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Winnipeg (Pembina) - Drums Lessons
Music Lesson Centre
View Store Details1845 Pembina Highway
Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba, R3T 2G6
Lesson Centre: Phone or Text (204) 284-5180
Store Phone: (204) 284-8992
Fax: (888) 573-0175
Lesson Centre Email: winnipeglessons@long-mcquade.com
Store Email: winnipeg@long-mcquade.com
Lesson Centre Hours
Monday: 3:00pm - 9:00pmTuesday: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday: 9:30am - 6:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
This Location Offers:
Online Lessons All LessonsPrivate Lessons
Our professional, highly qualified instructors offer both in person and on line video lessons.
Group Lessons
Registration Now Open for Fall Programs!
Registration is now open for our Fall Programs! We are offering many exciting programs this September, including Rock School, Group Guitar lessons, Basic Music Theory, Stings Ensemble and Wind Ensembles!
See more information about these programs after our teachers biographies!
Sign up today to secure your child’s place!
Our Drums Teachers:
Online Lessons:
Eric is an experienced teacher and multi-instrumentalist who began music training at age 5 and began winning competitions at age 6. He has been involved with many groups that have received radio play, and has performed in other countries and large venues throughout Canada. His experience also includes studio recording and composing. Eric's years of teaching have enabled him to adapt to each individual and assist students in the way best suited to them, whether it's leisurely learning favorite songs or more intense personal skill development. Eric teaches at our Winnipeg (Pembina) lesson centre.
His rate is $31 per half hour.
Online Lessons:
Jaime Carrasco is a drummer/percussionist/educator, born in Chile, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Jaime has been drumming since 1985 and has been teaching since 2005 (has been teaching at Long & McQuade since 2010). Jaime has a College Jazz Diploma from Malaspina University-College (now Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo, BC (1999), and a BFA w/ Honours in Music (major in Jazz Drums, minor in Carnatic (South Indian) classical percussion) from York University in Toronto, Ontario (2002). Jaime has studied with Barry Elmes, Trichy Sankaran, Jim Blackely, Clarence Penn, Alvin Atkinson, John Riley, Eric McPherson, and Quincy Davis.
Aside from freelance work, Jaime is currently involved with several projects, including: Slow Train Home (country); The Leftists (power pop), follow-up album to debut (Demonstrate) will release soon; Claire Therese & The Lockdown (debut album, Villainy was released earlier in 2022, while the follow-up album has just been recorded in 2025) IJG (Impressions Jazz Group), and The Adventures (surf-rock). Jaime welcomes beginners to advanced students of all styles.
Jaime teaches drums at our Winnipeg (Pembina) location. His rate is $32 per half hour.
Online Lessons:
Marco Castillo was born in the capital of Samba, and after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Estácio de Sá University in Rio de Janeiro in 1994, he instantly began touring South America with Brazil’s hottest bands; since moving to Canada, Marco has performed in festivals around the globe, and has recorded and produced many musical projects. Whether it’s his work as a solo artist, his full 8 piece "Brazilian Beats" band, or collaborations with the Winnipeg Jazz and Symphony Orchestras and Ron Paley’s Big Band, Castillo brings a one of a kind show. Castillo’s much appraised Trip to Brazil, (one of his three albums), was awarded World Recording of the Year (2012) in Regina as part of the Western Canadian Music Awards. Marco Castillo was also a finalist for the 2015 Viña del Mar music festival in Chile, one of the most important music festivals in Latin America, which is broadcasted and seen by over 250,000,000 fans around the world. Castillo believes in developing a personalized teaching method for each student since every individual learns differently. Marco specializes in a number of different teaching styles including rock, jazz, pop, country, as well as Latin rhythms such as samba, bossa-nova, bolero, salsa, Afro Cuban and more!
Marco teaches guitar, bass, Brazilian percussion, music perception, and music theory at our Winnipeg (Pembina) location.
His rate is $34 per half hour.
Our Group Lessons:
Online - - Dhiego Costa
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-09-13 to 2025-12-20Cost: $35 per session
Join this comprehensive theory class and be prepared for your Level 1 Exam! Learn essential concepts and progress faster in your regular music lessons. Includes a final RCM mock exam!
When you join our Rock School program you will enhance your playing and performance skills! Have fun playing covers of popular and contemporary rock standards and prepare for gigs! Performance opportunities will be offered throughout the year!
- Gage Salnikowski
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-09-10 to 2026-06-30Cost: $35 per session
Join this Wind Ensemble and enhance your performance skills and music knowledge. See the poster for more details!
- Gage Salnikowski
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-07-09 to 2026-06-30Cost: $35 per session
Join this String Ensemble and enhance your performance skills and music knowledge. See the poster for more details!
Learn the basics of guitar in this small group setting!