Portfolio & Experience
Selected shows, tours, and learning experiences.
Blog Posts
Blog Posts
I started on Hamilton as a Drumset sub in 2019. I had been subbing for a few months when they offered me the percussion chair. I started on percussion in early 2020, then Covid hit and we went away for a while. The tour finally went out in 2021 with me on percussion. I was out for a full 2 years and played percussion for most of the time, filling in on drums as needed. I moved to drumset at our last stop - 6 months in Toronto, Canada.
This show was a big part of my life from 2013 until 2017. I started as a sub for John Hadfield at the Public Theater when the show had its Off-Broadway premier. There were so many unplanned extensions of the show that I got to play a lot.
This was a really fun show because the music was mostly Bay Area hip-hop!
The beats were made by Will Randolph and I translated his tracks to live drums for this musical.
I started learning Brazilian percussion in college in Wisconsin and decided to go see for myself in Brazil. We spent a month in Rio, a month in Salvador, and a month in Recife. I took classes and lessons in each place and ended up performing in Carnaval with a band.
Cuban music was my first exposure to “world music” and the first folkloric music that I studied really hard. It wasn’t until 2017 that I finally made it down to the island for a week of hanging out with the amazing Cuban people. I went with my wifey and a group of friends from college. We explored Havana, saw tons of amazing music, and took lessons with José Eladio Amat Medina and Jean Roberto Figueroa (Klimax).
I started accompanying West African dance classes some time around 2004 and became connected with teachers in Guinea and Mali, West Africa. I finally went to the source to learn more in 2010-2011. I spent time in Conakry, Guinea with Mandjou Mara, and Bamako, Mali with Abdoul Doumbia.
That’s right, a jukebox musical based on the Alanis Morissette’s seminal album Jagged Little Pill. It was the first time I used V-Drums on a musical. I upgraded to a TD516 which was just what the doctor ordered. I was able to rock out as hard as I would in “real life”, and the small, cement-walled pit would not be overwhelmed by drums.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba In Concert at the Golden Gate Theater in SF. Played with an 18 piece orchestra along to a screening of some of this popular anime series.
We worked with Michael R. Jackson and a team from New York to do this post-broadway regional production of A Strange Loop. This show has great music including 90s rock and gospel, and it was a very talented cast.
It was really fun to work with Gaby Alter on his music for this hilarious spoof on dating shows. The book writer was Itamar Moses who wrote The Band’s Visit - one of my favorite shows I’ve seen on Broadway.
I didn’t get to play the show, but during Covid I got to play drums for some songs with the San Francisco cast (at Ray of Light Theater) including this one, featuring the one and only Taylor Iman Jones.
I had an opportunity to sub for my friend Chris Sutherland on the National Tour of “the Notebook” in June of 2026. It was a great opportunity to play all sorts of percussion - there’s no drumset part in the show!
Instrumentation: Timpani, Concert Bass Drum, Tam Tam, Chimes, Crotales, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Roto-Sound, Triangle, Tambourine, 2 Toms, Cajón (mounted), Shaker, Cymbals, Porch Board (foot trigger).