We provide comprehensive semester programmes for drummers who are serious about learning drumming and are committed to practising regularly.

We invite anyone with or without musical background to enroll in our semester programmes. Courses are conducted on a weekly basis with a teacher-student ratio of one drum educator to one student. Group classes are now available too!

Each course consists of levels with about 16 modules lasting for a period of about 4 months. An assessment will be conducted at the end of each level to evaluate the progress of the student. Students are required to complete the assessment before proceeding to the next level.

Here are the different semester courses at MDS:

Junior Course
Children are instinctive drummers. They like to be in the present. Unlike other instruments where the child has to practise a few months in order to play a song, drumming is in the present and instantaneous... (Click here to find out more)

Beginner Course
Never despise humble beginnings. Majority of our students, above 10 years old, enrol in this course as it teaches the fundamentals of drumming. Unlike other schools, we focus on building a strong foundation in the early learning stage... (Click here to find out more)

Intermediate Course
The Intermediate Course focuses on helping students develop drum independence, syncopation, improvisation, speed, rhythmic applications, and other rudimental techniques for performing in a band, showcasing a drum solo, or even composing drum rhythms & grooves... (Click here to find out more)

Advanced Course
Serious drumming requires serious discipline. Advanced drumming involves thinking out-of-the-box and being able to excel in sticking, grooves, rhythm patterns, independence, drum fills, and every other drum rudiment... (Click here to find out more)

Find out more about our Elective Programmes >