The Florida Orchestra

Tom Sharpe
Drums

Tom Sharpe has been playing drums with Dennis DeYoung since 2007. He is also the drummer for the Grammy Award winning group Mannheim Steamroller and is a sought out performer and clinician of his own unique, cinematic, highly percussive work. Sharpe's compositions have won many awards, including the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and he is regularly commissioned to write works for orchestra, choir, and percussion ensemble. His performances have been featured nationally on both PBS and WGN. DeYoung has also called upon Sharpe to conduct The Music of STYX with Symphony Orchestra, and he was the drummer/percussionist for select performances of DeYoung's The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Chicago. He is endorsed by Yamaha, Sabian Cymbals, Vater Sticks and Mallets, and Aquarian Drum Heads, and is a touring artist with the Illinois Arts Council and Urban Gateways Center for Arts Education. Please visit his official website.

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