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Kevin O'Connell was born in Rome, NY in 1989. He began playing percussion at the age of 10 and soon after, at the age of 12, began playing professionally. Kevin became involved in world of pipe band drumming with the Mohawk Valley Frasiers and then later Syracuse Scottish Pipe band. Throughout highschool, Kevin came across many opportunities while being the anchor for the YMCA (YCCA) Jazz and Wind Ensembles to work with a wide variety of musicians and groups such as The Yellowjackets, Dr. John, The Ellis Marsalis Trio, Maynard Ferguson, Marcus Roberts, Jane Monheit, The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Leroy Jones, Sean Jones, The Jordan Family, Topsy Chapman, Doreen Ketchins, Ingrid Lucia, Amanda Shaw, Jason Marsalis, G. Calvin Weston, Alex Torres, The Syracuse Symphony and The Lomeo Brothers. Kevin has won countless awards at many different festivals and competitons, and led the Jazz Ensemble to gold medals in ten out of eleven local and national festivals since 2003; including Boston, Montreal and Ocean City. Kevin is also employed by the YMCA teaching private and group lessons on drumset, keyboard and multiple percussion, and also African hand drums. Kevin was named the '06-'07 student director and in the Spring of '07, The 2007 Student Musician of the Year. Kevin has studied with multiple numbers of instructors including Dom Famularo. He now attends the College of Saint Rose for a major in both Music Industry and Education. He is willing to play any style or genre with determined local musicians and artists. |
