Our teachers
At drummer’s focus, all drum teachers are highly successful stage professionals. Not only will they teach you an excellent technique but they will also give you a multitude of valuable hints from their own professional experience. Additionally, each teacher (apart from our guest teachers) has completed two and a half years’ in-depth in-house training that ensures that all training units are approved, interesting, proven and presented in a logical sequence.
Finally, all our teachers are highly committed and it’s no coincidence that there is always the right groove between student and teacher.
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The drummer’s focus teachers are (from left to right):
| Front row: | Pete Wrba (df.M), Hans-Martin Chemnitz (Headmaster df.K), Heike Wendeler-Chemnitz (Secreteriat df.K), Markus Meinecke (Headmaster df.Sbg), Andy Witte (Headmaster df.S and df.BSee), Cloy Petersen (df-Founder and Headmaster df.M), Muriel Petersen (Secreteriat df.M), Tony Kreitmayr (Assitant Headmaster df.M). |
| 2. row: | Philipp Meyer (df.M), Alex Holzwarth (df.M), Wolfgang Rösch (df.M), Tommy Eberhardt (df.M), Michael Schwager (df.M), Fabian Füss (df.M), Marc Turiaux (df.M), Rainer Huber (df.M), Klaus Engl (df.M). |
| 3. row: | Andy Dick (df.M), Thomas Bittner (df.M), Alexander Heinz (df.M), Jürgen Weishaupt (df.M), David Bücherl (df.M). |
| 4. row: | Matthias Gassert (df.S und df.BSee), Martin Huber (df.S und df.BSee), Manfred Ibele (df.BSee), Jörg Harsch (df.S), Jens Christian Silz (df.K), Jochen Spahr (df.S). |
| Top row: | Stephan Kappler (df.S), Vitali Schogenow (df.S), Thorsten Reeß (df.S), Louisa Beck (former df.K), Simon Röll (df.K), David Leisser (df.Sbg), Daniel Wenk (df.BSee). |
Individual portraits and detailed CVs of our df teachers are available here.Jeff Porcaro (Toto) in the Munich Marriott Hotel after the Toto concert in December 1990www.jeffporcaro.net: “I wish the students of drummer’s focus the best of luck in your studies. Remember: listen to lots of records – and to your teachers!”Robby Ameen (int’l rock & Latin drummer from New York and author of “Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass & Drums”, a book that has become a benchmark all over the world) www.robbyameen.com writes a personal dedication in May 1999: “This goes out to Cloy Petersen and all the guys at drummer’s focus who really know how to keep the practice rooms grooving, and afterwards the beer steins chugging ...Thanks!” … and: “You guys are beyond cool ... a lot of love!”
The df-teacher references are:
7 for 4 / Affair / A Poet’s Drum / Andre Carol Orchestra / Autor für Drums & Percussion Magazin / Autor für Soundcheck Magazin / Avantasia / B.B. King / Barbara Dennerlein / Beatfreaks / Benny Bailey / Biff Byford (Saxon) / Big Boy / Bireli Lagrene / Blind Guardian / Bobby Kimball (Toto) / Body & Soul / Bonfire / BR Radio & TV / Brunner und Brunner / Candy Dulfer / Catharina Valente / Charly Antolini / Cool & the Gang / Dancing Chromosomes / Das Experiment (TV) / David & Franco Petrocca / Dieter Reith / Dreamscape / Duran Duran / Ecole National du Cirque de France / Eddie Herrlich und seine Schlagerfreunde / Eric Singer (Kiss) / Erik Brodka Band / Eugen Cicero / Eurocops (TV) / Fahnder (TV) / Fool’s Garden / Foreigner / Franco Ambrosetti / Franz Benton / Franxon Natra / Freak Out / Fretless / Funkability / Gary & Gerry with their Used Underwear / Georg Danzer / Gianna Nannini / Gil Ofarim / Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) / Groovemachine / Groove Messengers / Günther Jauch (TV) / Hank Davidson Band / Harold Faltermeyer / Helmut Hattler / Högl Fun Band / Honigmond / Horst Jankowski / Hotshot Bluesband / Hunderte von TV-Spots oder Werbe-Jingles / Hunderte von Tonstudios im In- und Ausland / Iggy Pop / Irene Sperr / James Moody / Jazz-Fantasy / Jeff Wohlgenannt / Jeni Williams / Joan Orleans / Johannes Enders / John Warren / John West Bigband / Jonathan Kalb / Joo Krauss / Joy Flemming / Jürgen Drews / Justin Timberlake / Kamelot / Kristina Bach / Landesjugend-Jazzorchester Bayern / Lee Harper / Legacy / Lipstick / Lou Bega / M.T.Eyes / Manfred Mann / Markus Stockhausen / Max Greger / McDonalds / Megaherz / Megapearls / Michael Whitaker Band / Mittermeier & Friends / MoskovSKAya / Mouvement Rapide / MTV / Münchener Symphoniker / Munich Lounge Lizards Big Band / Munich Skyline / Munich Sound Orchestra / NDR Radio & TV / Nippy Noya / N-Joy / Nymphenburg Strings / Palazzo Frankfurt & München / Paul Kuhn / Peter Schilling / Phil Carmen / Paradox / Partyblues in BB / Performer on the “Int. Musikmesse Frankfurt“ / Performer on the „Int. Drummermeeting Lahnstein“ / Playhaus / Power-Percussion / Pro7 TV / Rainhard Fendrich / Re / Reardon / Reinhard Merz Bigband / Rhapsody / Rhythm Deep / Rocky Horror Picture Show / Ron Williams / Ronny Nash and his Whiteline Casanovas / RTL / Ruben Gomez / SAE München & Stuttgart / Sam Alex / Sandy Lomax / Sat1 / Schmidbauer / Serum / Sieges Even / Slash / sno* / Sovetsko Foto / Staatsorchester Oldenburg / Stadt Flensburg / Stadt München / Stefan Massimo & The Delicats / Steps of Spirit / Stringtime / Superglow Experience Band / Supremes / SWR Radio / Tatort (TV) / Temptations / The Run / The Titans / Thilo Wolf Big Band / Thomas Gottschalk (TV) / Toni Spearman / Toots Thielemans / Traumschiff (TV) / Udo Jürgens / Uriah Heep / Vegas / Veterinary Street Jazz Band / Victoria Beckham / Viva / Wally Warning / Weigand / Watzmann Musical Tour / Wolfgang Schmid / Workshop Drummer für MGI, BSM, SAE u.a. / Yes ... and many, many more ...
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