OUR DRUM TEACHERS
Sneez
Sneez, our most experienced teacher, started playing drums at 3 years old and has been teaching since 1985. He has recorded, played and continues to play with Utah’s top artists. He has also recorded drums for numerous ads and movie trailers. His credits include drumming for the Dixie Chicks at the 2002 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in front of 6 million viewers worldwide. He has also performed with 82 artists or bands since moving to Utah in 1978 in which some were nationally famous, and many were locally famous artists and bands. He is currently the drummer for Party Train, The Party of Five, and This Is YOUR band, (the nations only live band karaoke group with over 1000 songs for singers to choose from.)
Sneez teaches Monday through Thursday. Contact us for available lesson times and pricing.
Sherrie
Sherrie has been teaching for over 21 years and loves every second of it! She has been playing drums since the age of 5. She took private lessons until she was 18, and she was on the snare line in the Alta High School marching band. She has performed with many bands including Sneez’s live karaoke band “This is YOUR Band”. Sherrie teaches kids and adults of all ages, but she also specializes in teaching kids as young as 4 years old! Sherrie loves her students and loves teaching them something she is so passionate about!
Sherrie teaches Monday through Thursday. Contact us for available lesson times and pricing.
Mike
Mike has been teaching for 10 years! He’s been playing drums for 20 years. Mike gigs quite often with several popular local bands such as Swagger, Funk n Gonzo, Tribe of I, and Salt Rock City. He loves teaching drums and seeing his students achieve there goals and do things they never thought were possible!
Mike Bailey teaches on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays. Contact us for available lesson times and pricing.
Jimmy
Jimmy has been drumming since the age of 7, including many years of lessons with Sneez. He has been teaching drum lessons with the Groove Dr’s since 2017. In Jimmy’s years of experience he has played in bands with varying musical genres such as rock, funk and jazz.
Jimmy Burns teaches on Fridays & Saturdays. Contact us for available lesson times and pricing
Hannah
Hannah started playing the drums at age 12, and has been teaching since 2022. She enjoys reggae and rock genres. Hannah has Cerebral Palsy, and encourages students of all abilities to play the drums. Drumming has been such a helpful form of physical therapy for her! She also has such an up beat and happy personality that is so contagious!
Hannah Dismuke teaches on Wednesdays. Contact us for available lesson times and pricing.
Sparkle & Ringo
The assistant drum teachers!