Short Courses | Brighton Drum School

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Short 10 Lesson Courses at The Brighton Drum School

Short bespoke courses designed with a lifetime of learning, three decades of professional playing experience, and 15 years of experience in specialist course design behind them. These are for anybody that would like to focus in on one specific subject for a short but focused time in order to get into a specific subject area. They can act as an introduction to a subject area, a re-cap, right through to a deep dive into any subject or area of interest and all in between.

These courses are all designed to be delivered at multiple levels, so whatever your level you'll be able to explore any of the topics below in depth at a level that's appropriate:

• Techniques Course

• Independence Course

• Jazz Course

• Essential Styles Course

• Repertoire Development Course

• Rudiments Course

• Rudimental Snare Drum Soloing Course

• Afro-Cuban Course

• Drum Soloing Course

• Latin Course

• Brushes course

• Vocabulary Development Course

• Drum tuning

• Electronics Course

• Drum recording, mixing, & production Course

These courses are all designed around and are suitable for 5 different levels:

1. Beginner

2. Beginner/Intermediate

3. Intermediate

4. Intermediate/Advanced

5. Advanced

Each course comprises of 11 one-to-one sessions. The first session is a consultation session followed by 10 lessons in the chosen area. All sessions are one hour long.

Summer Courses at The Brighton Drum School

We run several 2, 3 & 5 day courses in the spring - summer months for beginners, intermediate, advanced level drummers. More information will be made available soon for our 2027 summer courses

Please note all courses for 2026 are fully booked. To join the waiting list for our courses running in 2027, including our spring-summer courses, please use the contact page