Biography
Stephane Chamberland maintains a diverse career as a drumming performer and educator. Enjoying various styles of playing, he is known to be a versatile drummer, performing, reading and writing all styles of music. He has recorded and freelanced with many artists in conventions and festivals. Steph also performed with many bands in Canada including Rosheen, Phonethemental and Kabir Percussion. He is now playing with his Jazz band and working on many other projects with freelance musicians.
Recognized internationally as an educator, Steph has given hundreds of drum clinics in schools, music stores and conventions over the past 8 years and has appeared at The Cape Breton Drum Festival 2008 (Nova Scotia, Canada). He was invited to the Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp (TIPSC) in the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. He is traveling now around the world doing clinics for his sponsors. He also maintains a busy private teaching schedule at his studio in Quebec City, The Wizdom Drumshed that he owns with Dom Famularo. The studio is a state-of-the-art teaching facility where drummers from all around the world come to study. Steph his also part of the education team for Vic firth with the PDT+ program.
Stephane studied with several top teachers during many years in New York, New Jersey and Toronto, including Dom Famularo, Jim Chapin, Rick Gratton, Robby Ameen, Jeff Salem, Paul DeLong, Joe Bergamini, John Favicchia, Aldo Mazza, Frank Belluci, also with John Riley and Bobby Sanabria at Manhattan School of Music. He also studied at the Conservatory of Music in Quebec City and with several teachers in the Quebec City area.
Steph’s interest in writing and education has led to him becoming very active in the music publishing world. He is the co-author of the book The Weaker Side with Dom Famularo (Alfred Publishing), and a contributing writer for Modern Drummer Magazine and Classic Drummer Magazine. He has also been featured in Gigging Musician, Drums Etc, International Musician and Percussive Notes. His book was voted number one at the NAMM show 2008.
Steph endorses Mapex Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Evans Drumheads. He has worked on various promotional projects for Mapex Drums, co-creating the Mapex Learning Advantage Program, in addition to being engaged to work on educational posters for the company.
Click on the links below to learn more about Steph in .PDF:
MODERN DRUMMER 2006 – Article about Steph
DRUM ETC. 2006 – Article about Steph
INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN MAGAZINE 2004 – Interview
AUDW 2006 – ARTICLE P.2 – Dom talking about Steph in Australia
PERCUSSIVE NOTE MAGAZINE – Steph won the Larrie Londin scolarship in 2003
Click on the links below to read some Steph’s articles in Music Teacher International Magazine in .PDF:
March/April 2007 – Grooves ideas for The Afro-Cuban Drummer
November/December 2005 – What’s Beyond Technique
April/May 2004 -Open Handed,The Way of The Future
September/October 2004 – Independence to Interdependence
