JEFF GRANT

Jeffrey Grant is a professional percussionist based in Los Angeles, California.  He has performed regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2014 and has traveled with the orchestra on four international tours.  In addition to this, he has also performed in the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella series as one of four soloists performing Steve Reich’s Mallet Quartet with members of the Philharmonic.  Jeffrey is a member of the Long Beach Symphony and has also played with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida, the Tucson Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony, the Fresno Philharmonic among others.  He has worked with many prominent orchestral conductors in the field today including Gustavo Dudamel, John Williams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Susanna Malkki, Stephane Deneve, Mirga Grazintye-Tyla, Leonard Slatkin, Gerard Schwarz, Bramwell Tovey and more.

Jeffrey has a growing private percussion studio and was the percussion instructor for the Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles which provided free music education to children in the Cypress Park community. In addition to this, Jeffrey also practices sound therapy with handmade gongs from China and Myanmar in a variety of settings around Los Angeles.

Jeffrey holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Michigan University, Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan as well as a Percussion Performance Graduate Certificate from the University of Southern California.  At USC, Jeffrey studied with Principal Timpanist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Joseph Pereira as well as Percussionist of the LA Phil, Jim Babor.