Thank you 2025. Hello 2026!

Posted on: 2 January 2026

Happy New Year, everybody.

May 2026 treat you and your loved ones well and often see you happy, healthy and full of groove.

2025 was a great year for TheDomDom and I start 2026 with a lot of gratitude in my heart:

Thank you to all of you who drummed with me in 2025.

Thank you to all of you who performed in The Spring and Summer Term DomDom Concerts and in the Christmas recitals.

Thank you to all of you who came to my studio to share in your loved one’s last pre-Christmas lesson.

And hats off to all of you who graded at the end of the year:

On Friday, the 12th of December 2025, 12 of my drummers challenged themselves by taking a graded music exam.

A big well done and shout out to:

Edward, Dominique, Thomas, Rosie, Mathilda, Sam, Amber, Artie, Alex, Jem, Eva and Emma

And a special mention at this stage to Sam, Jem and Emma who made their grading debut.

As always, I am grateful to RSL Awards for providing the syllabus and for arranging for Nick to come to TheDomDom’s studio to examine  all of the above drummers.

And last, but not least, my respect and gratitude to those DomDom drummers that put their heart and soul into their practice and topped the ‘Who’s-aceing-TheDomDom’s-TomToms’ chart* in the autumn term:

Dave, Chris, Paul, Gabriel, Alex, Thomas, Max and Artie

*I’m very pleased to announce that – at the time of writing – this scheme and the altruism of my drummers are now responsible for the arrival of 7019 new trees.

Here’s to music, drums and love being a positive force in all our 2026.

Thank you very much for being part of TheDomDom 🙂