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🥁 Drum Lessons with Miss Mo’ — Accredited | Color-Coded - $300 (Edmonds)
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The heartbeat is the first curriculum. Every human being arrives in this world already trained by 40 weeks of rhythmic entrainment. Miss Mo’ starts there — and builds.
Miss Mo’ (Morgan Ann Gilkeson) is a Seattle-based drummer, bandleader, rhythm educator, and the founder of Mo’ Jam Presents LLC. She is the architect of the Trifecta Rhythm Education System (TRES) — a WASC-accredited, proprietary rhythm-first curriculum spanning 29 individual curricula, 1,400+ lesson plans, seven developmental tiers, and a full age range of 1 through 25. She has hosted 570+ consecutive weekly live music sessions at Nectar Lounge in Fremont (Mo’ Jam Mondays) — making her methodology one of the most field-tested rhythm education practices in active use anywhere in the world.
This is not a side hustle. This is a life’s work. And she’s bringing it directly to your living room — one student at a time, in her home studio.
💜 $300 for 4 Lessons — Here’s Exactly How It Works:
∙ Ages 5 and up → 1-hour lessons (recommended for full curriculum depth)
∙ Ages under 5 → 30-minute lessons (developmentally designed for little ones — caregivers welcome and encouraged to stay)
∙ Package price: $300 for 4 lessons — no hidden fees, no surprise charges
∙ ☑️ Makeup Policy: Every single lesson is made up. No exceptions. Miss Mo’ believes every child deserves every lesson they paid for. If life happens — illness, travel, schedule conflict — your lesson is not lost. It is rescheduled and taught. Full stop.
🌈 What Is the Color-Coded Drum Curriculum?
Miss Mo’ teaches using the Color-Coded Drum Kit Method (© 2020) — a visual rhythm language where every instrument on the drum kit has its own color:
∙ 🔴 RED = Snare Drum
∙ 🟠 ORANGE = Bass Drum
∙ 🟡 YELLOW = Hi-Hat
∙ 🔵 BLUE = High Tom
∙ 🟢 GREEN = Low Tom
∙ 🩷 PINK = Crash Cymbal
∙ 💜 PURPLE = Ride Cymbal — the Leadership Voice
No intimidating sheet music. No abstract notation. Students read, write, and perform rhythm through color from day one — and it works for ages 1 through 25 because the system grows with the learner.
🪐 The Quantum Rhythm Vocabulary
Alongside the color system, Miss Mo’ uses the Quantum Rhythm Cube System (© 2017) — a cosmic note-value language that makes rhythm literacy accessible to even the youngest learners:
∙ ⭐ STAR = Whole Note
∙ ☄️ COMET = Half Note
∙ 🌑 ASTEROID = Quarter Note
∙ 🌌 SOLAR SYSTEM = Eighth Note
∙ 🌠 SPACE = Rest
The vocabulary grows through seven developmental tiers as students advance — from Cosmic Foundation (Ages 1–5) all the way through Universal Mastery (Ages 22–25). Every tier has its own Quantum vocabulary, its own rudiment family, and its own groove focus. Your child doesn’t just learn drums — they move through a complete, documented, color-coded developmental arc.
🎶 The Mo’ Jam Method — Rhythm as Community
Every lesson is rooted in the Mo’ Jam Method (© 2013) — the pedagogical backbone of TRES. This is the framework through which rhythm moves from the individual to the ensemble, from structure to spontaneity, from lesson to performance. It has been proven in live practice through 570+ consecutive Monday night sessions at Nectar Lounge. When your child learns with Miss Mo’, they are learning inside a living, breathing, documented methodology — not a loose collection of exercises.
🐾 Yes — There Is Dog & Hammock Time.
Miss Mo’s home studio is a full vibe. Lessons include time to breathe, connect, decompress, and enjoy the space. There is a dog. There is a hammock. This is intentional — rhythm regulation doesn’t stop when the sticks go down. The whole environment is part of the teaching. This is not a sterile music school. It is a rhythm home.
📋 Who Is This For?
✅ Ages 1–25 — every age has a curriculum designed specifically for them
✅ Absolute beginners — the system is built for zero prior experience
✅ Kids who struggled in traditional music lessons — color-coding removes the barrier
✅ Advanced students — TRES scales all the way through all 40 standard rudiments
✅ Homeschool families — TRES includes a full K–6 school-track curriculum
✅ Parents who want to be involved — caregiver participation is built into Tier 1 (Ages 1–5)
✅ Anyone who has ever felt rhythm calling them and didn’t know where to start
💜 Purple IS Inevitable.
In TRES philosophy, Purple represents leadership, unity, and collective coherence — the moment a student moves from playing their own part to holding the whole ensemble together. Every student who walks through Miss Mo’s door is on the path to Purple. It is not a destination reserved for the talented. It is the emergent outcome of every student who stays the course.
Mo’ster Classes $150
📅 Book Your Spot:
Sundays · 5–8 PM · 5 spots max · Every Sunday
$300 for 4 lessons hour long lessons
$160 for 4 half hour lessons
$120 for 4 edition book!
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Miss Mo’ (Morgan Ann Gilkeson) | Mo’ Jam Presents LLC | Seattle, WA | WASC Accredited | Mo’ Jam Method © 2013 | Quantum Rhythm Cube System © 2017 | Color-Coded Drum Kit Method © 2020