McGRATH PERCUSSION
NEWS AND EVENTS
Upcoming Events/Announcements
I am now an artist with Pearl Drums and Adams Percussion.
Beginning in Fall 2025, I will be Assistant Professor of Percussion at California State University Fullerton School of Music
Interview on CSUF Titan TV "In Focus"
SCSBOA Conference--"Effective Techniques for Successful Percussionists at All Levels" with CSUF Prof. Ray Llewellyn--1/31 @ 1:30pm
CSUF Percussion Ensemble Concert--4/14 @ 8pm, Meng Concert Hall, California State University Fullerton
Santiago High School Percussion Festival--4/18 8am-5pm
Colburn Community School of Performing Arts Percussion Studio Recital--5/2 @ 8pm, Colburn School, Olive Recital Hall
Student Accomplishments!
Brian Cannady (CSUF Alum)--hired Percussion Lecturer CSUN
Jeremy Davis (former private student)--2025/2026 LA Philharmonic Resident Fellow
Sylvie Furman (CSUF Alum)--hired as Music Teacher at Columbus Tustin Middle School
Joshua Gallup (Colburn)--2026 SCSBOA All-Southern Honor Symphony Orchestra Member
Milton Salazar (CSUF Alum)--appointed Principal Percussion of San Gabriel Valley Symphony
Beto Santamaria (CSUF Alum)--hired as Music Teacher at Hollydale School
John Sunderman (CSUF)--accepted into 2026 RISE Film Scoring Orchestra
Upcoming Performances
Pacific Symphony--Music of Beethoven and Strauss, 2/5-7 @ 8pm, Segerstrom Concert Hall
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra--Music of Beethoven and Wolfgang, 2/14 @ 7:30, Zipper Hall, 2/15 @ 4pm, The Wallis
Seth MacFarlane--2/17 @ 8pm, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Pacific Symphony--Mahler Symphony No. 1, 2/26-28 @ 8pm, Segerstrom Concert Hall
Pasadena Symphony--Music of Bernstein, Contreras, and Dvorak, 3/21 @ 2pm/8pm, Ambassador Auditorium
Pasadena Symphony--"America @ 250", 5/30 @ 2pm/8pm, Ambassador Auditorium
In Release Now
Zootopia 2
Avatar: Fire and Ash
The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SquarePants
Musician. Performer. Educator.
I perform throughout Southern California in concert halls and recording studios. In addition, I teach all levels of percussion at California State University Fullerton School of Music and the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts.