Brad Conant Email & Phone Number

Cape Cod, Ma

Private Percussion Instructor for all ages and levels.

Cape Cod

In School Private Percussion InstructorSeptember 2014-PresentRandolph High School, Stoughton High School, Bridgewater Raynham High School grade 5-12• Teaching a broad range of styles and instruments including timpani, drum set, battery percussion and orchestral percussion• Help teach music given to them by concert band/jazz band/percussion ensemble/marching band teachers• Preparing students for auditions and music after acceptance• Scheduling lesson times and coordinating lesson spaces• Collecting the lesson fee from students and parents• Creating unique lesson plans for each student

Stoughton High School, Stoughton Ma

Stoughton High School, Stoughton MASeptember 2014-PresentPercussion caption head, Ensemble Leader, Consultant, Writer and Pit Ensemble Educator grades 6-12• General instruction and technique building for orchestral percussion as well as drum line• Teaching a broad range of styles and instruments; Timpani, Drum set, Marching snare,orchestral snare and percussion, Marching Tenors• Jazz Ensemble consultant and arranger• One on one help with students to trouble shoot musical and logistical issues• Tuning of all drums, orchestral and drum line• Consults teachers on purchases of new equipment and repairing broken equipment• Liaison of special instructions to students from the different teachers and supervisors• Creative thinking regarding the students performances and rehearsals• Analysis of changes and edits needed of the music to better the program

Greater Boston Area

Theatre:• Songs For a New World – Jason Robert Brown• Candid – Leonard Bernstein• One More for the Road – Jean Ann Ryan• Malibu Waves – Jean Ann Ryan• Over the Big Top – Jean Ann Ryan• Backstage Pass – Jean Ann Ryan• Rocky Horror Picture Show – Richard O’brien• Anything Goes – Cole Porter• Frog and Toad – Robert and Willie Reale• Godspell – Stephen Schwartz• Working – Stephen Schwartz• Charlie Brown the Musical – Clark Gesner Cruise Ships:• Oceania Marina – Theatre Orchestra/Guest Entertainer Backing Band/Jazz Combo/Special Events• Celebrity Infinity – Specialty bandCover/Original Bands:• Blackout Funk – Top 40, Soul, R&B, Funk, Pop• Jake Pardee Band – Jazz, Reggae, Classic Rock (Hendrix, Zeppelin, etc.. ) Top 40,• The Rip it Ups – Jazz, Rockabilly, Blues, Latin, Originals• The Long Tones – Top 40, Jazz, Funk, Pop, Originals• Original Gravity – Progressive Rock, Originals• Mamadou Diop – African Pop, Reggae, World Fusion, Originals• Hugh Gilmore Trio – Jazz Standards, Latin Standards, Jazz Ballads, Bebop• Pulsation – Originals, Outlaw Rock, Funk, R&B, Pop• Schuyler Grant – Originals, Folk, Singer Songwriter, Country• Bert Jackson Quartet – Jazz, Latin Jazz, Fusion• Fred Boyle – Jazz, Latin, Jazz Singers• Jeff Lockhart with Maro Chon – Blues, Hip Hop, Rock• 33RDY Baby – Rap• Sarah Burril – Folk, Rock, PopMany More...Studio Experience:• Hornsby Studios - ’02 ’03 ’04• Berklee Studios 2013 - Brite Lite Brite “Don’t Tell Me”• Berklee Studios 2014 - “Songs of Love” Foundation With Andrea Stankevitch• Brick Hill Studios - Jon Evans, Platinum Recording Engineer and Producer “Pulsation”2015-2016• Studio 307 Stafford Springs – 2016• The Boat House for “Days of Our Lives” (Joey Spampinato) - 2016

Bridgewater Ma

Bridgewater Raynham High School and Middle School, Bridgewater MANovember 2014 – April 2016Winter Percussion Instructor/Writer/Pilot Program Coordinator grades 6-12• Writing for the entire ensemble, including rhythm section (Guitar, Bass guitar)• Writing each part to cater the individual students abilities• In charge of 21 plus students• Technique instruction and trouble shooting issues posed by students• Making on the fly adjustments easy for kids to understand and play• Lesson planning and coordination of the program• Tuning and repair of all drums Orchestral and Battery

Alaska

Sydney Australia To South Hampton England

The drum-set and percussionist or the Marina Show Band. Played for all production theatre shows, guest artists, special events and solo performances.

Marlborough, Ma

• Lead for Endoscopy demo product and capital equipment logistics.• Developed quality control processes on product request submissions as well as product itself.• Provided exceptional customer service to the Marketing, Sales Training, and international divisions.• Single handedly saved over 7 figures from January 2013 to October 2013. • Coordinated Capital equipment Incoming and out going for the Global Endoscopy division.• Created a tracking system for all shipments globally and domestic.• Managed a team for inventory and kitting processes.

Organized the first drum line in the Nauset Regional School District history. Wrote many pieces for the ensemble. Also instructed the percussion for Concert band, Orchestra, and Percussion Ensembles.