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Drummer Mamas is a podcast aimed at bringing drumming mothers together. Ciara Chinniah and Gemma Hill have been friends since they met studying the drums at music college. Since then they have both had children and wanted to share their experiences in the drumming world whilst also juggling everything that comes with motherhood.

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Claus Hessler: Passing knowledge on

June 08, 2026 • Ciara Chinniah and Gemma Hill

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Claus Hessler is renowned to be THE drum educator of our time! With his direct heritage of knowledge from Jim Chapin, the numerous books that he has written, and his general warmth and patient approach to teaching and learning, we are so pleased to welcome Claus to the podcast this week. We talk about Claus’ fear of reading drum notation and how he dealt with it, writing ‘Collapsed Rudiments’ while grieving, how he spends his spare time, the weight of feeling that you’re not good enough at drums, and lots of generally excellent advice on worrying less.

Claus Hessler’s upcoming 2026 UK dates:
2nd & 3rd July – Royal Academy of Music, London
4th July – Bob’s Drum School, Rotherham
5th July – Matty Roberts Drum School, Denbigh
30th October – Drummer’s Odyssey Camp

Claus Hessler:
Instagram.com/claus.hessler

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