A musician for over 20 years, Geoff now plays professionally up and down the east coast. He has studied rhythm and drumming from the who's who of drum instructors including, Rich Thompson (Eastman School of Music) and Howard Curtis (VCU) among others.

Geoff has shared the stage with a multitude of inspiring musicians and bands including Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin and Wood), Johnny Rabb (Biodisel), Allen Aucion (Disco Biscuits), Joe Travers (Zappa Plays Zappa), Mike Greenfield (Lotus), Darren Shearer (The New Deal), KJ Sawka (Conspirator) among many others.

Geoff modern creative approach to teaching and music make him a sought after instructor. He uses a tailored approach that allows each unique student to create their own path and begin achieving their music goals in a simple, fun and strategic way. His upbeat personality and excitement always seem to be the right ingredient to inspire his students.

Hello, my name is Joe and I am a professional drum set and percussion teacher. I received an Associate degree in science in 2005 before attending Virginia Commonwealth University for Jazz Performance. Since graduating in 2012, I joined the J3 Project, acquired a weekly gig, teach a percussion class at the Charterhouse school, and have around 20 private students. Playing and teaching is the joy of my life and I am honored that I get to do it for a living.

I have an extremely diverse musical education. For the first 8 yearsof my playing, I mainly focused on rock, metal and funk. I then delved heavily into jazz, Afro-cuban, West African, and Brazilian music while attending VCU and recently have been working on Hip-Hop, Gospel, and Country. My main goal is to be able to teach and play every style of music that the drum set is involved in.

Hi, my name is Willis and I’m a new drum instructor at TakeLessons. I began studying drum set at age 14 and took private lessons for 4 years before attending The College of William & Mary, where I studied percussion with two amazing jazz drummers Howard Curtis and Tony Martucci. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in both Music and Environmental Policy (2005), and a Master of Education for Higher Education Administration (2007) from William & Mary, I began playing music professionally.

I’ve traveled all over the world with my main band, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. In that band, I toured the United States and Canada extensively, and had three tours of Europe as well as a trip to Tokyo to promote the Japanese release of their record. Their music has been on TV shows, commercials for Ford and Clorox, and received international radio airplay. I played major festivals including Sasquatch, Bumbershoot, Coachella, and the Radio4 festival in Vienna. My other recording...

I can help you achieve your drumming goals, whether it is to simply enjoy playing your favorite song, make the drum line, win all district/all state competition, earn a significant scholarship to college, or play "Twist and Shout" in your wedding, I have done it all.

I wrote and published a drumset method book that teaches students how to play solos, fills, beats, and improvise.

I earned a bachelor's of music performance, theory, and composition from the College of William and Mary and have over 15 years of teaching experience. I teach all the major kinds of drumming: drumset, marching and concert snare drum, mallets, timpani, and auxiliary percussion.