• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization

Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization

  • ABOUT
    • Report an Ethics or Policy Violation
    • Policies
    • Jobs
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Photos
    • News
  • DRUM CORPS
    • Audition
    • General Info
    • For Current Performers
    • Calendar
    • Alumni
      • Alumni Association
      • Alumni Spotlight
  • EDUCATION
    • Camps and Workshops
    • School Outreach
    • Virtual Studio Library
      • Subscriber Info
      • Login
  • EVENTS
  • SUPPORT
    • Donate
    • Ways to Give
    • Shop
    • Volunteer
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Corporate Sponsors
    • Honor Roll of Donors
  • FOR EDUCATORS
    • Camps and Clinics
    • DCI Shows Group Sales
    • DCI Shows Free Ticket
  • CONTACT

DONATE

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Spring Drum Workshop

Spring 2024 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Crest Warehouse City of Industry, CA

This event has now concluded. Check back in Spring 2024 for our next fall workshop.

Spring Drum Workshop

10:00am – 1:00pm
1123 S Hatcher Ave. City of Industry, CA 91748
Price: $40 

 


Level-up your marching career and learn what it takes to be a great performer!

The drum workshop with Pacific Crest gives a world class percussion experience, preparing you for whatever stage of your marching career you’re in. Learn directly from Pacific Crest’s percussion educators as they cover everything from important marching percussion fundamentals, to different groove styles all the way to what it really means to be a world class performer. You’ll learn from some other of the percussion community’s most esteemed educators, who will offer both big picture instruction to individualized action plans for all of our participants.

Open to Snare and Tenor performers. Students should be able to play the following at basic to intermediate level coming into the workshops:

  • Simple duple and triplet rhythms.
  • Paradiddles and variations of paradiddles
  • Duple and triplet roll patterns
  • Simple flam patterns

Date:

  • TBA

What’s Included:

  • World Class instruction on snare, bass and tenor drums
  • Pair of VicFirth sticks and stickbag

Topics:

Basic Mechanics of Playing

  • Grip
    • Fulcrum
    • Use of large and small muscle groups
    • Tone and touch
    • Velocity, effective use of energy
    • Playing all dynamic levels and accent patterns
  • Focus
    • Attentive listening
    • Practice strategies
    • A clear and present mind
    • Learning to love the process
    • Performance vibe

Important Info:

  • Bring a drum, sticks, drum pad, and drum stand. There will be limited drums available to borrow/play on at the workshops if you are unable to bring your own.

QUESTIONS
Send us an email.

Filed Under: Camps

Footer

Pacific Crest - Drum and Bugle Corp. Diamond Bar, CA
  • ALUMNI
  • SHOP
  • AUDITIONS
  • PROGRAMS
  • TOUR MAP
  • EVENTS

LATEST NEWS

  • Katie Takahashi Joins as Education Programs Director

  • Intern Opportunities for Photographers and Videographers

  • Introducing Our 2023 Drum Majors

  • Elan Percussion Becomes an Affiliated Program of Pacific Crest

  • Board of Directors Candidates: Call for Applicants

Copyright © 2023 · Pacific Crest Youth Arts Organization · Responsive website by Social Cindy · Log in