Drumming & Percussion
Drums, percussion and tuned percussion including marimba. Get hands on with rhythm and build coordination, focus and confidence.
Diamond Creek & Online
Accessible Music Tuition
Introductory music lessons with a ‘hands on’ approach. Lessons are designed to suit individual learning styles, with programs that specifically cater for seniors and people with diverse learning requirements.
- Catering for Seniors and Beginners of All Abilities
- Drumming, Piano, Ukulele
- Voice/Singing & ‘Muso Combo’
- Wellbeing, Brain power & Fun
Lessons
Individual lessons, shaped around how you learn best and the music you love.
Piano
Learn the piano / keyboard at your own pace, from your very first notes onwards.
Ukulele
A friendly, portable instrument that gets you playing songs quickly.
Voice / Singing
Find your voice and enjoy singing in a relaxed, supportive setting.
‘Muso Combo’
Can’t choose? Mix and match instruments and/or voice in one lesson. A great starting point for exploring.
No instrument? No problem. Instruments are provided at lessons in the early stages, so there’s no need to own one before you start.
Who it’s for
Music is for everyone. Programs are suitable for ages 8-108, and specifically cater for:
- Seniors: it’s never too late to start
- Beginners of All Abilities
- People with diverse learning requirements
Playing music is great for mental health and wellbeing, brain power, dexterity and coordination, concentration, relaxation, a sense of achievement and fun!
Where
Diamond Creek
In-person lessons
In-person lessons
Online
Learn from home, wherever you are
Learn from home, wherever you are
Meet your teacher
Annie Fletcher Principal Teacher
Annie is passionate about the power of music and loves helping people discover their innate musicality while learning new skills.
She has over 20 years’ experience teaching performing arts and music in schools and adult community settings, including more than 7 years teaching people of all ages with diverse learning requirements in specialist schools, adult settings and community classes. Annie has also led community drumming groups in Hurstbridge for 20 years, and has performed with Rhythm Antics, Drum Connection Aus and the Footscray Gypsy Orchestra.
- Bachelor of Education
- Certificate IV in Community Services
- Victorian Institute of Teaching registration
Prefer to drum in a group?
Annie also runs Drum Connection: inclusive group African drumming courses and workshops in Hurstbridge, open to adults and older children of all abilities.
Visit Drum ConnectionWhat people say
Since mid-2024 our adult autistic daughter has been having 1:1 weekly music sessions with Annie Fletcher from Music Connection Melbourne.
We have been very impressed with the way Annie has designed a flexible and highly individualised program that meets our daughter’s goals.
To the outsider these sessions may look like the goal is simply music-making in a wide variety of forms. However, the rhythm-making, singing and instrumentation are importantly providing our daughter with a way to: build her confidence; practice communicating with others; express herself more clearly; gain more independence in making choices; and learn ways to stay on task.
We highly commend Annie and her impactful teaching approach.
We are very happy with what you bring to the table for our son. We have always believed he has a great knack for music, rhythms, and imitating tunes and wanted a teacher with experience in special needs to help channel his interest into a life skill or even a meaningful hobby. With your lessons, we found exactly that. Although we are not able to practice much outside sessions, we can see our son showing a surge in his musical ability. We see him imitate and humming random songs and tunes all the time. We also think a variety of instruments and the flexibility that you approach your lessons with work a treat as it keeps him interested and always looking forward to engaging in the lessons! Thank you for all the planning and hard work you put towards the lessons!
My name is Carole Adins and I have been a student in Annie Fletcher’s drumming group for over 11 years. I now live in a small retirement village with my husband Alf. I am vision impaired with macular degeneration and have lost most of my sight over the past three or four years. That has not stopped me from drumming and it is a very enjoyable session each week, which continued right through the lockdowns on Zoom. I am 78 years of age and my husband Alf is 86. Age does not come into drumming at all, and we really have enjoyed it all through the learning stages and the ‘jam’ sessions when we can make our own music, which we do on the last session each term. There are people of all ages in our group and many of them have become friends over the years. It is fun and enjoyable and easy to learn and it is your own expression that you are giving. There is also lots of laughter and it has been a joy to participate each week at Allwood House, Hurstbridge.
Get in touch
If you have always wanted to play, we invite you to take the plunge today. Contact Annie for information or to book a lesson.