Unique Drum Lessons For Rancho Santa Margarita Kids & Teens

If your son or daughter marches to the beat of their own drummer, then drum lessons in Rancho Santa Margarita might be exactly what they need. At Los Rios Rock School, we offer drum lessons for Rancho Santa Margarita kids and teens that truly allows their individuality to shine and we offer them plenty of opportunities to display their drum skills.

Our monthly tuition includes a weekly drum lesson with an experienced instructor, but that’s not all. Our students also are organized into groups, practice set lists during weekly jam sessions and then perform live at top local venues such as the House of Blues, Stillwater and the Coach House. The individualized drum lessons for Rancho Santa Margarita students, the practice sessions and the live rock shows all are included in the monthly fees.

The Weekly Lessons

We have several instructors at Los Rios Rock School that specialize in providing drum lessons, however, most of our expert instructors can teach multiple instruments. For those needing Rancho Santa Margarita drum lessons, we can teach them both how to play drums as well as teaching advanced drum theory.

Our lessons also are quite flexible, and many students choose to split their lesson and spend each half working on a different instrument. For instance, perhaps your child or teen would enjoy taking drum lessons in Rancho Santa Margarita as well as learning to play the piano or keyboards. We can spend 30 minutes of the lesson working on drums, and the other 30 minutes on piano. Or perhaps you want to learn drums and clarinet or maybe drums and guitar.

Our expert instructors can provide drum lessons for Rancho Santa Margarita students, as well as virtually any other instrument you might want. This includes drum lessons, all types of guitar lessons, piano & keyboard lessons, saxophone lessons, clarinet, flute and much more. We also offer vocal instruction and even music theory.

Additionally, our teaching philosophy is a bit different than what you might find from other music schools and music teachers. Rather than spend time learning basic scales and simple songs, we teach our students using music and songs they love. We can provide drum lessons for Rancho Santa Margarita students using virtually any genre of music, including rock, pop, country, bluegrass, funk, R&B and more. Within just a few lessons, your child will be able to play the drums along to their favorite songs.

The Practice Sessions

After a few weeks of Rancho Santa Margarita drum lessons, it will be time for your teen or child to begin preparing for our live rock shows. We organize the students into groups based upon ability and the students and instructors work together to create set lists filled with music the students love. Sometimes, we even include original songs written by our Los Rios Rock School students. For our advanced students, we also create special theme shows based on classic albums. For instance, during one recent concert, students performed all of the songs from the Beatles’ famed Abbey Road album.

Once your child or teenager has been placed in one of our groups, he or she will attend a weekly practice/jam session with other student musicians. Not only will these weekly sessions prepare them for our live shows, it is an excellent opportunity for them to make new friends. In this way, we offer much more than just drum lessons in Rancho Santa Margarita.

The Show

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After a few weeks of practice, the groups will be ready for their live shows. These are held about 10 times per year at local venues as well as The Lobby, our private stage at Los Rios Rock School. These live shows allow students to show off the skills they have learned during their Rancho Santa Margarita drum lessons.

Our state-of-the-art facility is stocked with the best professional new and vintage gear and the students can use it all! For students taking Rancho Santa Margarita drum lessons, this includes using our DW Collectors Series drum sets. These are the same drums that are used by some of the best drummers in the world, including Neil Peart, Scott Travis, Nick Mason and Dave Grohl. We want our students to use the best possible equipment, so we continuously add new equipment to the mix.

Additional Offerings

Beyond the Ranch Santa Margarita drum lessons and live shows, we also have a few specialized programs. For students interesting in songwriting and production, we offer classes and workshops that help students learn how to write and produce their own original songs and albums. All of our instructors are in bands that have produced albums and have plenty of writing, production and performance experience which they can use to teach students.

For our most advanced music students, we have music theory classes, including an AP Music Theory class. This offering, led by an instructor with a Ph.D. in music composition, prepares students for the rigorous AP Music Theory exam.

If your child enjoys our drum lessons for Rancho Santa Margarita students, you also might consider enrolling in our popular summer camps. We have camps for beginning students as well as our advanced students. These fun camps include hands-on music training and a live show on the last day of camp.

If you would like to set up a tour of our facility or want to learn more about our program, give us a call today. We are located just off the I-5 in historic San Juan Capistrano at 32124 Paseo Adelanto.


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