music Academy for several years and really enjoys it. His instructor, Gus, makes it fun by teaching songs that our son knows and is excited to learn. Gus is patient and always encouraging! We highly recommend Vancouver Music Academy
This place is amazing! My daughter looks so forward to her lessons with Dylan. We live in the area and have been wanting to try for a couple years. So happy we finally did, great fit! They do such an awesome reaching out too.