I am currently a freelance percussionist based in greater Philadelphia, PA. My areas of expertise are Afro-Cuban and Afro-Haitian hand drumming (sacred and secular), drumset, steel pan, jazz vibraphone. I am endorsed by Latin Percussion, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth, and Yamaha.

I am currently on teaching faculty at these institutions:

Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
DRUMS ETC, Lancaster, PA

For information on lessons, clinics, master classes, guest lectures and all other inquiries, contact me at: jdapercussion@gmail.com

QUICK LINKS and RECENT NEWS:

• visit me on MySpace

• Check out my recent article in Percussive Notes on "Batá for One" and see the new YouTube video of me singing songs to Obatalá over the Wardo and Yesa toques.

• Read the article I wrote on Afro-Cuban percussion in LP's "All About Rhythm Magazine ~ download the issue here

• check out the MARASSA DUO video promo on youtube.