Andrew Bates

Andrew Bates

Andrew Bates is a 2002 graduate of UW-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Percussion Performance having studied with Anthony DiSanza
and Jim Latimer. He has performed with numerous performing
ensembles of genres ranging from rock to classical to blues. Andrew has
also been a student and a teache…

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Kaylee Bramlett

Kaylee Bramlett has been working with the band program at Georgia State University for the past six years, both as a student and employee. After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in Music Education, Kaylee taught elementary music in Paulding County and currently holds a highly successful music studio te…

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Jose Carmona-Almonte

Jose Carmona-Almonte

Jose Almonte was born in Brooklyn, New York in June of 1997, but his family soon moved to Powder Springs, Georgia where he began studying percussion at the age of 12. By the time he graduated high school, Jose had already achieved great success as a musician, having been selected as an honor band and all-stat…

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Madeleine Conti

Madeleine Conti

Madeleine Conti currently attends the Georgia State University School
of Music, where she is a University Scholar Assistant and a Robert
Swiatek Memorial Scholarship recipient. She is in her fourth year of
studying Music Performance with a concentration in percussion. During
high school, she performed…

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Joshua Crosby

Joshua Crosby

Born Joshua Crosby in Windsor On, Canada,  grew up playing drums and making music in church and on his father synthesizers. He continued drumming and making beats until he eventually moved to Nashville, TN, where he was immediately hired as a Touring drummer for Capitol recording artist Britt Nicole. After t…

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Jami Fennell

Jami Fennell

Jami’ Fennell is originally from Walterboro, South Carolina. He attended Western Carolina University where he studied percussion with Dr. Mario Gaetano. While attending WCU he performed in the percussion, jazz, wind and gamelan ensembles. He was also a member of the Pride of the Mountains Marching band wher…

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JP Garnette

JP Garnette

JP Garnette is a drummer with over a decade of playing under his belt. Originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, JP now lives in the Atlanta area. He started playing drums years ago in middle school and quickly realized that it was what he anted to do with his life. He spent time playing in different bands,…

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Dylan Johnson

Dylan Johnson

From Atlanta, Georgia, Dylan Johnson possesses an impressive repertoire as a well-rounded and versatile musician. With over 9 years of extensive training in various musical styles including classical, concert, jazz, orchestral, choral, rudimentary, and marching, Dylan has made a name for himself through his p…

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William Lackey

William Lackey

William began playing when he was 9 years old, studying classical percussion under Gary Brooks. This led to one of his first ensembles playing in church when he was only 13 and many of his formative years were here learning the inner workings of playing as one sound in a team. These foundational years shaped …

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Jason Libby

Jason Libby

Jason Libby started in playing drums in 4th grade and it has been a love affair ever sense. The son of a drummer you could say it was in the blood. His experience started in elementary school orchestra with tympanis. Next to middle school band and the exciting snare drum. His parents then sent him to a privat…

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