Peter M., Haverhill, Massachusetts Hand Drums Teacher

Teaches online

Teaches all skill levels

Age: 5+

Teaching since 1998

Master's - Museum Studies

About Peter M.

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I am a student of various great drum teachers from many backgrounds. Experienced players enjoy jamming with me, but I have been told that I am especially gifted at helping beginners feel comfortable finding rhythms and sounds out of any instrument, including the human body. Rhythmic breathing is made simple and encouraged from the start. Tones and drum patterns can be explained verbally or written mathematically. Students remember the patterns forever, as well as gaining comfort in playing with other drummers or instruments. Odd time signatures or complicated songs can be tackled and easily learned. Use any drum or percussion instrument you have! Recordings are encouraged if you like! Peter grew up in Chicago, raised to love soulful music. A graduate of Northwestern University's Performance Studies program with a focus on Theatre and Media Arts, Public Speaking, and Ethnology. Designing percussion for stage and dance lead to studies and teaching of North and West African, Middle Eastern drum, Caribbean/South American and Asian drum and percussion rhythms. First hand experience has been gained by living in Morocco and South Korea for nearly a year each, studying and documenting folk music.

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Teaches Online

Teaching Hours

Monday

4:30 PM-7 PM

Tuesday

4:30 PM-7 PM

Thursday

4:30 PM-7 PM

Friday

4:30 PM-7 PM

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Pricing

30 minutes

$30

60 minutes

$50

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Experience

Co-Director / Instructor

May, 1998 - Present

Private Studio

Community-minded rhythm instruction with a focus on hand drums. Stick drumming with a focus on New Orleans-style marching bass drum and percussion (bell/block/tamborine) also a specialty. Elements of conscious breathing and comfortable movement are adapted to whichever level of experience and instrument you are working with. A world of influences allows for a variety of methods for learning and memorizing patterns which may be written, spoken, sung, or improvised. Groups large or small will benefit from our ability to customize the experience to the participants and location.

Merchandise Specialist / Customer Service

Apr, 2010 - Dec, 2014

Andy's Music Chicago

All aspects of music store operation, with a focus on hand percussion and drumkit accessories. Daily knowledge gained about other instruments from around the world: strings, winds, reeds and more. Experience with a variety of percussion from around the world, as well as modern cutting-edge improvements on folk instruments, has allowed me to offer great advice to both prospective and current drum owners.

Percussion/Stage Director

Mar, 1998 - Present

Environmental Encroachment

Chicago performance art group Environmental Encroachment (EE) uses an artist marching band and theatrics to create unique entertainment environments. Performances can include costumes, live music, parades, fire spinning, hula hoops, antics, and audience interaction. EE Marching Band’s music uses Latin, North African, and traditional American rhythms, fused with a full brass section and on-call electric bass. Songs are folkloric fusions, classics and our creations inspired from New Orleans Second Line, Jazz and Rock. EE’s magic circus marching band has evolved as part of a new genre of music:  HONK! bands! "Across the country and around the world, a new type of street band is emerging. Acoustic and mobile, borrowing repertoire and inspiration from a diverse set of folk music traditions – New Orleans second line brass bands, European Klezmer, Balkan and Romani music, Brazilian Afro Bloc and Frevo traditions, as well as the passion and spirit of Mardi Gras and Carnival– these “honkers” all share a commitment to several core principles. Metaphorically speaking, they honk their horns for the same reasons motorists honk theirs: to arouse fellow travelers, to warn of danger, to celebrate milestones, and to just plain have fun.”  EE has done and can do parades, weddings, funerals, historical re-enactments, children’s shows, Halloween shows, street busking, second-line, festivals, performance workshops, rituals, marching band flags, circusesque sideshows, music for burlesque, vaudevillian skits, straight out music jams and synchronized swimming with tubas. Environmental Encroachment started in 1996, with playground installations and live music interactions for people to play, be childlike, curious, free and happy. Select Festivals:  Electric Forest  Sourth By Southwest  Lollapalooza  RIOT Fest   Chicago World Music Festival  HONK! Street Band Festivals (Seattle, Boston, Providence, Austin)   Burning Man  Houston Art Car Parade  Puppetropolis  Lotus World Music Festival   Chicago Children’s Music Festival  Chicago Folk and Roots Festival  Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival  WZRD College Radio Spring Festival  Cleveland Performance Art Festival  Black Sheep Puppet Festival  Rotary Club’s Centennial Celebration  Chiditarod Shopping Cart Race   Michigan Peace and Music Festival  Chicago Peace Festival  Renegade Craft Fair  SummerCamp  Taste of Randolph Street  Land of NOD Experiment Select Venues:  Queens Museum of Art, NY  Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago  Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago  Krannert Museum of Art, Champaign, IL  Harley Davidson Museum, Milwaukee, WI  Oriental Institute, Chicago   Millenium Park, Pritzker Pavillion  Chicago Cultural Center  Sky Church, Seattle Center, WA  Old Town School of Folk Music  Gallery 37 Storefront Theater  The Chicago Theater  The Congress Theater  City of Chicago Halloween Parade  Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright  Chicago’s Navy Pier   Chicago Motor Speedway, NASCAR  Vassar College, NY  Staten Island Ferry NY  Northeastern University  Stone Scholastic Academy  Chicago Waldorf School  The Orange Show, Houston TX  Ravenswood Buddhist Temple  Harvard Square Octoberfest Celebration, MA  The Glessner House  The Rookery Buidling  Cabaret Metro