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Alan C.

Member Since 2010

Alan C.

TakeLessons Instructor

Garden Grove, CA, 92845

Subjects Taught

Drums, Music Performance, Percussion

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Santa Rita Ave.

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Ages: 5 & up
Levels: Beginner to advanced

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Percussion instruction tailored to your needs! Develop and refine your creative musical skills.

About Me

I bring a dynamic and multifaceted perspective to the creative exploration of the percussive arts, with over 40 years of diverse musical experience which includes performing with Nigerian master drummer Francis Awe’s Talking Drum Ensemble, competing to top international honors with the Misty Isle Pipe Band, ensembles large and small covering music in a wide range of genres, as well as extended experience in solo accompaniment for modern dance and performance art. I have performed with renowned musicians such as Dave Holland, Albert Mangelsdorf, Bobby Bradford, Fred Katz, Lee Konitz, Don Thompson, Ralph Alessi, Vinny Golia, Karl Denson, Kei Akagi, among many others.

Lesson Details

With study and training in many aspects of musical performance, and a well rounded background in concert, world music, and drum set percussion, I bring expertise and attention to detail into my students' learning experience. I seek to meet each student at the level they find themselves at and to discern what works best in order to maximize their growth and potential. A firm grounding in basic technique, dynamics, and expression on the instrument is essential. Stick control and reading are ...

Alan has been a Garden Grove private music instructor for TakeLessons since 2010. Alan is a certified local music teacher.

Subjects Taught

Drums Music Performance Percussion

My Specialties

Drums: beg to upper inter/lower adv Jazz and creative improvised music, blues, folk and ethnically influenced musics.

My Education

Cal State, Long Beach - Liberal Studies, Visual/Performing Arts Concentration - 8/99 - 12/01 (Bachelor's degree received)
Orange Coast College - Music/Liberal Studies - 6/76 - 6/78; 1/96 - 12/98 (Associate degree received)
Golden West College - Liberal Studies - 1/95 - 12/95 (not complete)
Santa Ana College - Music - 9/76 - 6/77 (not complete)

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