This creative group of highly skilled musicians and teachers specialize in workshops and stage performances. They weave together musical lessons with entertaining stories to engage participation. Each performer has been trained in the Mystic Drumz style of delivery and instruction. All Mystic Drummerz have developed their experience and knowledge hands-on in the field. Our team also includes experienced audio-visual technicians, costume designers, and stage crews. The energy, enthusiasm, and experience of the team have created a high demand for their services.
Mystic Drumz is looking for talented, professional individuals across North America who share in our commitment to drumming up fun. You must have experience both in working with children and performing on stage. We are seeking top notch applicants who have attained a Bachelor Degree in Education or Music or comparable expertise.
If you are interested in being considered for employment with Mystic Drumz, or are curious about this opportunity, please forward your resume and cover letter [email protected].
Thank you for your interest in Mystic Drumz!
Dave Gould started drumming when he was 12. He started on snare drum and broke all his mom’s wooden spoons before he discovered drumsticks. He is a professional percussionist who has recorded more than 30 albums. He has been seen making music on everything from BBQs to kayaks to trees in the woods. He graduated with honours from the Mohawk College music program. Dave is a dynamic performer and storyteller who loves to work with children. Ask him about the time when he co-wrote a song cycle with 5 birds, 2 chipmunks and a cat. He also makes crazy instruments out of the strangest things like plumbing parts, rain barrels, toilets and recycled garbage. Dave loves to share his love for music in the Mystic Drumz adventures.
Mike began his drumming journey deep in the forests of northern Ontario. It was here that he learned the language of the animals and was often observed wandering through the forest joking with squirrels, conversing with rabbits, and debating deer. His love for rhythm began at this early age too. Soon Mike was pounding out beats on his homemade drum kit, made from hollowed logs, rocks, stumps, and sticks. He would sit and play for hours entertaining the forest creatures and honing his skills. One day, after finishing an extra long drum solo, he meet a small grey pigeon who was passing through from the city. Peggy (as the Pigeon was named) told him of all that there was to do see, and learn, in the city, and told him of the great many other instruments and sounds that existed all around the world. This greatly excited Mike, and so, after mustering up all his courage, he set out on a great worldwide journey exploring strange new lands and discovering tons of cool instruments along the way. Mike currently lives in Toronto working as a session musician and private teacher. He studied music performance at both Humber College and at York University, and studied privately with the likes of Barry Elmes, Paul Delong, Rick Lazar, Barry Romberg, and Don Vickery among many others.
The performer you know as Martin Coffey comes from Electric Latté Land and grew up playing Rock and Roll for the natives. When he got older he went to Drexel University to learn how to play and record music, so people in the future can hear what we do today! During the day Martin teaches drumming to kids and grown-ups everywhere! At night, he transforms into the super-hero known as Styx Latté, and plays drums with Rock and Roll bands! He gets to stay up really late and make lots of noise while people dance all night long!
Cassie was playing on pots and pans from age 4, begging her parents for a “dwum set”. They finally gave in at age 10, when they realized a child who couldn’t sit still for 5 minutes had been talking about drums for 6 years. It was love at first kit. Cassie went on to play in her school’s jazz band, in DCI style drum lines, and with bands all around Austin, TX. In high school, she spent her extra class periods at the junior high, tutoring younger percussion students. It’s no surprise that she is now part of the Mystic Drumz team, an organization that combines her love of percussion with her passion of music education.
Having started music instruction at age 6 and on stage as a professional musician since he was 10, music has been a huge part of Larry’s life. Being able to perform and teach over 12 instruments has given him the ability to master the art of music. It is not only his career, it is also his passion. Larry’s specialty is teaching children percussion instruments which he has been doing for the past 25 years.
When Jason Walker was 4 years old a picture of him covering his ears appeared in the local paper with the caption, “Obviously Jason Walker is not a fan of percussion music.” Always one to swim against the current, he began studying drums at age 7. Jason graduated cum laude from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT. with a degree in percussion performance and currently makes his living in the Washington DC area as a performer, educator, expressive arts facilitator, and dance accompanist. Jason is very excited to bring his love of music, stories, and amphibians to Mystic Drumz’ audiences!
Phil was born in Lynn, MA, home of Garelick Farms, which makes milk, that comes from cows. So when Phil plays the cowbell he tends to moo. Phil loves taking his Djembe to park to jam with the birds and bees.
When he is at the park he loves to play the triangle like a hula-hoop while also playing the bongos with his toes. Phil uses drumsticks to play his head, um… I mean drum heads. He plays with the drumsticks so often; he is mistaken for a chicken!
Phil likes to dance to drum beats. He learned his best dance moves from monkeys! There is SO much energy when Phil is performing with his instruments that he can power up a light bulb!
The reason Phil wears his hair in a ponytail is so that his animal friends can have a place to hang after the show, but Phil LOVES pizza and his friend Reggie is such a pig he eats the whole pie!
Most of all, Phil loves to perform for crowds of elephants, because they never forget the fun they had. He also loves to perform for children like you.
Kelly started his musical journey in southern CT where he was able to study and play saxophone with some of NYC’s finest jazz musicians. When his hometown couldn’t stand listening to him practice all day, Kelly moved to Ohio to attend the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied the saxophone and received a bachelors degree in Music Education. After college, Kelly moved to Portland, OR to perform with his best friend Ezra in his jazz sextet.
After a year of going to all of the jam sessions in Portland, Kelly moved to Boston to attend graduate school at the New England Conservatory where he formed the world’s most enjoyable jazz quartet, The Quartet of Happiness. The quartet is dedicated to bringing jazz music to young audience in an interactive was through theater and games. He also formed the hilarious duo “Ronald Reagan-Boston’s Premier 80’s Pop Saxophone Duo” that performed heavily in the Boston and NYC comedy scene.
Besides playing saxophone, Kelly also performs sketch comedy in the Boston and NYC comedy scenes with his solo quartet “All of Us Solo Quartet.” He has also been a music teacher in the Framingham public schools where he teaches band, general music and the new curriculum for Drums Alive. Because of his love for drums, comedy and story telling, Kelly is super excited to be a drummer for Mystic Drumz, where he has enjoyed two seasons so far.
J.D. has been drumming since the tender age of 10, around the same time his parents told him he was from Jupiter. His drumming drove his older brothers crazy and provoked several late-night phone cease and desist phone calls from neighbors, but the Jupitarians always appreciated it. He later went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University where he encountered many other “people” from his homeland and began recording and touring the galaxy with his space-jazz ensembles (they had a #1 hit on Xyloglurben-3!). After graduation he worked as a house drummer on cruise ships and as a session drummer in various recording studios in Toronto until he met Mystic Drumz. He relocated to Cancun, Mexico where he does exclusive shows for talking jaguars and sea turtles and performs regularly in many of the finest hotels and resorts in the region for vacationers from all over earth.