Rhythm is in his blood. Michael Beauclerc's father, also a drummer, taught him
his first beats on a plastic Muppet drum set when he was only two
years old. Since then, Michael has developed into a very talented
performer.
Michael Beauclerc had a unique high school
education, majoring in music and drama at the Integrated Arts
Program at Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School. This
allowed him to focus on his true interests at a young age. Michael
later received a diploma with honours in Performance Music from
Cambrian College, where he was a percussion major and vocal minor.
His studies focused on classical mallet and Latin hand percussion,
as well as jazz drumset.
Since the age of eighteen, Michael
Beauclerc has taught students of all ages and levels. He has composed and
instructed for several drum corps and indoor drumlines, and taught
private lessons at Wayne's Music World in Peterborough, and the
Cambrian College Music Academy in Sudbury.
Although he enjoys teaching,
Michael's greatest love is performing. He played in his first rock
group at the age of twelve, and has toured across North America in
several world-class drum corps. Michael has performed as a drummer
with, among others, Felix and the Swing Cats, Beau Dixon, Deep
Pocket, the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, LOTUS, Canuck, Gauche, the
Bohdi Trio, Weekend Dad, and Jemo. He has also performed as a hand
percussionist with Smooth…Sounds of Santana, the Drum Adix, Doug
Sole, Carrie Chesnutt, the Brian Quebec Trio, Michael
Graham, Njacko Backo, Rick Lazar, Chendi,
Slips
'n the High Fives, and The
Arrogant Worms. He was also the lead percussionist and composer
for the Junk Jammers, a “Stomp”-like percussion group at the CN
Tower in Toronto.
In 2004, Michael Beauclerc published his first
drum method book, “The Mad Practice Pad”. Distributed nationwide
by Canadian Print Music Distributors, “The Mad Practice Pad” is
the only practice pad method book available, and was an overnight
success. It is now in its second edition and available in the United
States through Music 4 All. He is currently developing several other
publications including a drumline development book.
Currently, Michael is a busy marching
percussion clinician for Yamaha Canada, the percussion head of the
Saint Michael's College School Drumline in Toronto, an instructor
and clinician at the Soul Drums Academy of Percussive Arts in North
York, and a substitute for the music faculty at Saint Michael's
College School in Toronto. He is also a busy performer in several
jazz, rock, drum n' bass, and funk groups throughout southern and
central Ontario. Michael endorses Yamaha
Percussion, Sabian
Cymbals, and Vic
Firth Sticks and Mallets.
View more about Michael at www.michaelbeauclerc.com
MICHAEL
BEAUCLERC Has GUESTED WITH:
Beau
Dixon, Dave
Tough, Smooth…Sounds of Santana, the Drum Adix, Doug Sole,
Carrie Chesnutt,
The Brian Quebec Trio, Michael
Graham, Njacko Backo, Rick Lazar, Chendi, Rob
Phillips
PETERBOROUGH Venues
that MICHAEL BEAUCLERC has PERFORMed in:
The
Legendary Red Dog, Gordon
Best Theatre,
Black
Honey, Peterborough
Golf & Country
Club,
Otonabee Best Western,
Uptown Music, Phoenix
(The),
Rock
Haven (The)
Contact
Information FOR MICHAEL BEAUCLERC:
(705) 750-1349, (416) 433-0729
E-Mail: groovedaddy@hotmail.com
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