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Levels: Beginner to Advanced
In-Home Lessons: Yes
In-Studio Lessons: Yes
Ages: 5 & up
Subjects Taught
Drums, Percussion
Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver - Music Performance - graduated May 2003 (Bachelor's degree received)
Metropolitan State College of Denver - Music Performance - graduated May 2003
Specialties
All styles of drumset, concert percussion, and marching percussion.
Lesson Details
Drumset
Marching percussion
Concert percussion
About
I currently live and play in Colorado Springs, CO with my wife and two children.
I earned my Bachelor's degree in music performance from Metro State College of Denver.
Since 1995, I have been performing and teaching throughout Colorado in many different facets as a percussionist and drummer.
Specializing in teaching drumset, concert percussion, and marching percussion, I teach private lessons to students of all ages and currently am the Director of Drumline at Colorado State
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University-Pueblo. At CSU-P I compose music for and coach both the fall and spring Drumlines.
I have performed with classical ensembles and orchestras, rock bands, jazz bands, churches, and theaters throughout Colorado: including the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Arapahoe Philharmonic, Colorado Wind Ensemble, Boulder Dinner Theatre, Lake Dillon Theater, Town Hall Arts Center, and Half Way Home, a Colorado Springs local rock band.
I am a member of the Vic Firth Education Team, the Percussive Arts Society, the Hudson Music Teacher Integration Program, and the Pikes Peak Musician's Association AFM Local 154.
