Drum Lessons

Drum Instructors: Anita Connerty  |  Jesse Robichaud  |  Ricardo Nhuch

Anita Connerty: Drum Instructor

Anita Connerty
drumming boy

Dear Ms. Connerty,

You’re the best drum teacher anyone could have!  Besides teaching me so much you helped me get that terrific set of Pearl Export drums.  When I think of all the things I’ve done this summer, getting my drumset was the best and I owe it all to you.  I just love to play the drums everyday and I’m lucky to have you for a drum teacher.

-Ryan age 10

drumming boy

Styles & Techniques

  • Snare Drum and Full Drumset
  • Rock, Jazz, Funk, Latin & Swing
  • Drumset set-up
  • Tuning
  • Reading
  • Composition
  • Technique
  • Independence
  • Rudiments
  • Performance

Methods:

The students will build confidence as they develop reading skills, technique and independence. Each student will have a personalized lesson according to their individual needs and levels. 

Credentials

  • Bachelor of Science Degree Major: Elementary Education, Minor: Music
  • Private study with Rod Morgenstein, Bob Gullote, Dan Foote, John Horrigan, Joe Rizzo and Tony Albano

Leader of the band Beantown, one of New England's finest function bands.

  • Beantown performed at the Patriots' Ring Ceremonies in 2004 and 2005
  • Beantown kicked off the Patriots' Superbowl after-game festivities in Jacksonville, FL opening for The Black Eyed Peas and Lionel Richie

    • Television Credits:

    • WLVI TV. Channel 56 The Sports Zone

    Radio Credits:

    • AM 1510 The Zone with Eddie Adelman

    Benefits:

    • Save the Children, The Chelmsford Library, Chelmsford Friends of Music, Lowell High School Music Department, Salvation Army.

    Recording

    • Longview Farm, Methuen, MA 2001
    • Chase Studio: 2003, 2004
    More than 15 years of experience, teaching and performing in bands, clinics and session work.
  • Listen to Anita perform in  Beantown

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    Ricardo Nhuch: Drum Instructor

    Credentials

  • Private drum instruction
  • Currently studying with the great Gary Chaffee (former teacher of Steve Smith and Vinnie Colaiuta).
  • Recent teachers include: John Ramsey (Berklee College of Music); Jon Hazilla (New England Conservatory of Music); and Mark Walker, drummer from Paquito D’Rivera (Berklee College of Music).
  • Bunker Hill Community College
  • Currently taking classes for associates degree in general education

    • Freelance musician

    • Recent bands include:
      • Eye2Eye, a three-time recipient of the best R&B band from the Boston Music Awards
      • Jazz Marauders: a quartet specializing in jazz, Latin and Brazilian rhythms
      • Shimom Ben-Shir: world music with jazz
      • Shades of Blue: a trio specializing in jazz standards
      • Wildest Dreams: world beat and African rhythms
      • Kevin Harris Project: a band that teaches fundamentals of jazz, Latin Brazilian rhythms to children and young adults
      • Joe Match: rhythm & blues, funk and folk
      • Carlos Rocha Quartet: Brazilian rhythms
    • Local venues include:
      • Avalon
      • Boston Arts Festival
      • Four Seasons
      • Solea
      • Acton Jazz Café
      • Ryles Jazz Club
      • Park Plaza Hotel
      • World Trade Center
      • the Roxy
      • Back Bay Hilton
      • Royal Sonesta
      • Boston Public Library
      • Harvard University
      • MIT
      • Davio’s

    Theatre performance

    • Ensemble drummer for Godspell, Bunker Hill Community College
    • Top Center for Dance Education: performed in ensemble for fundraising event, Park Plaza Hotel

    Studio musician

    • Recent recording projects include: Ways, Shimon Ben-Shir Group, March 2007 Like Christmas, First Take, UpsideRecords, December 2005 Joe Match, CD release, October 2004 Jazz Marauders, CD release, August 2004 Renowned Brazilian singer, Baby do Brasil, CD release in Latin America TBA

    Drum Instructor

    • Fessenden, West Newton, MA. Responsible for teaching private drumset students and World percussion ensembles.
    • Music Elements. Chelmsford, MA. Responsible for teaching beginner level drumset students.
    • 3D Guitars. Pembroke, MA. Responsible for teaching beginner level drumset students.
    • Benjamin Banneker School. Cambridge, MA. Responsible for developing curriculum and teaching students beginner level drumset and performance
    • Private instructor. Greater Boston. Teaches students drum lessons based on individual needs
    • Kevin Harris Project. A traveling jazz trio that teaches fundamentals of music to children attending Kentucky public schools

    Languages English, Spanish, Portuguese

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    Jesse Robichaud: Drum Instructor

    Jesse RobichaudJesse comes to us with a wide variety of musical experiences and training, proficiency on several instruments, proven leadership ability and desire to motivate

    Credentials

    • Studied with Jeffrey Fischer, Jim Lattini, and Jim Felker
    • Currently enrolled in the Music Studies program at UMass Lowell
    • Berklee College of Music summer program. Primary Instrument:  Drums and Percussion

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