The Brighton Drum School

29/08/2026

Great week working with James Roland who came down from Lincolnshire to do a four day 1:1 course with me - look out for this guy in the years to come 👊🏻🥁👊🏻
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17/07/2026

We had a great time .music.workshop in Folkestone last weekend. It’s the 6th Small Group Hands-on Masterclass session I’ve held across the UK this year & it sold out with a great mix of participants, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

It was also brilliant to have & there, two students from my very early days teaching & it was great to catch up with them both.

Shout out to .music.workshop for hosting us, they’re doing great things & what a brilliant venue for the local creative community to have access to. A very special shout out & thanks to for putting it all together, what a great community you’ve built there 👊🏻🥁
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26/06/2026

We love drums, music & learning. We love working with students all over the city, the county, the UK & around the world to enjoy the instrument, to play music, to create, to improve, gain confidence, develop transferable skills & better understand the creative industries.

We love mentoring & coaching students that want to develop a new career & supporting those with an already established career develop & maintain it. We love supporting students to embrace & enjoy learning, to focus on & enjoy the journey, & we love putting on great events that connect & bring together local communities with the same interests, & much, much more.

We love combining our extensive portfolio of high-level experience as working professional musicians with how hard we continue to work & study as educators, becoming qualified teachers along the way & being able to take , which was established back in 2010, forward into the next exciting chapter in 2026.

👉 Welcome 👈

If you’re into drums, drumming, learning & want to be kept up to date with events & availability then we’ve got a new insta page, so head on over to & give us a follow 🙏
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25/06/2026

Exciting developments here at The Brighton Drum School https://www.thebrightondrumschool.com/about

Established in 2010, The Brighton Drum School is an industry connected drum school run by two of the UK’s leading player-educators, Pat Garvey & Ben Thomas.

24/10/2025

🥁 🥁 Final call! 🥁 🥁

There are only 8 places left for the '𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 & 𝙄𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚' event on the 2nd November, 1pm - 3pm at The Brunswick in Hove.

👉 Tickets: £25
👉 All ages welcome
👉 Contact: [email protected]

12/09/2025

Delighted to be bringing my friend & one of the finest players & educators around as well as one of the most influential, treasured & revered British drummers there ever has been, Mr. Steve White, to Brighton for a special Masterclass & In Conversation event on Sunday the 2nd November, 1pm - 3pm at The Brunswick in Hove.

👉 Tickets £25 👈
👉 All ages welcome 👈

👉 For tickets please email [email protected]
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26/05/2025

Meet Vic! I've been working with Vic at The Brighton Drum School for just over a year now & he’s doing GREAT.

The first photo is in my studio after a recent lesson, the 2nd photo is when he came to see us at our show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London back in December 2024.
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27/04/2025

Fantastic small group hands on & performance session with Gabor Dornyei today. The session was completely sold out & with a waiting list for places.

Gabs went through some of the fundamentals of good technique, drumming & music history, some great exercises for musical & technical development, & then took the roof off with the performance & Q&A section.

👉 Educational, inspirational, serious, & fun = perfect

If you want to be added to my email list for future events please feel free email me on [email protected]
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