Bryan Tuk
Bryan founded grooveKSQ in 2018 to provide drum set and mallet percussion instruction with a fresh, modern approach that is student - driven while still emphasizing the traditional concepts that have been the foundation of drumset, rudimental and mallet percussion technique for decades.
Bryan has released four albums with his band, The Bryan Tuk Complex, and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, The Recording Academy and the American Society of Composers and Producers.
Pape Demba “Paco” Samb
Pape Demba "Paco" Samb comes from a family that have been griots in his native Senegal for hundreds of years. As a griot, Paco is one of the keepers of the ancestral history, stories, and music of his Wolof peoples. As a master hand drummer, Paco not only plays the instruments but he and his brothers build several types of drums as well. He performs both contemporary and traditional Senegalese music, as well as reggae, rap, funk, jazz, pop and a variety of other styles. Paco heads his own drum ensemble called Super Ngewel and released his first album in 2014.
DAN CICCONE
Dan Ciccone studied drumset with Bryan Tuk at grooveKSQ from 2020 to 2023 and has gone on to perform in his own band, Cicco, which gigs in the region and has recorded and released several singles that are streaming on all major platforms. Dan also performs with The Sermon! and the Eight Hands Quartet as well as his own jazz/funk trio. Dan will work with the studio’s beginner drumset students. Dan is attending Temple University School of Music and is majoring in Jazz Performance.