Jay Contrino.com
About:
Jay is a teacher and freelance drummer in the Dallas area.
He teaches private drum set instruction at Schaelling Studio in Lewisville and performs regularly with the disco/funk band Groove Academy and pop/jazz singer Lauren Gifford.
Jay recently earned his master's degree in Jazz Studies from Univertisy of North Texas and he holds a BM in performance from Berklee College of Music.
-New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
-Bass Hall with the UNT Repertory Ensemble.
-Sammons Center for the performing arts in a Tribute to Shirley Horn.
-White Rock Music Festival, Grape Fest, and Taste of Addison.
-Gaylord Texan, Sambucca Uptown, Sambucca Addison, Sipango's, Terelli's, Cool River Cafe, Kirby's, Sam's Boat, September's, Mansion at Turtle Creek, Cosmo Rouge, M Street Bar, Six Flags, and Carson's Live.
Bio:
Jay Contrino is from Braintree Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He began performing professionally while attending college, playing drums in a trio led by his father Joe, a singer/pianist www.joecontrino.com. He soon began performing weekly throughout Boston and New England in original and cover bands.
In 1997 he left Boston to perform in musicals, rock & roll, and country shows at Six Flags Theme Park in San Antonio, and the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Soon after, Jay performed for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines with entertainers such as Maureen McGovern, Ben Vereen, Tommy Tune, the Osmond Brothers, Lorna Luft, Joanne Whirley, Bowzer, Mickey Dolenz, the Platters, the Coasters, and the Diamonds. He was most recently the musical director on the ship Rhapsody of the Seas.
Jay has studied with Gary Chaffee, Ed Soph, Jamie Haddad, Ian Froman, Joe Hunt, Ed Kaspik, Dick DiCenso, and John Horrigan.