Anna Kremenliev - Drum Instructor

Website: www.myspace.com/annakremenlievmusic Hometown: Concord, CA Years playing: 12 Years teaching: 5 Musical influences: Stanton Moore, Jeff Campitelli, Tre Cool, Pat Wilson, Benny Benjamin, Pistol Allen, Uriel Jones, Carter Beauford, Philly Joe Jones Education: Bachelor's Degree from UC Berkeley, Recording Arts and Commercial Music Certificates from Diablo Valley College Musical Projects: Go Kart Mozart, The Seth Chaplas, West Grand Boulevard, Jump Back, Total Eclipse Books used: The Funky Primer, Syncopation for the Modern Drummer Key teaching concepts: Efficient playing technique, reading music, keeping time, having fun, learning different genres (Rock, Funk, Jazz, Latin, etc.), developing listening.

A Bay Area native, Anna has performed with countless groups of different musical styes all over the nation and world. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley, and was a member of the Cal Band for 4 years. Anna is not only a musician, but also a sound engineer, tour manager, concert promoter, record producer, web/graphic desiger and director of Music Time Academy. Her teaching experience ranges from private lessons to drumline to preschool music. Currently, Anna can be heard performing with various local groups including Go Kart Mozart (Rock), West Grand Blvd (Motown/R&B/Soul), Total Eclipse (70s/80s covers), The Seth Chaplas (Rock), and Jump Back (50s covers).