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Latest News & Views
- Evaluating the Beginning Snare Drummer: Video and Sample TestOctober 16, 2024 - 12:09 am
- Teaching and Playing Paradiddles with Lifts and LevelsMarch 2, 2022 - 12:50 pm
- Practising Two-Beat Drum FillsFebruary 3, 2022 - 6:00 pm
- Teaching Mallet Percussion in Band Class: A Carefully Planned Program + Appropriate Testing = SuccessSeptember 25, 2019 - 5:28 pm



Join Stewart at REMI Music Camp at beautiful Lakefield College, July 15-19, 2024
REMI Music Camp, at the stunning Lakefield College campus in the Kawartha Lakes Region of Ontario, promises to be a rich and musically rewarding experience for adult instrumentalists. Students can perform in a variety of bands and smaller instrumental ensembles, with Stewart coaching percussionists in the Advanced and Intermediate Bands, directing the Percussion Ensemble, and […]
Berlin-based Vibraphonist David Friedman in Toronto for Masterclass and Jazz Bistro Performance
Wednesday, August 10, 7:30: David Friedman Masterclass at Annette Studios, 566 Annette Street Advance tickets general/student: $35 e-transfer/$30 e-transfer Door tickets general/student: $40 cash or e-transfer/$35 cash or e-transfer e-transfer to info@StewartHoffmanMusic.com Live stream is $35.00. You will receive a private link closer to the event date Tickets will be available at the door contingent on […]
OMEA Counterpoint 2018, Hamilton
November 2nd: Snare Drum Technique and Evaluation Workshop
Stewart’s percussion workshop, Control and Speed on the Snare Drum: Teaching and Evaluating a Relaxed Technique, at OMEA Counterpoint 2018 provides teachers with all the tools and confidence needed to effectively teach snare drum technique in band class. Teachers will also discover a practical system for evaluation that guides students to greater control and speed […]
November 2nd: Snare Drum Technique and Evaluation Workshop
NYSSMA Winter Conference,
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2017: Workshop and Appearance with JW Pepper
Looking forward to meeting colleagues and talking percussion at the NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, NY. In my workshop, Teaching a Relaxed Percussion Technique, I’ll explain : an effective snare drum grip playing with relaxed arms and hands using the rebound off the drum for speed and control using “lifts and levels” to play smooth dynamics […]
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2017: Workshop and Appearance with JW Pepper
OMEA Interlude
Join me Nov 3 at St. John’s @MusicForCanada booth @OMEAInterlude17 in Huntsville to talk percussion & The Band Teacher’s @PercussionGuide
The Band Teacher’s Percussion Guide – Book Launch & Workshop
Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT St. John’s Music Toronto – 109 Vanderhoof Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4G2H7 Join Stewart as he introduces “The Band Teacher’s Percussion Guide: Insights into Playing and Teaching Percussion” (Oxford University Press), presents a workshop for current and future band teachers, and fields all your percussion questions. 1:00-1:30 Welcome and Introduction […]