Gabriel

Gabriel Globus-Hoenich, Co-Founder, Teaching Artist

Montreal native Gabriel Globus-Hoenich's career reflects a deep diversity of talent, with extensive forays in the worlds of jazz, classical music, and world music as a drummer, percussionist, composer, and teaching artist.  As a busy jazz drummer, Gabriel has performed with a multitude of jazz greats, including John Swana, Tim Warfield, Pat Bianchi, Orrin Evans, Troy Roberts, Joe Magnarelli, and Larry McKenna.  Gabriel has been featured on drum-set with the Philly Pops, Detroit Symphony, Illinois Symphony, Curtis Institute Symphony among other orchestras. In addition, Gabriel frequently performs chamber music and as a member of Philadelphia's premier ensemble Dolce Suono has performed premiers of the works of Theo Bleckmann, Steve Mackey, Steven Stuckey, Stratis Minakakis, and David Ludwig.  

Gabriel is one of the founders of Drumming for Social Change, an organization dedicated to researching and developing percussion based educational programming.  Gabriel recently spent over five weeks studying Brazilian percussion in Salvador da Bahia, Brasil and researching how percussion and folkloric music can be used as conduit for social change.  Gabriel also leads the 12 piece timba band GGH and The People of Earth for whom he composes, arranges, and plays percussion.

A dedicated educator, Gabriel works in Philadelphia schools as a teaching artist for the Philadelphia Orchestra's School Partnership Program as well as El-Sistema-inspired Play on Philly.  In 2013, Gabriel was musician in residence at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia where he presented daily workshops to children aged 0-7. He has also presented workshops and children's concerts for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, World Cafe Live, and GardenMusic Festival in South Miami, where he is director of education and principal percussionist. Gabriel has also coached percussion at Haverford College and maintains a private studio.

Gabriel is a 2008 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, and has studied with some of the greatest musical minds of the 21st century including Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto, Robert Van Sice, Don Liuzzi, and Rodney Green.

For more info visit www.gghdrums.com