San Diego Drumset and Percussion Lessons will be having its fourth annual student recital September 25 at 1pm at the Clairemont Recreational Center, 3605 Clairemont Dr. San Diego, CA 92117. Admission is free and all are welcome.

This recital will feature the students of San Diego Drumset and Percussion lessons. This is a wonderful chance for the students to perform for their friends and family and to have the experience of performing which needs to be practiced just as much as playing their instrument.

Please join us for an afternoon of FUN!!!!

How many times in my 25 year or so career did I hear, "you play pretty good for a girl; you play almost as good as a guy; you sure make funny faces when you play; maybe you should get a hip hat or a better haircut, I bet then you would get more gigs....etc. etc." How tiring it all became. Will there ever be a time when it just does not matter whether you are a man or a woman in regards to playing drums?

While working on my undergraduate and graduate degrees at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia CA, I had the great privilege to study with master drummers not only from the United States but also from India, Africa and Indonesia.  Each of these teachers opened new and exciting doors into worlds of drumming that I would have never known otherwise. Why, you may be asking, would this necessarily make someone a better drummer?

The 'Wilson Grip' is a drum grip that was created and taught by Richard Wilson, who I had the great fortune to study with in the late 1980's. I was on my way to developing chronic tendonitis when Richard was highly recommended to me to study with.