Winnipeg (Pembina) - Drums Lessons

eric nordquist (Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Sax, Ukulele)

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Eric is an experienced teacher and multi-instrumentalist who began music training at age 5 and began winning competitions at age 6. He has been involved with many groups that have received radio play, and has performed in other countries and large venues throughout Canada. His experience also includes studio recording and composing. Eric's years of teaching have enabled him to adapt to each individual and assist students in the way best suited to them, whether it's leisurely learning favorite songs or more intense personal skill development. Eric teaches at our Winnipeg (Pembina) lesson centre.
His rate is $28 per half hour.

jaime carrasco (Drums)

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Jaime Carrasco is a drummer/percussionist/educator, born in Chile, but raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he currently resides and performs/teaches. Jaime has been drumming for almost 40 years, and has been teaching for 20 years (has been teaching at Long & McQuade for almost 14 years). Jaime has a College Jazz Diploma from Malaspina University-College (now Vancouver Island University) (1999), and a BFA w/ Honours in Music (major in Jazz Drums, minor in Carnatic (South Indian) classical percussion) (2002). Some of his teachers include: Barry Elmes, Trichy Sankaran, Jim Blackely, Clarence Penn, Alvin Atkinson, John Riley, Eric McPherson, and Quincy Davis. Aside from freelance work, Jaime is currently involved with several projects, including, Slow Train Home (country), The Leftists (power pop, follow-up album to debut (Demonstrate) is being finished as we speak), Claire Therese & The Lockdown (debut album, Villainy was released earlier this year) IJG (Impressions Jazz Group), and The Adventures.
His rate is $30 per half hour.

marco castillo (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Theory)

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Teaching Style: rock, jazz

Marco Castillo was born in the capital of Samba, and after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Estácio de Sá University in Rio de Janeiro in 1994, he instantly began touring South America with Brazil’s hottest bands; since moving to Canada, Marco has performed in festivals around the globe, and has recorded and produced many musical projects. Whether it’s his work as a solo artist, his full 8 piece "Brazilian Beats" band, or collaborations with the Winnipeg Jazz and Symphony Orchestras and Ron Paley’s Big Band, Castillo brings a one of a kind show. Castillo’s much appraised Trip to Brazil, (one of his three albums), was awarded World Recording of the Year (2012) in Regina as part of the Western Canadian Music Awards. Marco Castillo was also a finalist for the 2015 Viña del Mar music festival in Chile, one of the most important music festivals in Latin America, which is broadcasted and seen by over 250,000,000 fans around the world. Castillo believes in developing a personalized teaching method for each student since every individual learns differently. Marco specializes in a number of different teaching styles including rock, jazz, pop, country, as well as Latin rhythms such as samba, bossa-nova, bolero, salsa, Afro Cuban and more!

Marco teaches guitar, bass, Brazilian percussion, music perception, and music theory at our Winnipeg (Pembina) location.
His rate is $32 per half hour.