- Develop a comprehensive technique
- Learn improvisation
- Learn reading skills
Stewart has been playing and teaching jazz and rock drumming, vibraphone and orchestral percussion for over 30 years. Currently a private teacher at Toronto’s Crescent School, he also presents drum clinics in Toronto area schools for both music educators and students, and at music camps (see full biography).
Drum Lessons
Whether you’re a beginner who wants to get off to a great start or an experienced drummer who wants to further develop your technique, Toronto drum teacher Stewart Hoffman focuses on your specific needs and musical interests while introducing you to a variety of musical styles.
Your lessons will be first and foremost musical experiences, where power, speed, flexibility and independence skills are learned within a musical context, and developed to serve a musical end.
Band and orchestral percussion
Those interested in band and orchestral percussion study snare drum and mallet techniques, the important orchestral excerpts and solo works. With undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from the Juilliard School in New York City, Stewart is highly qualified to prepare students for university or college entrance auditions.
Jazz Vibraphone
Along with 4-mallet and/or 2-mallet techniques, jazz vibraphone students immediately enter the exciting world of improvisation, beginning with the blues and popular song, and continuing through the classics of the “Great American Songbook”.
Your listening skills will develop through the exploration of jazz theory, scales and chord voicings. And all your musical skills will grow further by examining the music of Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Bill Evans – any of the greats that have served to inspire you.
- Half-hour, 45-minute or 60 minute sessions are available
- Students of all ages and experience are welcome
Stewart’s Toronto studio is located near the Greenwood-Danforth subway station. Instruction may also take place at the student’s home, depending on location.
For more information, call 416 462-9615, or email info@stewarthoffmanmusic.com
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