Not only Francis is a great person, but also he is an excellent musician and a tremendous drum instructor. During the time I was his student, it was notorious how much I evolved in my drum performance. With care and patience, Francis helped me correct many technique aspects and I learned a lot from him....
There are certain things in life that you just keep postponing for no reason. That, to me, were drum lessons. And if there is a tip I can give people, it would be: never postpone this! I chose Francis to be my drum instructor because I already knew what an AMAZING professional he is, and...
I took drum lessons with Francis for 8 years, from 2009 to 2017. I still remember the very first compliment I ever gave the guy who would become my drum instructor, when I first saw him play live: “Francis, your drumming is of international qualityl!” Obviously I was comparing him to the metal masters that...
Francis, besides being an amazing person, is a brilliant teacher. He’s not just extremely good technically speaking, but he is also capable of pointing out the students weaknesses and helping to improve them. Always in a good and light mood there’s no way lessons with him are not incredible! Pietro Viecelli
After a few years learning how to play and studying drums on my own, I realized that I needed to take lessons with a private teacher so I could improve my technique and deepen my knowledge on drums. I first started taking lessons with Francis in 2016 and I only stopped because he moved to...
First of all, I would like to thank my drum teacher Francis for allowing me to expose a little bit about the awesome musical journey we had together through the past years. I am very grateful to him due to everything he taught me. I couldn’t be luckier to have him, not only as my...
I fell in love with the drums when I was a teenager, but only had the guts to start taking lessons when I was 30! So I needed someone very patient to teach me from scratch. I got recommended Francis. I was very nervous on my first day and afraid it would be a total...
Our son Rafael took one year of drum lessons with Francis. During this time, he greatly increased his music perception. And since he is a very shy kid, Francis helped him, through the drum lessons, to socialize better in school. And of course, he also increased his motor skills, learning new beats and rhythms every...
My son Henrique took drum lessons with Francis from ages 7 to 10. Those were three years of many discoveries and learnings. What charmed us the most was the fact that the lessons went beyond learning how to play an instrument. During these three years, Henrique could expand his musical repertoire; could talk about football,...
Francis was my son’s drum instructor from ages 8 to 10 He is an excellent teacher for children because he can teach the technical aspect of drumming combined with the ludic side of music education, which is very important in the child’s universe. Pedro has evolved a lot technically in these 2 years with Francis,...
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