Joseph Quintana

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California; Joseph began studying drums and percussion at the age of ten. His parents would invest in drum set lessons at Gard's Music in Glendora, Ca. He spiked interest in drumming in his Church's worship team on Sundays as well as participate in his Elementary Schools Jazz & Concert Band. His taste in music would influence him to perform & record in local punk/ rock/ reggae/ funk bands across LA County & San Bernardino County. A spark would ignite when he would perform with his friends “grunge-rock” band from high-school at the Whiskey-A-Go-GO in West Hollywood. Continuing his education at Citrus College is where he would build his skills & network of musicians he would soon be working with for the next 10 years.

Studying in world, latin, symphonic/ classical, jazz, funk, pop & rock music in both percussion and drum set had built a solid foundation of experience to prepare him for performing with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Ron King, and Martha Reeves. Doors were soon opened to assist on drum-set in Cal-Poly Pomona’s Jazz Band; volunteer in the Azusa Pacific University marching band on snare drum; assist in a jazz rhythm workshop at Workman High-School/ Gladstone High-school/ Azusa High-School; serve in worship teams such as the Cause Church/ First Presbytarian Church/ Summit Church/ Shadow Mountain Community Church/ Christ Church of the Valley/ Crosswalk Church/ Active Church. He has also assisted professional musicians in educational clinics such as Gregg Bissonette, Ricky Lawson, Danny Elfmanand Abraham Laboriel Sr; has performed in musicals such as DOG FIGHT, PIPPIN, THE WILD PARTY, BIG FISH, SHREK, LEGALLY BLONDE, THE HEATHERS, MARRY POPPINS and SONGS OF A NEW WORLD in venues such as the Covina Playhouse, Top Hat 8 Repository, Cal State Fullerton; performed on Holland America’s cruiseship to the Caribbean from Dec. 29th- Jan.6th 2018 performing with Gospel artist Charles Billingsley, The Martins, Michael Sanchez, and Uriel Vega; has toured Hawaii with biy band artists Jimmy Borges and Melissa Manchester; has performed countless big band and pop/rock cover band sets within Southern California. Joseph now teaches African percussion and drum set studies through SCALE Academy located in Chino, Ca, as well as continuing his education where he has studied with some of Los Angeles' drum set and percussion masters such as TJ Troy, Bryan Taylor, Alexander Singer, Dave Kopplin, Nick Stoup, and Mark Converse.