Tom Gerke, drummer, Cologne, Germany

Drums & Percussion, Drum Pool, Drum Pages

Tom's Drum School

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  • music examples www.myspace.com/drumpages
  • bio  www.tomgerke.com
  • drum lessons Tom's Drum School Cologne, Groove Institute       Mönchengladbach, music school Leichlingen
  • Tom's drum concepts on  drum pool
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    • NEWS  
    2010  
    10.-24.10 with Midnight Flyer in tunesia
     22.-28.08. Creativ Drum Camp with Benny Greb, Stephan Emig, Oli Rubow
    Toblach, Dobbiaco, Bolzano
    Italy
    april & july Bundesakademie Trossingen: further studies for drum teachers with this teachers: Drums Claus Hessler,  Percussion Jose Cortijo, Mallets Andrea Schneider, Rudiments, Snare, Timpani Robert Brenner,  & Udo Dahmen
    since april 2010  teacher for drums & percussion at the music school of the city Leichlingen
    since march 2010 drum teacher at the Groove Institute Mönchengladbach from Nicky Gebhard
    27.02.-03.03. with Midnight Flyer in egypt
    09.01.-13.02. engagement as drummer at  Hänneschen-Theater, WDR-TV
       
       
    2009  
    11.-13. 12. 09 Talk, Train & Teach, 8.Percussion Creativ Teachertage 11.-13.12.2009 Musikakademie Hammelburg with
    Rene Creemers, Randy Black, Ed Soph and more
    21.11.09 Trepanini , Jazzclub Erfurt
    sept. & dec. Bundesakademie Trossingen: further studies for drum teachers
    7.-21. march with "Midnight Flyer" in Egypt
    9. jan.-21.feb. live band Hänneschen-Theatre  of the City Cologne, WDR television
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    2008  
    05.-07. sept. indian rhythm seminar with T.A.S. Mani, Karnataka College of Percussion, Bangalore
    16th august Premiere at Haenneschen-Theatre, engagement as drummer from august to october
    21.jun.-05.jul.08 with "Midnight Flyer" in tunesia
    04.jan-02.feb.08 engagement as drummer at Hänneschen-Theatre  of the City Cologne
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    2007  
    7th.-9th dec. 07 7. Percussion Creativ Teachertage 2007, 7th-9th december at Bayrische Musikakademie Hammelburg with Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, Michael Küttner, Jost Nickel etc...
    thu 08.nov.07
    In Front-Aachener Musikfestival
    November-"Sturm" compositions from and with Jürgen Sturm  in  Klangbrücke Aachen, Germany with Anirahtak ,
    Lothar Galle M., Tom Gerke & Trio Soli Sono
    04.11.07 LEVERKUSENER JAZZTAGE
    Concerts of the singer, composer and pianist from Trepanini with the russion violin player Alexei Aigui at Leverkusener Jazztage 2007 "All that jazz"
    sunday, 21.oct.07
    15:00-19:00    		 workshop/masterclass Claus Hessler "Moeller & More"  www.claushessler.de
    in Cologne at Tom's Drum School
    since the 12th of oct. 07
    		 dates at
    Schauspielhaus Köln
     Die Nibelungen
    sunday 19.aug. adagio ad libitum
    Schweinestall Schlosshof Garath, Düsseldorf
    6.jul.07 Trepanini in Eberbach near Heidelberg
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    2006  
    since 2006 DRUM POOL, www.drumpool.com the drum page /site / database organized by Tom Gerke since  2006, where professional drummers and percussionists share concepts with the drum-community for free, becomes international!
    Authors from Canada, USA, UK, Switzerland, Germany show grooves, rudiments, techniques like the moeller-technique and stick-control, exercises for coordination and independence, readings, percussion etc...
    since 2004
    Tom's Drum School, drum lessons in Cologne, Germany with Tom Gerke, drummer, drum teacher, coach
     

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