Joe Bergamini

Joe Bergamini maintains a diverse career as a drumming performer and educator. Enjoying various styles of playing, he is most well-known for his progressive rock drumming in the bands Happy the Man and 4Front, and is the current international touring drummer for The Doo-Wop Project. Based in the New York area, Joe has worked extensively on Broadway. In 2018, he held the drum chair for the Broadway production of Gettin’ the Band Back Together, and has also performed at over 15 other shows including Beautiful (The Carole King Musical); Hamilton; Movin' Out; Jersey Boys; Rock of Ages; In the Heights, The Lion King, and others. He has also appeared on the first national tours of Movin' Out, Jersey Boys and Beautiful, and with the Philly Pops and the Detroit, Jacksonville, Seattle, San Diego, Indianapolis, Naples (FL), Baltimore and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras. Recognized internationally as an educator, Joe has given hundreds of drum clinics in schools, retail stores, and conventions. He has appeared at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), the Ultimate Drummers Weekend (Melbourne, Australia), the Cape Breton Drum Festival (Nova Scotia, Canada), KOSA (Vermont, USA), and the Sonny Emory Drum Camp (Atlanta, USA), and has done two clinic tours for Tama Drums. He has been teaching privately at his own studio for over 30 years. Among Joe’s many private students who have gone on to pro careers is world-renowned jazz drummer Mark Guiliana. Since 2015, Joe has been Education Consultant for Sabian, designing and directing the Sabian Education Network for drum teachers. As the Senior Drum Editor for Hudson Music since 2009, Joe has worked closely with many of the world’s greatest drummers on educational books and media, including Steve Gadd, Neil Peart, Steve Smith, Mark Guiliana, David Garibaldi, Stewart Copeland and many others. As an author, Joe has won four Modern Drummer Readers Poll awards for his drum books, including best drum book of 2013 for Neil Peart: Taking Center Stage. He is also the author or co-author of nine other books, has edited dozens more, and is co-owner (with Dom Famularo) of Wizdom Media, an independent music publisher distributed worldwide by Alfred Publishing. Joe proudly endorses Tama drums, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, and Latin Percussion. www.joebergamini.com www.facebook.com/joebergaminidrums www.instagram.com/joebergamini/ www.youtube.com/user/joebergaminidotcom