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We will work with the drum section at your school on the
fine points of percussion. Your section will receive hands-on
instruction in tone production, stick & mallet selection, dynamics,
proper technique, and tuning for: snare drum, bass drum, cymbals,
triangle, tambourine, and claves. Additionally,we present clinics on
keyboard percussion (xylophone, bells, vibes, marimba, and chimes),
timpani, congas & bongos, and Jazz band drumming (with your full
Jazz band or rhythm section).
Play skillfully....For schools with faith-based curricula, we offer comprehensive workshops in praise & worship band drumming.
Home Schooled? Use us for your music education resource!
We provide staff development for your school district too. During these in-service
sessions with your colleagues, we cover the clinic information listed
above, plus...we address inventory issues, maintenance, set-up, tuning,
product selection, and percussion pedagogy. Classes are hands-on and demonstrated using your department's own instruments.
Our workshops will save your department time and money and are an absolute must for any college, high school, or middle school... A convenient choice for teacher in-service days.
At all sessions, we bring percussion manufacturers' handouts, literature, written exercises, freebies, and give-aways.
We also offer private one-on-one sessions for music educators in our studios.
Some of Our Clients...
Oakland Unified School District New Haven Unified School District Moreau Catholic High School, Hayward Castro Valley Unified School District San Leandro Unified School District Patten Christian Schools, Oakland Alameda Unified School District Bishop O'Dowd Catholic High School, Oakland Jefferson Unified School District, Daly City Piedmont Unified School District Fremont Unified School District Association of Christian Schools International South San Francisco Unified School District Redwood Christian Schools, San Lorenzo San Ramon Unified School District Newark Unified School District San Lorenzo Unified School District
"...practical and well explained"
"...Cary keeps it educational, simple, and funny!"
"....his skill as a presenter is excellent. He was able to cover much material in a short period of time." Comments from seminar participants, Association of Christian Schools International convention, Sacramento, California
"Your clinic was of special value for those of us in
the business who know so little about tuning and controlling the sound
of these instruments! Your practical solutions to problems band
directors face on a daily basis were appreciated by everyone in the
audience." Don Gunderson, Special Projects Coordinator, California Band Directors Association
We are Skype enabled. This lets us
communicate face to face with each other in real time. Need to see a
type of instrument? a technique? have a broken part?... a video call
can really help and it is free. Click onto http:www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/ to
download the software for free. There is nothing to buy, except you do
have to have a tabletop usb camera for your computer. They are fairly inexpensive
( about $40) . Built-in cameras will also work. While the link is for a Mac, there are downloads on this link for different platforms. Once you're set up, check your Skype directory for "nsopdrums". Email us
for a time and tell us what you want to discuss, and we'll get on line and talk percussion!
