Young drums players who do not have yet a suitable preparation for direct admission to the Academic courses can start the study path from the Pre-academic / Foundation course, with a duration ranging from 1 to 3 years, strictly dependent on the level of access and individual study rhythms.
For 40 years the pre-academic course has represented Saint Louis’ strength to acquire high-level preparation for admission to limited number academic courses.

The course aims to prepare for admission to academic courses, whose entry level requires a very broad knowledge of the drums, the drum-set, the styles of contemporary popular music.
The pre-academic course deals with the study of harmony, from the basics to the 5-voice chords, with tensions and alterations, altered scales, modal exchanges and harmonization techniques of melodies.
Each student personalizes his/her own style and repertoire by choosing the teacher for one-to-one instrument classes.