On the way to becoming a professional drummer

The Swiss Drum Academy prepares motivated young drummers for careers as professional drummers and drum teachers in a short space of time. Classes are mainly held at weekends and can be attended on a part-time basis. All musical styles are taught with a focus on modern music such as pop, jazz, rock, metal, etc. Subjects such as Cubase, studio drumming, percussion, basic piano, harmony, drums & bass, band, music business, mental training, cajon, pedagogy/didactics etc. are also taught. The focus is clearly on practice-oriented drumming.

The lecturers include Christoph Beck, Mario Caspar, Paolo Fedrigoli, Peter Haas, Rico Horber, Roman Schmon, Sascha Kaisler, Stefano Gus, Willy Günther, Wim Dykstra, Dani Löble, Sven Quartier, Felix Müller, Jan Moser and Andrea Tinner.

The new training year starts in August. Anyone who would like to ask questions about the training courses can do so at the information event. It will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., on the SDA premises at Wehntalerstrasse 6 in 8154 Oberglatt. Registration is required at least one day before the event at info@swiss-drum-academy.ch desired.

The SDA offers the following training courses:
- 1-year preparatory course (start August 2013)
- 2-year, part-time study program (start August 2013)
- and other interesting courses (see www.swiss-drum-academy.ch)