Drew Parent

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Andrew Douglass "Drew" Parent is a versatile percussionist, music educator, clinician, composer and arranger from Toledo, OH.

His experience includes teaching and performing in a variety of percussion areas including drumset, mallet percussion, orchestral percussion, marching percussion, and improvisation. He has lived a life rich in musical exploration starting at the age of seven with piano lessons followed by guitar, bass, saxophone, and finally percussion. Drew holds a Bachelors in Music Education from Saginaw Valley State University, a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance from Central Michigan University, and a Specialist Certificate in Jazz Improvisation from Berkley College of Music Online. Drew has had the privilege to study with Andrew Spencer, Gary Burton, Gwendolyn Dease, Jonathon Ovalle, Eric Shinn, Tony Rongo, Colin Mcnutt, Lee Beddis, Chris Hestin, Martin Hotte, Richard Hogan, Greg Cole, Robbie Smith, and Jeff Hall.

Currently, Drew is the Drumline Director and on Adjunct Music Faculty at Bowling Green State University (OH), and on faculty at Owens Community College (Toledo, OH) teaching percussion lessons, percussion ensemble, and courses in music theory and music business. Drew also offers private lessons, studio drumming, and percussion recording in his in his home studio. Drew is the percussion director at Maumee Public schools in Maumee Ohio, and teaches part time at a number of other Toledo area schools including Springfield HS, and Whitmer HS.

Along with teaching, Drew also maintains an active career as a performer in multiple music genres and on multiple percussion instruments. To see and hear which music groups and projects including Rela Percussion and GreenAcre Sessions. Drew also has an extensive background in the marching arts which includes seven seasons of indoor drumline (WGI) with Northcoast Academy Percussion Ensemble and Arthur Hill High School, along with five seasons of drum corps (DCI) with the Madison Scouts, the Glassmen, and the Amercianos Drum and Bugle Corps.

Drew is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and proudly endorses Pearl/Adams drums and Percussion, Black Swamp Percussion, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Remo Drumheads, and Dream Cymbals.

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