by Ty Parker | Jun 26, 2016 | Golden Members, USARD Members & Registered Users
Thank you Chris French for being a life member of the United States Association of Rudimental Drummers! From Chris’s website: Chris French grew up in the Dallas, TX area playing drums for the award winning Lake Highlands High School Marching Band and played drum...
by Ty Parker | Sep 24, 2015 | USARD Members & Registered Users
Biography Scott Mitchell has been drumming for over 30 years, starting with the Sudbury Ancient Fife & Drum Company and playing with a variety of historical reenactment groups throughout the bicentennial. In 1981 Scott began playing with a loose organization...
by Ty Parker | Feb 26, 2015 | USARD Members & Registered Users
Pavel Stepanovwas born in 1988 April 2 in the city of Kandalaksha in the North of Russia. He graduated from music school in piano, and studied at the tuba and guitar. 2005: At the age of 17 he enrolled in the College of music in classical percussion instruments. 2008:...
by Ty Parker | Nov 3, 2014 | USARD Members & Registered Users
Biography of Frank Zappone Frank Zappone started his interest in drumming back in 1964. Born and raised in Torrington, Connecticut, he came from a family that had many musical interests stemming from piano, organ, accordion, concertina and alto saxophone. It was his...
by Ty Parker | Oct 23, 2014 | USARD Members & Registered Users
I started drumming in 1952 with St Anthony's of Allston, MA. Drum instructor was Walt Whitney, who came from CT, so I learned how to tuck skin heads and a lot of drum solos like CT half time and Downfall of Paris. From there I went to the Holy Trinity Cadets in...
by Ty Parker | Oct 9, 2014 | USARD Members & Registered Users
John Lester 360 W Ewing Street Seattle WA, 98119 206-399-4180 Education: Private Lessons. 1950 J.Burns Moore(Snare Drum) 1953 Sam Ulano, New York, NY, (Drum Set) 1954 Cozy Cole, New York, NY, (Drum Set) 1960 Al Gardella, Ansonia, CT, (Drum Set) 1969 Ed Soph,...
