Randy Gloss, a percussionist whose background performing several modalities of hand drums, contemporary percussion, and drum set has led to his involvement in many innovative ensembles that fuse world music with new music and jazz.
In addition to Hands On’Semble, Randy has collaborated with: Chitravina Ravikiran (including a concert tour of India that also featured Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto and master African drummer Alfred Ladzekpo); a Balkan and Indian music collaboration with maestros Ashish Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri, Miroslav Tadic, and Vladko Stefanovski; the Persian group Lian Ensemble; South Indian percussionist Poovalur Sriji’s Thanjavur and the SNEW Ensemble; Turkish musician Latif Bolat; Romanian pan flute virtuoso Damian Draghichi; and percussionist Adam Rudolph’s “Go: Organic Orchestra” and world percussion group Vashti to name a few.
Since 1999, Randy has been on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and also teaches part time at LAMA (Los Angeles Music Academy).

Teachers have included: John Bergamo, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Poovalur Sriji, Houman Pourmehdi, Guello, Carlos Stasi, Daniel Kennedy, Michael Lipsey, Alfred Ladzekpo, I Nyoman Wenten, Victor Rendon, Richard Hill, Edson Gianesi, David Johnson, Arthur Lipner, Wadada Leo Smith, Larry Koonse, Brian Torff, Rajeev Taranath, Warren Odze, Pete Abbott, Jim Mola, Buddy Ostapowitz.

MFA Multi-Focus Percussion, California Institute of The Arts.
B.M. Percussion Performance, and Jazz Studies, University of Bridgeport.

Randy Gloss endorses Remo world percussion and drumheads, Paiste cymbals and gongs, Cooperman frame drums, and Mountain Rythym djembes and congas.

Contact: randy@handsonsemble.com

Randy Gloss website: http://www.randygloss.com