Pete Retzlaff
Drumset Clinic
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.

Peter Retzlaff is a New York based drummer. As a performer, he has played with Kenny Werner, Greg Osby, Diane Schuur, Maynard Ferguson, Virginia Mayhew, and the BMI Big Band. He has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Litchfield Jazz Festival, Aarhus Jazz Festival, and the Schaffhausen Jazz Festival. He has performed at major New York clubs such as The Blue Note and the Bottom Line. As an educator, Peter has been on faculty at the Drummers Collective since 1996. He maintains an active private teaching schedule, and he teaches classes in jazz, funk, rock, reggae, fusion, odd times, reading, rudiments, independence, and ensemble performance. Peter has a B.A in Jazz and Commercial Music, and a B.A. Business Administration from Capital University. In addition, he has an M.M. in Jazz Studies from the Manhattan School of Music. Peter has been awarded three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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