All Artists

William James is the Principal Percussionist of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. He won the position at the age of 25 and is still one of the youngest Principal Percussionists in the country.

Bryan "Brain" Mantia began drumming at the age of 16 and went on to a formal intensive study of rhythm at San Jose State University. On a quest to excel in this field, he decided after a period of time to transfer to the esteemed Percussion Institute of Technology in Los Angeles...

Marco Da Costa is considered to be one of the greatest Brazilian drum players. He began his drum classes at 8 years old at the “Conservatório Musical José Mauricio”, in São Bernardo do Campo City.

John Riley is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, and SUNY Purchase, and is an Artist in Residence at Amsterdam Conservatory, Holland. John is also the author of “The Art of Bop Drumming,” “Beyond Bop Drumming,” “The Jazz Drummer's Workshop,” “West African Rhythms for Drumset (transcribed) and the forward to Rick Mattingly’s “The Drummer’s Time.”

Lamar Burkhalter is an active percussion educator, clinician, arranger, and performer. He currently serves as the Music Director for the NFL Houston Texans. Mr. Burkhalter is also the Founder/Executive Director of the Percussion One Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Dinho Gonçalves has been playing drums and percussion for over 50 years. He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in composition, arrangement, and regency.

Mark Alfred is an independent drummer from Ireland that is currently touring with the Grammy Award winning show "Riverdance."  He has also played for various diverse acts such as Lionel Richie, Josh Groban, Donnie Osmond and more.   

Tom Freer is one of the driving forces in today's percussion/timpani performance and education scene.  Tom Freer is the assistant principal timpanist of the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as the Coordinator of Timpani and Percussion studies at Cleveland State University.

Sivamani tours extensively and has recently been on the road with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain.