District Band Results
Congratulations to Logan Cain for making 1st Chair in District Jazz Band and 1st Chair Mallets in District Concert Band(he’s also 1st chair in Buhler’s Wind Ensemble).
The KT’s (that’s Kaitlin and Kylee Tucker) also made District Concert Band!
We’ll post more district band results as they come in!
Swinging Middle Schoolers!
Check out these students who made their schools’ jazz bands! Keep swingin’ everyone!
HMS 7 Jazz Band
Wyatt Akins
Tanner Thiel
Prairie Hills Jazz Band
Jarrod Moore
Isaac Hubbell
Chloe Chisam
Student of the Month
Very soon we will announce a student each month to be highlighted right here on our webpage!
Age:
School:
Performance Groups:
Favorite Drummer:
Favorite Band:
Instrument(s):
Student Since:
Why Do You Like Percussion?
Would you like to be a student of the month?
Send your picture(s) and answers to each of the questions above to Ginger and you might see yourself on our page soon!
Alumni Achievements
Past students of the Professional Drum School have gone on to pursue fulfilling musical careers. Here are some highlights.
Eric Nelson
After studying with Ginger, Eric joined Martina McBride’s band in the early 1990′s.
Shane Nickels
Shane, having studied with Ginger, joined the Troopers and Blue Coats Drum & Bugles corps, studied at Kanas University where he later became a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and is currently on scholarship at the University of Southern California.
Sam Hake
Sam is currently a performing drummer around the Wichita area and helps with the instrumental music program at Collegiate School.
Kim and Kurt Garey
Siblings Kim and Kurt Garey studied with Ginger and then Dr. J.C. Combs at Wichita State University. Since then, they have moved to the New York City area and are active gigging musicians throughout the new York area.
John Parker
After studying with Ginger, John Parker studied percussion with Anthony DiSanza and Dennis Wilson at Kansas State Univeristy. Now he is a freelance drummer and educator in the Wichita area.
