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Derek Haussecker, Drums

Derek Haussecker is a musician and artist from Calgary, Alberta. He has been playing drums for over 15 years and has experience performing in Canada, Europe and the UK. While mostly self-taught, he spent a year studying jazz and latin drumming with local big band legend John de Waal. Derek has an eclectic knowledge of music and plays a variety of styles including rock, R&B, funk, afrobeat, bossa nova, jazz and experimental music.

Derek focuses on keeping sessions fun and engaging to ensure students stay excited about drumming and music. With personalized lesson plans that cater to the needs of each student, as every individual learns and approaches material differently. Derek offers useful and creative exercises that enable students of various skill levels to effectively learn in their own time outside of lessons.

Derek Haussecker can teach lessons in English and French.

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