James Yoshizawa Drum and Percussion Lessons

5 reviews

+1 (626) 375-4151

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With the Irish Percussion class I teach every year as a guest artist at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks, AK.

I noticed a lack of material for beginner drum students ages 5-11, so I wrote my own method book.

Recording "Becoming" with the Jonathan Rowden Group at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, CA.

Playing bodhran at a CD release concert at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles, CA.

With my students a the Toberman Neighborhood Center in San Pedro. I teach here through a non-profit called Musical Miracles.

On stage at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC with the Broadway musical, "Come From Away."

Long Beach, CA 90814

+1 (626) 375-4151

http://www.jamesyoshizawa.com

History

With over a decade of teaching experience, I've taught at internationally recognized marching and concert high school percussion programs all over Los Angeles and Orange County, and I have taught workshops, clinics and masterclasses all around the country. My private studio has included students ranging from 4-year-old beginners to adult professionals.

Specialties

-Skype Lessons Available- I teach a wide variety of drums and percussion instruments: - Drumset (all styles: jazz, rock, latin, etc) - Concert percussion (snare drum, timpani, xylophone, etc) - Rudimental snare drum - Mallet percussion (marimba, vibraphone, etc) - Celtic Percussion (Bodhran, bones) -

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Reviews

5.05 reviews

Beth S.

10/22/2018

My 14yo son has taken drum lessons from James for about six months. He was a brand new beginner but had some experience on guitar and bass. My son doesn't want me to go with him into the lessons...

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Jeff G.

3/23/2018

James has been my 8 year-old son's drum instructor since my son was 4, and never has there been a time that I didn't think he did an exceptional job at teaching a young, and often rowdy, boy....

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Su W.

8/18/2018

My 11-year-old daughter has been taking drum lessons with James for over a year. She loves learning from him! She has progressed so quickly. Last summer, after being with James for only...

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Steph V.

5/15/2015

Incoming long, positive review. Please scroll to the bottom for a one-sentence summary. I was a student of James for a year and a half back in 2007-2008. I also took one private lesson with him...

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Kerry O.

3/7/2017

James is the most effective music teacher I have ever had. I study bodhran with him, but I study enough different instruments to make this global comparison and claim. There are three particular...

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