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About Todd

Todd Bishop has been performing and teaching professionally in Portland and the US west coast since 1985. He has led jazz, avant-garde and indie rock groups and produced 5 CDs of his original music for Seattle's Origin Records and for independent release. In the fall of 2010 he will complete his second European tour with his group Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4.

He studied classical percussion with Charles Dowd at the University of Oregon and, under scholarship, jazz studies at the University of Southern California. At USC, his instructors included Gregg Field (Count Basie, Frank Sinatra) and John Thomas (Chick Corea, Woody Herman).

From 1981-85 he marched with the Argonauts Drum & Bugle Corps (Salem, OR) and in 1986 he marched with the Santa Clara Vanguard, which finished second nationally that year. His instructors included drum corps legends Ralph Hardimon, George Tuthill, and Fred Sanford.

He is also an abstract painter and photographer, and has exhibited and sold work throughout the Pacific Northwest.


References:

Tyson Sterne - band director, Ft. Vancouver High School (Vancouver, WA)
Tyler Benedict - band director, Heritage High School (Vancouver, WA)
Cynthia Plank - band director, Beaumont Middle School (Portland, OR)
Molly Scholz - music director, Riverdale Elementary School (Portland, OR)
Mary-Sue Tobin - music instructor (Portland, OR)
Fred S. - student (Portland, OR)
Denise G. - parent of student (Lake Oswego, OR)
Felicia R. - parent of student (Beaverton, OR)


External links to Todd's musical projects:

www.popart4.com
www.myspace.com/69anneeerotique
www.cruiseshipdrummer.com/audio_archive.html
Todd Bishop on Origin Records.

 

Todd playing live with his group Pop Art 4:

More videos on Todd's YouTube Channel.

 

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