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What the press is saying about Sherrie Maricle "Maricle drove the evening's music along with a contained fury of the power plant of a nuclear submarine…" Hamilton Spectator "[Sherrie Maricle] is an incredibly gifted drummer who has super human technique combined with first class musicianship…" Saxophone Journal "She worked her way around the drums as both a rock-steady time keeper and dynamic soloist…" Binghamton Press "Maricle's lively inventive chops proved that not all straight-ahead drummers are mere time keepers…" Downbeat "[Sherrie Maricle] has always had the power to burn, but during her years in New York she has developed the subtle side of her technique, employing dynamics to whisper as well as roar…" Binghamton Press What others are saying about Sherrie Maricle "Thanks for Burt Korall's well-written and much-deserved feature article about Sherrie Maricle [December '03 MD]. As one can clearly determine from the article, Sherrie is an extremely hard-working drummer on and off the stage. She transforms this work ethic into a very dynamic stage performance. Several years ago, Sherrie worked with high school musicians at a three-day jazz festival sponsored by our local community college. The culmination of this festival was a concert by Sherrie's band, DIVA. Sherrie's performance as a drummer was commanding, but equally impressive was her ability to get the most out [of] these youg high school musicians. She is not only an accomplished musician, but also a gifted educator and role model." Scott A. Bell Check out Sherrie's: Artist Interview at www.jazzreview.com New York Times interview Tips for Jazz Drumming Rhythm, Rhyme, & Rap Workshop |
 Photo: Bill Westmoreland Dr. Sherrie Maricle, Ph.D. For musician Sherrie Maricle, her drum set is a real-life metaphor of her career. Just as playing the drums requires coordinating four limbs at the same time, Maricle's career coordinates successes as a jazz artist, music director, and teacher, and composer. From the drum set Maricle leads her big band The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and her quintet FIVE PLAY. From Carnegie Hall, she performs with The New York Pops and is also the orchestra's Director of Education. As a music director she works with acclaimed Broadway star Maurice Hines. As a teacher she is on the jazz faculty of The New York State Summer Music Festival and also runs a private drum set and percussion studio. Sherrie is an active clinician for Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Drum Sticks and is the creator of The Rhythm, Rhyme and Rap Workshop for children. She is also a busy freelance performer and a published composer/arranger in both the classical and jazz mediums. With The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and FIVE PLAY she has performed at many of the world's most acclaimed music venues which include:
DIVA has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, numerous times on CNN Arts Break and was highlighted on The 25th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center television special and the NHK (Japan) Network's New York Jazz. With The New York Pops Sherrie often travels overseas to countries such as Japan and Korea. As a composer, performer and educator, Sherrie has received several honors which include:
Additionally, FIVE PLAY's premier recording On the Brink was voted the #1 CD of 1999 by Nat Hentoff in Jazz Times magazine.
Maricle was born in Buffalo, New York and at age 5 moved to Endicott, New York. In fourth grade she began studying the clarinet and cello but switched to snare drum in sixth grade. When Sherrie was 11 she heard a concert by Buddy Rich and his Killer Force Orchestra that ignited her passion for the drums, big bands and jazz, and started her on her life's path. While she was an undergraduate at Binghamton University she began playing professionally in a wide variety of musical situations. After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 she moved to New York City and attended New York University where she completed a Master's of Arts in Jazz Performance in 1986 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Jazz Performance/Composition in 2000. The DIVA Jazz Orchestra's most recent recordings are T.N.T. - a Tommy Newsom Tribute (2005) and Blues In The Night (with vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway, 2006). Other DIVA recordings include Live in Concert (2003); I Believe in You (1998); Leave it to DIVA (1997) and Something's Coming (1995). Another live recording is scheduled for 2007. FIVE PLAY'S most recent CD A Jazzy Way features Portuguese vocalist Maria Anadon. Other FIVE PLAY CDs include PLUS and On the Brink. Some of Maricle's additional recording credits include: The Time Being; Cookin' on All Burners; Dedication; Sherrie Maricle and Friends "LIVE"; and numerous compact discs with The New York Pops. Email Sherrie "Do what you LOVE and be grateful." |
