Dominick Cuccia & the Not-So-Traditional Players to perform
Hey everybody,
I wanted to let you know that I’ll be performing on Sunday October 19th along with the “Not-So-Traditional Players” at the Massachusetts Day of Percussion. It is being hosted by Sam Solomon at the Boston Conservatory.
I’m really looking forward to the event and performing with the “Not-So-Traditional Players.” The group is comprised of some of my favorite musicians and it is an opportunity to combine rudimental drumming, contemporary fifing and saxophone. The talented performers who will be joining me on stage are Gus Cuccia Jr., Therese Cuccia, Rick Jones, Deb & Jason Malli, Brendan Mason and Mark Reilly. Within this group are talented musicians who have performed with, composed for or taught The Hellcats from West Point, Spirit of America from Walt Disney World, The Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Top Secret, Civil War Troopers, Connecticut Hurricanes, Connecticut Patriots, The Regulators, Madison Street Project, Colonel John Chester and the Young Colonials. They have won more championships than I can name here, and are some of my dearest friends in the world.
The equipment we’ll be using comes from some of the greatest companies in the world including Cooperman, Innovative Percussion, Yamaha and LJ Hutchen. The music we’ll be performing was written by some of the legendary figures in rudimental drumming including Ed Classey, Paul Cormier, Dennis Delucia, Harold Green, Ed Lemley, Larry Lizlo, John McDonagh, Les Parks, Charley Poole Jr., John S. Pratt, Jon Ressler, Mike Severino, Steve Varhol, and Bill Westhall. We’ll also be performing music by the talented composer, Jason Malli (http://www.junderground.com/menu.html ) and drumming from my book The Beat of a Different Drummer published by Meredith Music Publications.
We will be presenting a clinic at 10am and are performing at the concert that begins at 5pm. Other artists performing throughout the day include Thom Hannum, Lee Vinson, Mark Walker and Lee Caron. I look forward to seeing them all!
If you can make it we’d love to see you there. Also be sure to visit Joe Gillotti and Black River Music Plus as he will have a booth setup for the event. For more information please check out the Massachusetts Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion schedule.
Thanks to Sam Solomon and the Massachusetts chapter of the Percussive Arts Society for making this great day possible!
We’ll see y’all down the road!
In the spirit,
Dominick Cuccia
www.dreadeddrummer.com
