https://russsternglass.com/home daily 1.0 2025-01-19 https://russsternglass.com/bio daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/74d37bd1-8ea5-4e34-ab02-ac3a037b83e7/1.jpg Bio - Drums are my passion! Russ started playing professionally at age 9 and hasn’t looked back since! Growing up in Ithaca, NY, he had the fortunate opportunity to study with many incredible drummers including Conrad Alexander, George Reed, Billy Lang and Taz Cannon. After winning two Downbeat Magazine awards for Blues/Pop/Rock and Jazz drumming, he attended Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee he studied with Dave Weigert where he transcribed and studied the great jazz drummers. Upon graduating, he began his career as a professional drummer, performing with legendary artists and bands such as Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Dee White, Kevin Wimmer and Blue Eagle, Lindsay Foote, Talia Rose and Eva Gertz. Russ currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he is available for drum lessons, drum tracks and live shows! Music Performance Highlights: Session drummer at Plaid Dog Recording (Played drums on over 200 recording sessions) Teacher / Performer with Grammy winners Jay Ungar and Molly Mason at Ashokan Music Camps Drummer for Grammy nominated musician Kevin Wimmer Touring drummer with Alisa Amador, NPR Tiny Desk Concert Winner 2022 First call drummer for Ray Toole - Tik Tok/Social Media Star (videos regularly get 1M+ views) First call drummer with Dueling Pianos companies Flying Ivories, Howl at the Moon, Shake Rattle and Roll Pianos and Felix and Fingers. Drum teacher with 15+ years of teaching experience. Past students of mine have gotten into Berklee, Won All State Jazz and have won multiple awards. Achievements and Awards Tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music (2009) Full Scholarship to Berklee College of Music 5 Week summer program (2006) Downbeat Student Music Awards - “Outstanding Performance” - Jazz Drummer (2005) Winner of the Downbeat Student Music Awards - Best Blues, Pop, Rock Drummer (2004) Music Merit Scholarship winner - French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts (2003-2004) https://russsternglass.com/drum-lessons daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Drum Lessons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Drum Lessons https://russsternglass.com/drum-tracks daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Drum Tracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Drum Tracks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/6039d893-645d-4b18-a613-b033b8c8728a/Studio.jpg https://russsternglass.com/pictures daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/ab10ad44-3f20-4424-b4e2-cfbcd830324c/PromoPicture.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/fd45bb80-6ab2-4184-b2b2-0c58ee8e5cf7/Screen+Shot+2018-12-20+at+10.38.52+PM.png Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/7176d9da-27c7-4236-96b2-363b2e688b8d/IMG_0983.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/3f15ade6-b01d-4d82-b11b-097024143436/2018_1101_203832_003.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/363b01b0-8ef1-4f6d-be44-7936f2f431b0/IMG_1610.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/54115ce2-0c0a-4c9e-b904-89d5d82eeef8/IMG_9379.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/eb99b110-691a-4290-8f5e-0a2e7ffef702/IMG_1250.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/302f4678-c69c-4bcd-b60c-5647f9c07242/442A48FD-30D2-4E99-A9E7-790920EB1737.JPG Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/dc156150-d121-4c7f-8e41-b815350f4dfc/IMG_5840.png Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/ef9f7a3f-947a-4d8f-a2c1-5ba77696db6d/IMG_3568.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/a228fcea-d887-4fee-a2df-49fcde498b2a/IMG_3307.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/8d3f5517-f789-4e88-b7dc-85af4ae6f3ae/plaiddog.jpg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/aa7fbcba-1d05-419c-a476-f2105d562746/IMG_4205.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/1c6f7108-83ee-4a0b-808e-ddc9df1ffbff/IMG_2462.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/6db7ede3-9207-47f8-b443-15faaf44230f/IMG_5678.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/8e545737-f692-498e-84bb-b3b5d9382aee/IMG_7945+2.jpeg Pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/8a870b3c-3d69-4b35-8eba-3f27e4e102f8/IMG_3830.jpeg Pictures https://russsternglass.com/live daily 0.75 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d4d3d48788fb350284c5a0/c8e29b66-fce9-424b-81c2-080f0e7c6bda/IMG_2616.jpeg Live - I love playing live! I have been preforming professionally for the past 21 years. In this time I have performed in over 50 countries with artists in many different styles including rock, funk, jazz and country. I love traveling to new places to play drums!