Christopher

Since graduating from York University with a First Class Honours Degree, I have been working as a performing musician and drum teacher in North London (West Hampstead) for the last ten years. I absolutely love the drums and have been playing for the last 20 years, picking up experience in a variety of performance situations. As well as playing with a successful pop/rock band (The King`s Parade) that have played at O2 Academies around the country, I led a 30 piece samba band (Samba York) for two years and have played in Big Bands (the National Youth Jazz Orchestra) and a number of orchestral bands. I am friendly and relaxed, and make an effort to be as flexible as possible when it comes to arranging lesson times.

Availability: Monday - all day
Tuesday - mornings
Wednesday - mornings
Thursday - evenings
Friday - evenings

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I`ve been giving private lessons on drum-kit in and out of schools for the last ten years and have taught all genres of music to students ranging from total beginners to an advanced level. I have good experience teaching a variety of ages (from 5 to 72), and have taken several students from complete beginners to Grade 8 and beyond. Prior to this, I worked as a full-time drum and piano teacher at the Unwind Music Centre in Chennai, India, where I created a new drum syllabus for the Centre and put this into practice over a 6 month period. I`ve also worked as a private drum teacher and a band mentor on the Camp America programme in the USA.