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$37/30min
$55/45min
$70/60min
Mickey began drumming at age six and has been busy making music ever since. As a young kid she studied concert snare drumming and jazz drumming with Matt Gordy, and later moved on to study rock, funk, and world music with Boston legend Dean Johnston (Superhoney, Club d’Elf). She simultaneously pursued her interest in songwriting by learning to play guitar, piano, and to sing and record songs onto a 4-track tape machine. At the age of 16 she decided to get her GED instead of graduating high school, and subsequently moved to Olympia WA to attend The Evergreen State College at age 17.
While at Evergreen, Mickey studied everything from creative writing, book making/letterpress, farming, and music therapy. Her primary focus was studying the ways in which creative arts can be used as a tool for personal transformation. Through this work her interest in teaching music began to grow, and for the past three years she has been teaching private drum lessons with students of all ages.
After two years at Evergreen, Mickey transferred to Berklee College of Music in Boston to return her focus to drum-set performance. While at Berklee she studied with drumming masters such as Kenwood Dennard, Dave DiCenso, Sergio Bellotti, and Rich Greenblatt while also continuing to take private lessons with her long-time mentor Dean Johnston. She gained experience in ensemble playing and performing, while also studying music theory, ear training, arranging, and music production. After completing one year of studies at Berklee, Mickey decided to take time off from college to pursue further experience in teaching music and gigging around the Boston music scene. She is currently drumming for local bands Plumerai and To The Wedding, and gigs with many other local bands at venues such as Middle East Club, Precinct, and other venues in New York City, Philadelphia, and Raleigh NC. She is passionate about helping students to gain the technical and creative skills to expressive themselves on their instrument