Penny Larson is a versatile drummer and percussionist who has combined a
keen musical awareness with robust technical facility to become a
highly desired musician in the northeastern US. Her past experience
includes performances with classical, jazz, fusion, rock, heavy metal,
pop, Christian, and folk groups on a multitude of instruments
including drum set, djembe, marimba, frame drum, and udu.
Penny is an alumna of Berklee College
of Music where she earned a
Youth Concerts at Symphony Hall Award while majoring in Traditional
Composition. She has been teaching private drum set lessons for over
twenty years and is currently a staff instructor at
South Shore Music
& DiCenso's Drum Shop in Weymouth, MA.
Penny is currently performing with
Hypaspace, a progressive
instrumental trio. She is a member of the Music Team and Leadership
Team (Outreach) at The Crossing, an
Emergent Worship Community.
She is also in the formative stages of Henny Penny,
a funky dance band; as well as Sisters of Symmetry, a drum/bass duo
which will be a creative outlet as well as an educational tool. Penny
also performs with talented rock singer/songwriter
Leslie-Ann Rios.
Penny is a sponsored educator with Vater
Percussion.
Education:
1979: Renegades Drum & Bugle Corps, Quincy, MA
1980-1987: St. Francis Xavier Sancians Drum & Bugle Corps, Weymouth, MA
Primary instructors: Robert Delaney, Sr., Jack Cash, David Flahive, & David Cavanaugh
1981-1982: College Academy program at Stonehill College, Easton, MA (stage band; jazz band)
1982-1983: Central Middle School, Quincy, MA (stage band; jazz band; pit drummer for "Bye Bye Birdie")
Primary instructor:
1994-1998: Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA (Composition Major, “total percussion” principal)
Primary instructors: Nancy Zeltsman, Ed Kaspik, Richard Flanagan
Private Instruction:
1985-1990: Vance Gordon, DiCenso’s Drum Shop, Quincy, MA
Teaching Experience:
1990-1991: John’s Music, Norwood/Dedham, MA [staff instructor]
1992-1995: Upbeats!, Percussion, etc…, Avon, MA [owner/operator]
2002-Present: South Shore Music & DiCenso’s Drum Shop [staff instructor]
2005-Present: Sponsored Educator for Vater Percussion
Playing Experience:
Currently working with:
Hypaspace; [drum set] instrumental rock
Crossing Music Team; [djembe] worship / spiritual
Sisters of Symmetry; [drum set] bass / drum duo
Henny Penny; [drum set] dance
Leslie-Anne Rios; [drum set] rock
Past performances with:
Christine Jugueta
Kids Against Combs; folk rock
Sex & Witchcraft; progressive metal
Hollowpoint; metal
The Humungusfungusamungus; fusion
PLP; rock
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