 Based
out of Pointe-Claire, Quebec,Scott Atkinsis the Percussion
Arranger for the Kingston Grenadiers Drum Corps in Kingston, Ontario. With over
20 years of experience in the Marching Music Arts, he is also involved in
several areas of the music industry as a performer, educator, music arranger, recording
drummer and producer.
Scott is
a clinician for Yamaha Canada Music and an active member of the Vic Firth
Education Team, a group of educators networking and sharing resources with the
objective of growing the percussion education business. He is also involved in product
research and development with manufacturers in the drum-making industry, and an
honorary charter member of the International Association of Traditional
Drummers.
After aging out of competitive
junior drum corps with the Kiwanis Kavaliers of Kitchener, he worked with
several groups in Ontario, including the Lampliters, the Empire Loyalists, the Blue
Saints, the Kavalier Kadets, the Philippine Heritage Marching Band, and the
Kingston Grenadiers. He arranged music for the Lampliters in 1991, the Empire
Loyalists from 1993-1995, and has been the percussion arranger for the Kingston
Grenadiers since 1998.
Scott is also a drum set player,
with both performance and recording credits to his name, including a clinic
tour sharing the stage with world-renowned drummer Steve Smith. In March 2006, Scott began conducting
rudimental drumming workshops, and traveling to Germany to teach at the Hamburg
School of Music. In the last 10 years, his strong belief in the consistency of good
educators and a focus on the fundamentals has provided his drumlines with successful
and competitive percussion programs. In 2002, the Kingston Grenadiers finished
5th in percussion performance at the DCA World Open Class preliminaries,
and for many seasons, has been a respected member of the top ten drumlines of
DCA.
Scott has been as an educator and
consultant with Yamaha Canada Music since 1999. He is a graduate of the Audio Recording Academy in Ottawa.
The
Grenadiers play on the MS9214KG, a custom colour SFZ snare drum.
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