Drumming Preparatory School

Welcome to Gil Graham's Drumming Preparatory School

Conveniently located at the Arlington Center for the Arts, Gil Graham's Drumming Preparatory School provides drum lessons for beginning, high school, and college-bound drumming students in Arlington, Belmont, Concord, Cambridge, Lexington, Medford, Somerville, Wellsley, Wincester, Woburn and other Boston area communities in greater Boston and Middlesex county. Whether you are preparing for the high school orchestra or jazz band or want to study drums and percussion in college, Gil encourages all his students to learn proper stick control regardless of their musical preference whether it is rock, latin, funk or jazz. Semi-private and class instruction are also available.

Learn More Than a Drum Beat--Learn Your Instrument! You Can Do It--It's Up To You!

-Gil

Though Gil is always thrilled to give private drum lessons to anyone interested in the world of percussion, Gil Graham's Drumming Preparatory School (DPS) goes a step further. If you are aiming to major in music at college or are the parent of someone who does, Gil Graham's Drumming Preparatory School will offers a unique combination of private drum lessons and labs geared expressly towards college level performance skills on the drum set.

Drum lessons at Gil Graham's Drumming Preparatory School offer:

A simple, enjoyable, systematic approach for all ages
Hand development
Stick control
Independence
Reading/Sight Reading
A focus on the music you want to learn (eg. funk, jazz, latin, rock, etc.)
And a drummer's most important function... TIME