Steve has been successfully teaching in the Santa Barbara and Goleta area for more than a  decade.
Music is so much more than just a fun activity for kids.
Studies have shown the far-reaching benefits of music education.

Steve's Bio:

Steve Stockmal began performing music at the age of 5 at a children's piano recital. At the age of 12 he began playing in the school band as a trombonist, then started taking private drum lessons the next school year. The 8th grade provided a setting for learning to play Jazz Drums, performing live with the school jazz band (playing Jazz Standards in live performances around town). And by high school he had picked up a guitar, bass, and trumpet and could sing well enough to carry a tune in a bucket.

In high school he was actively involved with music.; studying music theory, playing piano, marching band snare drum, concert band trombone, community orchestra (timpani -orchestral bass-trombone), electric and acoustic guitars, trombone, trumpet, writing lyrics and songs, singing live as a front man in rock bands, singing in a barbershop quartet with 9 singers,  and of course gigging live all over the place.

He is an honor graduate of the Percussion Institute of Technology (PIT).

He is the author and publisher of several books that he uses directly with his students and are available on line at www.drstix.com .

 He is the president of S M G Inc., a company that includes publishing, retail, live musical entertainment, jingles, movies scores, and maintains a full schedule of performing and teaching music.

He has appeared as drummer, singer, and guitarist with groups like Mercenary, Crystal-Reign, Cast of Characters, Sakis Rouvas,. He has also performed internationally including tours in Japan, Australia, a “freeze-out tour” in Greenland, and 7 years in Greece (working with top artists like Sakis Rouvas, Anna Vissi, Stelios Rokkos, Kostas Tournas and Yiannis Voyatzis).

Fronting his own band he plays concerts showcasing original compositions and appears as a solo act singing and playing blues, ballads, rock, and jazz standards.

Throughout his career Steve has played a diverse variety of musical styles and venues ranging from intimate Jazz clubs and society gigs, television and radio spots, international tours, and theater performances, to 10,000 seat rock concerts. He performed as percussionist with SIERRA WINDS (a 35 piece classical woodwind orchestra), and played the role of drummer Jerry Allison in the Garvin Theatre’s production of "The Buddy Holly Story."
Combining his extensive training with years of touring & teaching, Steve has recently begun the process of synthesizing his knowledge into a series of educational books and videos on a wide variety of subjects.