bio

My Roles

• Multi-toms
• Vocals
• Drumset
• Hand drums
• Auxilliary percussion

Videos

Hip Pickles

Drum Corps-Style Entertainment

• Joined in 1990
• Won Individual DCA Multi-Toms Championship 2 years
• 
  Performed for:
  • Major festivals
  • Corporate events
  • Sporting events
  • Drum industry shows
  • Arts-in-education shows
  • Drum clinics
• 
  Endorsed by:
  • Pearl Drums
  • Sabian Cymbals
  • Pro-Mark Drumsticks
  • Remo Drumheads
  • Gibraltar Hardware

Websites

hippickles.com

Clips

Performance History

TV & RADIO
Live with Regis
The Charles Perez Show
Oddville MTV
Scott & Todd Radio Show (WPLJ - NY)
Cleveland Christmas TV Special 1999 (NBC)
Breakfast Television, Nova Scotia
Dragons Arena Football Promo - News 12 Long Island

CORPORATE GIGS
American Express - Las Vegas, NV
Fed Ex - Nashville, TN
Pharmacia & Up-John - Dallas, TX
IBM - San Juan, Puerto Rico
TV Guide - Brandywine, PA
Bell South - West Palm Beach, FL
Glaxo Wellcome - Toronto, Canada
Golden Corral, NYC
Astra Zenica - San Francisco, CA
Hughes Lumber Supply - Orlando, FL
American Leisure Corp. - NY
LensCrafters - Cincinnatti, OH
LensCrafters - Dallas, TX
Astra Zeneca - Keystone, CO
American Museum of Natural History - NYC
Scan Source, Atlantic City, NJ
Sun Guard - Las Vegas
Shire Pharmacia - San Antonio, TX
Vistacon, Las Vegas

SPORTING EVENTS
NY Yankees @ Yankee Stadium - Bronx, NY
NY Islanders @ Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY
New Jersey Nets @ Continental Arena - Meadowlands, NJ
San Antonio Spurs - San Antonio, TX
Philadelphia Sixers - Philly, PA
Chicago Bulls - Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Bucks Play-Off - Milwaukee, WI
Toronto Raptors Game
Official Band for NY Dragons Arena Football - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
US Open Tennis Championships 2000- Flushing, NY
Goodwill Games, NYC

DRUM INDUSTRY PERFORMANCES
Modern Drummer Festival 1993 - Montclair, NJ
Modern Drummer Festival 1995
Modern Drummer Festival 2003
Montreal Drum Fest 1995
Montreal Drum Fest 1999
Puerto Rico Drum Festival 1999 - San Juan
Puerto Rico Drum Festival 2001
Vancouver Drum Festival 2000
Percussive Arts Society International Convention 1992 - New Orleans
Percussive Arts Society International Convention 1993 - Columbus
Percussive Arts Society International Convention 1996 - Nashville
Percussive Arts Society International Convention 1998 - Orlando
Rhythm Sticks Festival 1994 - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
Drum Expo 1995 - NYC
Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert 1995 - NYC
Columbus Percussion Drum Daze 2000 - Columbus OH
Larrie Londin Memorial Concert 1999 - Fort Worth, TX
Mozingo Music Drum Festival - 2000 - St. Louis, MO
Manny's Drum Day 1996 - SIR Studios, NYC
California Drum Shop Drum 1997 - Bethlehem, PA
California Drum Shop Drum 1998
California Drum Shop Drum 1999
Bloomfield Drum Festival 1999 - CT
Bloomfield Drum Festival 2000 - CT
Sam Ash Clinic - Carle Place, NY
Sam Ash Clinic - Miami, FL
Sam Ash Clinic - Forest Hills, NY
Sam Ash Clinic - Edison, NJ
Long Island Drum Center Grand Opening - Long Island, NY
Music Stop Music Expo 2001 - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Concert for Sabian Cymbal Factory 2001 - Meductic, Canada

THEME PARKS
Disney World, FL
Mountain Creek Water Park - Vernon Valley, NJ
Six Flags Great Adventure - NJ
South Street Seaport Performers 1991-1997 - NYC

CONCERTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Opening of United Nations Peace Summit 2000
American Museum of Natural History 2000 - NYC
Norfork Theater at Old Westbury Summer Concert - NY
American Visionary Art Museum Mardi Gras Celebration- Baltimore, MD
Bumbershoot Arts Festival - Seattle, WA
Disney Hercules Premier - NYC
Strathmore Museum - Bethesda, MD
Harbor Festival 1999 - Balitmore, MD
First Night 1999 - Mystic, CT
First Night 2001 - Doylestown, PA
4th of July Parade 1986-2001 - Southampton
Musik Fest - Bethlehem, PA
Brass Serenade at the Forum 1992 - Harrisburg PA
Brass Serenade at the Forum 1994-2000
Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Festival 2000 - Harrisburg, PA
Hip Pickles in Concert - Williamsburg, VA
Pride in Port Parade - Port Washington, NY
Paramount Theater Concert 1998 - Orange City, NY
Incredible Universe Store Grand Opening - Westbury, NY
Waterfront Recapture Festival - West Haven, CT
Sailfest - New London, CT
Democratic National Convention 1992 - NYC
Doylestown Music Festival 1999 - Doylestown, PA
Doylestown Music Festival 2000 - Doylestown, PA
Brooklyn Children's Museum Concert 1998
Parish Art Museum Family Concert 2001 - Southampton, NY
Brentwood Family Concert 2001 - Brentwood, NY
Underground Concert Series 2001 - Maplewood, NJ
Featured Artitsts with the Kalamazoo Community Concert Band 2001 - Kalamazoo, MI
Arrowhead Elementary School Family Day 2001 - Setauket, NY
Stamford Theatre Works Family Concert 2001 - Stamford, CT
Bay Shore Arts Festival 2001 - Bay Shore, NY
Buckingham Family Night Concert 2001 - Buckingham, PA
Darien Youth Commision Family Concert 2001 - Darien, CT
Huntington Arts Council Summer Concert Series 2001 - Huntington, NY
North Hempstead Summer Young People Concerts - New Hyde Park, NY
NYC Parks Dept. Forest Park Family Concert - Forest Hills, NY
City of Long Beach Christmas Celebration 2000 - Long Beach, NY
NYC Parks Dept. Marine Park Family Concert 2000 - Brooklyn, NY
Stamford Theater Works Children's Concert 2001 - Stamford, CT
NY Rallies for WTC Relief Effort at Webster Hall - NYC
First Night - Montclair, NJ
Hip Pickles Benefit Concert for the American Cancer Society

MUSIC EDUCATORS EVENTS
Suffolk County Music Educators Assn. (SCMEA) Day of Percussion 1996 - Sayville, NY
SCMEA Day of Percussion 1997
SCMEA Day of Percussion 1999
PAS Percussion Festival 1996 - Ridgewood, NJ
PAS Percussion Festival 1998 - Ridgewood, NJ
NY State Day of Percussion 2000 - Queens College, Flushing, NY
PAS Day of Percussion 1998 - Hart School of Music, Hartford, CT
PAS Day of Percussion 2001 - Hart School of Music, Hartford, CT
PAS Day of Percussion - Oakton High School, Vienna, VA
Day of Percussion - Towson University, MD
Day of Percussion - Marshall University, Huntington, WV
New York State School Music Associaton (NYSSMA) Convention 1993 - Concord, NY
New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) Convention 1999 - East Brunswick, NJ
East Coast Percussion Conference 1994 - Queens, NY
East Coast Percussion Conference 1995 - Queens, NY
East Coast Percussion Conference 1998 - Queens, NY
Night of Percussion - Cheshire High School - CT
Night of Percussion 2000 - Southern Regional High School, NJ
PAS Percussion Festival 1998 - JP Stevens High School, NJ
International Percussion Festival 1998 - Puerto Pico Conservatory of Music
International Percussion Festival 2001 - Puerto Pico Conservatory of Music
Concert at Penncrest High School 2000 - Media, PA
Guest Performers at East Meadow Summer Music Program 2001 - East Meadow, NY '01

DRUM CORPS SHOWS
Brass Serenade at the Forum 1992-2002 - Harrisburg, PA
DCA Senior Drum & Bugle Corps Championship Finals Performance 1992 - Scranton, PA
DCA Senior Drum & Bugle Corps Championship Finals Performance 1993
Memorial Brass Concert 1999 - Harms Center, Englewood NJ
Mighty St. Joe's Classic - Kodak on the Ridge Theater, Rochester, NY
Brass Reunion (Archer Epler Musketeers) - Haverford High School
A Little Night Music (The Crossmen), Pennsauken, NJ
DCI Southern Spectacular - Southern, CT
Grand Prix (Hawthorne Caballeros) - West Essex, NJ

SCHOOLS AND CAMPS
250+ schools and summer camps per year