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Kit has enjoyed performing on stage around
world with some of the most exciting shows. Before
joining Cirque du Soleil,
Kit finished an exciting run as the featured percussionist
and
percussion manager for the theatrical show, CYBERJAM,
performing in London, England's West End.
Prior to joining the cast of CYBERJAM,
Kit was the featured
snare drum/percussion soloist with the Tony and Emmy
Award
winning Broadway show BLAST!, touring all over the United
States, Canada, Europe, and Japan.
Kit has been featured and received
rave reviews in some of the most
prestigious publications including: Classic
Drummer Magazine,
The LA Times,
Time Out London, Get Out Magazine, Digital Journal Magazine,
The London Theatre
Guide and The Washington Post and has appeared
in numerous television shows, including The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CNN, The
Today Show, Regis and Kelly,
PBS and BBC London to name a few.
Kit has performed with
Cirque du Soleil, CyberJam, Blast!, PdQ, John Scott Evans,
Rick Pruitt, Randy
Hoexter, David Ragsdale (Kansas), Jerry Peek
(Steve
Morse Band), John T
David, Andy David, Robert Ore, Sam Skelton, Chip Lunsford,
Tom Knight, Steve
Dancz, Buddy Mohmed & American Bedouin, Gale Hess
(Cafe Noir), Eyal Ganor,
Jamal Mohammad and many
more.
This past 2007 WGI season, Kit was
designer and
ensemble music director for the independent WGI
finalist Atlanta Quest Indoor Drumline. Kit is
heavily involved in the WGI activity even while on
tour
with Cirque du Soleil. For the two years prior to
joining Quest, Kit was Chief Show Designer/Head of
Percussion Performance/Artistic Director for the
world finalist Odyssey Percussion Theatre. Kit was
with Odyssey from its inception and in their first
year
placed 6th in finals.
 In 2000, Kit toured as Percussion Instructor &
Arranger with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps
and has worked with many other groups including;
the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corp, Scenic City Velocity
Percussion Theater, University of Tennessee, and the
BOA Regional Champions Harrison High School just
to name a few.
When not performing with Cirque du Soleil
or working with Atlanta Quest, Kit also gives clinics &
master classes on all types of percussion and also
plays world percussion with an Atlanta based
Smooth Jazz group called PdQ.
Kit finished a Bachelor of Music degree
at the University of Georgia in 2000 and also did
freelance performing and teaching in the Atlanta/Athens
area while in college. Kit studied percussion privately
with Dr. Thomas W. McCutchen and drum set/hand drums
with Arvin Scott while attending the
University of Georgia. Kit also instructed and arranged
percussion music for the University of
Georgia Redcoat Drumline and University of Georgia
Indoor Marching Percussion Ensemble for
three years and served as UGA Drum line section leader
the two previous years.
While in college, Kit was a studio percussionist
for multiple recording studios based outside the
Atlanta area, as well as a percussionist for many
local bands like the PdQ, The John Scott Evans
Band, Guadalajara, and Tropical Breeze.
In 1999,
Kit performed world percussion with
pianist/composer Steve Dancz at the
legendary Montreux Jazz Festival in
Montreux, Switzerland, the Vienne
Jazz Festival in Vienne, France, and
other parts of Europe. Kit also
performed with many ensembles while
in college including: the Athens
Symphony, Augusta Symphony, the
University of Georgia Wind Symphony, the
University of Georgia Orchestra, Redcoat
Marching Band, UGA Salsa Band, UGA
Percussion Ensemble, UGA Steel Band,
UGA African Ensemble, and the University
Studio Orchestra with world famous
composer and arranger Sammy Nestico.
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