Music School

Alex Grousset

Drumming Teacher

Alex was born in Niort, France and showed very soon his interest in music, by playing... on a set of kitchen utensils. He practiced very interesting rhythms on his mother's sauce and stew pans. Amazed by her son's talent, she didn't hesitate one second to register him at the Portet sur Garonne's music school. His teacher, Christian Digne, helped Alex discover each sweet sound which could be created by such a beautiful musical instrument as the drums.

After a few years learning the rudiments of music and other drum rolls later, Alex attended the jazz band of the music school lead by pianist Roger Lecussant. Although he loved playing jazz, he never gave up his first loves: rock, pop, the blues, rock n' roll and funk music. Later, Alex graduated from the University of Toulouse with a DEUG degree in Arts, Music Mention and also received with honors two diplomas in drums and improvised music from the Conservatory of Toulouse where he took lessons from teachers such as Christian « Tonton» Salut and José Fillatreau. And in addition, he obtained the State Diploma in musical education and teaching in 2003.

Passionate about all types of music, Alex is a professionnal musician in freelance since 1997 and likes playing all musical styles. He toured internationally and recorded in a wide variety of styles including pop, urban, electro, jazz big band and blues. In 2004, Alex moved to Montréal, Canada where he plays in Empire ISIS and Isolate Cast, and teaches drums in Québec's music schools. In 2005 and 2006, Alex lived in Los Angeles, USA. He was an Ambassadorial Scholar appointed by the Rotary Club International, where he won a grant to study at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California, where he studied with Jeff Richman, Gary Garbatini, Jeff Bowders, Carl Schroeder, Rob Carson, Chuck Flores, Gary Hess, Bobby Borg...

Maxime Delisle

Ukulele Teacher

Maxime started playing drums when he was 12 years old, and he understood very quickly that he needed to learn a lot of different styles to become a full-fledged musician. He participated in different projects, including groups playing african music, metal music, funk and jazz. In 2005, he completes a Double DEC, combining the study of drums and social sciences at CEGEP Marie-Victorin. In winter of 2010, he obtains his university diploma in music therapy at l’UQAM. Since 2004, he teaches drums and is a member of two musical projets as a drummer: Diokko, african Pop music and Noise, a funk music quartet. For his studies and his work, Maxime is always learning how to play new instruments: piano, ukulélé, and a lot of percussion instruments, to name a few. Maxime now also teaches ukulélé when he gets the time.

Stéphane Jetté

Drumming Teacher

Since he was a kid, Stéphane Jetté always showed a strong interest in music. It was at the age of 12 that he started learning how to play percussions to finally choose to study drums at the Joliette CÉGEP, where he obtained a degree in Jazz-Pop music/performance. In order to pursue his studies and better his art, he turns to Université de Montréal, where he only stays a year. He'll complete his classes at UQAM in jazz-pop performance. Since his second CÉGEP year, Stéphane teaches drums in private lessons. Whether it's at home or in music schools, it's always a pleasure for him to transmit his knowledge, but mostly his passion for music to people of all ages. Aside from teaching, Stéphane also performs on various stages, with various bands of various styles, in Canada and USA. He plays with a lot of great Quebec artists, such as: Carl Tremblay, Jim Zellers, Breen Leboeuf, Éric Lapointe, Sébastien Plante (les Respectables), LuLu Hughes and Rick Hughes. He does around 180 shows every year; we can say that Stéphane has a very considerable scene experience. It's that experience he shares with his students in every lesson.

Depuis sa deuxième année d'étude collégiale Stéphane enseigne la batterie en privé. Que ce soit à domicile ou dans des écoles de musique, c'est toujours un plaisir de transmettre son savoir mais surtout sa passion pour la musique à des gens de tous âges. En plus d'enseigner, Stéphane se produit sur scène avec divers groupes de différents styles un peu partout au Canada et aux États-Unis. Il a accompagné plusieurs grands artistes du Québec tels que : Carl Tremblay, Jim Zellers, Breen Leboeuf, Éric Lapointe, Sébastien Plante (les Respectables), LuLu Hughes et Rick Hughes. Effectuant environ 180 spectacles par année, on peut dire que Stéphane a acquis une grande expérience de la scène. C'est donc tout ce bagage qu'il aime partager avec ses élèves.

Adam Leclerc

Percussion teacher

Percussionnist for more than ten years, Adam Leclerc first worked as a jazz drummer who would add cuban and african instruments to his classic drumset to give a particular color to his sound. He has studied latin, classical, celtic, pop and traditionnal percussion. He has also studied in St-Laurent, Marie-Victorin and Joliette cegeps, before going to the Muber College in Toronto and to the Université du Québec à Montréal.

From Maurice Richard arena to the mythical P'tit bar, he gives life to his percussions with a huge attention detail and his sense of rhythm and grooving. He has collaborated to the Molson Indy Show, the Harley Davidson Show, the Drum Fest and the closing ceremony of the Mondiaux Aquatiques de Montreal in 2006. Adam is currently a member of many bands, ranging from french song to rock, going through folk, disco music, latin and pop music. He also gives latin, african and arabic percussion lessons.

Paul Théoret

Guitar Specialist

Paul joined Drum Guitare Plus at the end of Summer 2011. First and foremost a guitarist, Paul is nonetheless a gifted multi-instrumentalist who first played violin at the age of five, giving him his first contact with traditional québécoise music. He then played saxophone, drums, harmonica and finally guitar. Paul then went on studying jazz and classical music at Drummondville cégep. He now shares his time between helping customers picking the ideal guitar or the ideal pedal and playing with many bands he currently contributes with (including Lendemain de veille). His influences all have in common rock music, blues, québécois, jazz and folk.