Chris Lesso joins the Toronto Rock Camp to lead Drum Instruction!
We are pleased to welcome Chris Lesso to the Toronto
Rock Camp team! Chris ran a successful and well
received clinic last year, and joins the Toronto Rock
Camp as the head of Drums and Percussion instruction.
Chris began studying music on the piano at the age of
7, and received his grade 8 in classical piano
through the Royal Conservatory at age 12. He began
drumming when he was 9, and has never looked back.
After gaining much experience performing and writing
music in various bands, he sought out and took
lessons from many world-renowned artists such as Dom
Famularo (World Clinician), Ed Shaughnessy (Johnny
Carson Show), and Jim Chapin (Famous Educator), then
going on to study with highly respected teacher and
drummer Jim Blackley. Chris is currently studying
jazz harmony on the piano.
Chris' unique blend of hard rock, jazz,
improvisational, and world flavored rhythms can be
heard with guitarist Tony Springer, (www.wildt.ca), trumpeter Nick
'Brownman' Ali, pianist Steve Kovan, and Chris'
own original instrumental band 'The Factor',
(www.myspace.com/thefactortoronto),
as well as various Top 40 bands, all playing
around the Toronto area and internationally. The
future holds an ever improving output of energetic
live shows and rhythmically intense recorded work,
always drawing from a wide range of influences and
styles. Chris is a member of the Professional Drum
Teachers Guild, the Percussive Arts Society, and
is endorsed by Sonor Drums.
Chris conducted a successful and well received clinic
at the Toronto Rock Camp in 2008, and returns in 2009
as the head of Drums and Percsussion instruction.
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