An end of summer party to show appreciation for our students and their families before the school year really gets underway.

There will be performances from our students, a djembe demonstration by our djembe teacher Paco Samb, and a performance by a student rock band!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

grooveKSQ is proud to present Nate Smith on May 6th for a 90 minute drum clinic.

Nate Smith is a drummer, composer, & producer from Chesapeake, Virginia. His visceral, instinctive, and deep-rooted style of drumming has led to three GRAMMY® nominations and work with esteemed artists, including: Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Brittany Howard, Van Hunt, The Fearless Flyers, Norah Jones, and Somi. Smith fuses his original compositions with an eclectic mix of music, including everything from jazz to R&B to hip-hop to pop.

Our spring student performances are right around the corner! We are happy to partner with the Kennett Flash again as our venue for this special spotlight on our students. Our students will perform pieces that they have been working on in their lessons, plus a few surprises also.

Current students who aren’t performing at this event are welcome to attend.

Suggested donation $15 per person (no charge for current students).

This will be our biggest student performance event to date! We will be at The Kennett Flash, a 100 seat listening room in the middle of Kennett Borough and this is going to be a terrific celebration of our students.

This event is also the studio’s year end fund raiser. Admission is $15 per guest. (Students of the the studio are free).

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

In October, we celebrate our awesome female studio members with a performance event just for them! We will be at Kennett Brewing Company - this is a free event, all are welcome to come out and support our members. Suggested donation $10.

Djembe Master Paco Samb returns to grooveKSQ for a master class on Djembe. All skill levels are welcome. If you do not have an instrument, there will be rentals available at the event for $10. This is a group drumming experience that has to be experienced first hand.

Tickets are $40 CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE.

Current high school and college students use discount code STUDENTDISCOUNT to get $25 tickets.

Join Bryan online via Zoom for a virtual hang to talk drums, drummers, records, music and everything else. This session is a mashup of Drumkit Trivia, Virtual Vinyl, and all the other online programming that the studio provides.

This is free for current Members of the studio. For non-members, a $5 donation is requested. Registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Virtual Vinyl returns on Wednesday, December 8th at 8pm. It’s time to take a deep dive into some music history. This event is free for current grooveKSQ students. A $5 donation is requested for all other attendees. Registration is required.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

This event is delivered via Zoom right to your desktop or mobile device.

On Monday, August 9th a limited number of students will be able to workshop their small ensemble jazz drumming with a professional piano trio here at the studio. This evening we will be joined by guest performer/teachers Rob Swanson (bass) and Jeff Knoettner (piano).

We can only accommodate 4 students for this session.

We will record the entire session and the students will have video and audio from the session.

We are going to deep in to prog rock territory on this month’s Virtual Vinyl! Details TBA. You must register in advance to get the log in credentials.

Join Bryan Tuk (drums / percussion) and David Mattock (organ / keys) for a livestream set of jazz, funk and improvised music to your computer or mobile device.

This is a ticketed event for $9 p/p. Showtime is Monday January 4th at 8:30pm eastern

Upon purchase, you will receive registration information.

Headphones recommended!

On Tuesday, November 10th, grooveKSQ hosts Virtual Vinyl… a remote get together for music lovers who want to share their favorite records with a group of like minded people. This is a great opportunity for indie artists to bring their own work and share what they have created!

This month we focus on classic rock, and some drummers who never really got the recognition they deserved. There will be some surprises on this list!

This event will be held by Zoom videoconferencing, you must register to attend, by clicking here.

If you have albums you want to explore with the group, please email me.

The next episode of grooveTALK will feature John Evans, the principal timpanist for the Naples Philharmonic. The interview will premier on YouTube at 8pm on Thursday, October 22nd.

John Evans, principal timpanist, is in his thirtieth season with The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra.  He received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University and a Master of Music degree from Temple University, where he was a student of Alan Abel, former associate principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.  

Evans has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, and has served as timpanist/ principal percussionist with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus.  He has appeared as soloist with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, the Naples Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble, the Pasadena Symphony, the Tallahassee Symphony, the Knightwind Ensemble of Milwaukee, and the Ohio State University Symphony.  In 1986 he won the Drum Corps International individual mallet competition.

Evans served nineteen years as the treasurer of the Florida chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.  He has twice been a featured clinician for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.  He is a symphonic endorser and clinician for the Sabian Cymbal Corporation, Grover Pro Percussion, and Remo Drumheads.

Evans resides in Naples with his wife and two sons.  He is an avid collector of antique mechanical kitchen items, highlighted by his collection of over 100 apple peelers.  He is the president of the International Association of Apple Parer Enthusiasts (APES).

On Tuesday, October 13th, grooveKSQ hosts Virtual Vinyl… a remote get together for music lovers who want to share their favorite records with a group of like minded people. This is a great opportunity for indie artists to bring their own work and share what they have created!

This event will be held by Zoom videoconferencing, you must register to attend, by clicking here.

If you have albums you want to explore with the group, please email me.

We are pleased to announce that Maestro Michael Hall will join Bryan Tuk live for a live interview and Q&A on Facebook about percussion in the orchestra and musical careers.  Maestro Hall is the Music Director of the Music Director of the Kennett Symphony, a post he has held since 2014. Michael is also Music Director of the  Prince George Symphony Orchestra in British Columbia, Canada.

Highly acclaimed for his intensity and spontaneity, Hall has appeared with many of today’s leading ensembles, including the Houston Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Symphoria, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, the Windsor Symphony, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Great Falls Symphony, the Bozeman Symphony,  the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Groundswell New Music Ensemble, and the Havant Symphony in the UK, as well as a return to the Tucson Symphony, with whom he has a special relationship and has been a frequent guest conductor in multiple concert series over the past nine seasons. Hall also  works regularly with the Space Coast Symphony in Florida, where he is the newly appointed Principal Guest Conductor.

This is the first episode in a series. 

The live interview will air on Facebook.

Join grooveKSQ founder Bryan Tuk on Facebook for an event announcement that will have something for everyone to enjoy.

SAVE THE DATE! Our next student performance experience, Winter GrooveFest, will take place on Sunday, December 1, 2019. This is going to be a much-expanded version of our first recital that occurred in June, so I hope everyone is ready to celebrate our awesome young people that are turning into terrific musicians and performers.

Not only will the students be prominently featured in groups, but there will be a few surprises as well. This is not your average student event!

This will be a ticketed event, more info TBA.