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Be a better drummer! 


 Russ Lawton and Rob Zollman present...

Whole Music Learning's
2010 Summer Drum & Percussion Camp
 August 2nd - 6th

 For upper elementary, middle and high school age students with some percussion experience 

 Hands-on playing in percussion ensembles and rock/blues/funk/jazz band.

Featuring well known drummer-percussionists and educators
Russ Lawton  &  Rob Zollman

         

     

plus guest artists 

  • Kenny Cifone (bass, trumpet, and congas)

  • Jim Keating (guitar)

  • Jordan Snow (funk drums, piano, guitar, vocals)

  • Dave Brown (specializing in metal drumming)

August 2-6 at the Brandon Town Hall, Brandon, VT 
 (Monday-Thursday 9-3, Friday 9-1) 

Space is limited. Cost is $280 and includes lunch.

REGISTER NOW (PDF)
REGISTER NOW (word document)

 More information (below)
Contact Rob at 802 345-1714
email drummerRob@WholeMusicLearning.com  

Studio photos 

  

Come join our exceptional staff and fellow campers for an exciting week of music. From the moment you arrive, you’ll do lots of hands-on playing.  

Staff and guest artists will show you a musical approach to playing drums and percussion in rock, funk, blues and jazz styles. You'll find out the most important things all drummers need to know about learning songs and playing in a band, then you'll sit in and play with our guest artists band.

You'll also have the opportunity to learn basic hand drumming skills in a variety of global styles, and you'll get acquainted with the tonal side of percussion playing marimba, xylophone, vibes and timpani.

Other activities throughout the week include:

  • daily percussion ensembles: structured pieces and in-the-moment music making on percussion and found objects

  • drum set round robin – play on two sets with other drummers

  • class on setting up and taking down your drums quickly and efficiently

  • informative sessions on drums and drum gear -- bring all your questions

  • class on drum heads: types, installation and tuning

  • session on the basics of recording and technology

  • music writing and reading classes

  • how to practice more efficiently and effectively

  • lunches by Plan-It-Sheri and Brandon House of Pizza

You'll want to bring your stick bag with sticks, brushes, mallets, and a bottle of cold water. Then get ready to have an incredibly fun and intense time each day enjoying a great adventure through the world of drums and percussion.

Call us now at 802 345-1714 to enroll in the 2010 Drum & Percussion Camp.

Photos from past camps and workshops 

   


Russ Lawton's bio

Russ is primarily known for his drumming, touring, and recording with Phish’s Trey Anastasio. He played on Trey’s first solo self-titled CD, Plasma, and Horseshoe Curve.   He has appeared with Trey on the Letterman, Leno , Conan O'Brian and Carson Daily Late Night shows,  PBS’ Austin City Limits and Live at the Warfield DVD with Carlos Santana.  Russ teaches at Middlebury College in Vermont and also keeps busy with drum students, recording sessions, and other bands including Strangefolk and the Grippo Funk Band.

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Here's the Sound Tree,
made of gongs and
objects commonly found
around the house. Players
love all the possibilities
to spontaneously jam.


Rob Zollman's bio     Back to top

Performer
A performer for more than 40 years, Rob began in the 60's as a rock 'n roll drummer, moving into jazz and blues in the 70's. After attending Berklee College of Music and the Philadelphia Musical Academy, Rob graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion. In 1976 Rob co-founded the Atmos Percussion Quartet, a percussion group performing throughout the Philadelphia region. 

During the 1980’s, after several years of performing as a classical timpanist and percussionist and a decade's involvement in the contemporary music group, Relache, Rob formed and led his own band which performed for over a thousand parties and special events. Rob also created an entertainment agency that managed and promoted his and several other bands.

More recently, Rob has played jazz, blues, rock, and Brazilian and other ethnic music, including klezmer and Chassidic rock and roll bands. Currently he plays in EnerJazz , an 18 member big band, in a rock group called the Keating Five, and he frequently plays drums and percussion in musicals.

Rob's percussion teachers included Philadelphia Orchestra percussionist Michael Bookspan, jazz vibist Bill Lewis, and Carl Mottola, and he has taken workshops and clinics with numerous nationally known drummers and percussionists.


 Educator
As an educator, Rob taught at Philadelphia's Settlement and Jenkintown Music Schools for many years, and became an independent teacher in the early 1980's. He spent 3 summers investigating the Orff and Kodaly concepts of early childhood music education. Following the birth of his first child in 1990, Rob became even more interested in pre-school music education, eventually leaving the entertainment field to fulfill his greater passion for teaching.  Subsequently, he studied at Temple University with noted music learning theorist Dr. Edwin Gordon, and worked in the field of pre-school children’s music as a teacher and program development director of Sally’s Music Circle. During this time Rob co-produced a series of CD consisting of over 120 songs used in the Sally’s Music Circle program. Rob also spent 12 years on the faculty of Bryn Mawr College where he taught pre-school music at the Phebe Anna Thorne School.

Also resulting from his work with Dr. Gordon, Rob began to re-think his his entire approach to teaching percussion, and eventually developed a methodology and set of materials which became his book entitled Whole Music Drumming. 

Over the last ten years, an increasing number of students and teachers have been attracted to Rob's Whole Music Learning approach. Based on this concept, he created and directed Music Learning Centers, a music school located in the Philadelphia suburbs. Since 2003, Rob has been working on a nationwide certification program for percussion students. This plan, originally developed for the Percussive Arts Society's Education Committee, is now scheduled to launch in 2011.

Rob now makes his home in Vermont. There he continues his private teaching practice, along with a Vermont branch of Sally's Music Circle. Rob teaches at area schools, directs a high school drum line, conducts residencies and facilitates community drum circles. Rob also writes books and articles based on his approach: his next book – titled Secrets of Music – addresses the many adults who feel left behind by their experiences in music. Using percussion and voice as the ideal point of entry into music, Secrets of Music reflects Rob's commitment to making music participation accessible to everyone, regardless of ability.   

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