Teen Jazz Artists Online
Nate Von Trotha - Drummer
Hosted by Sax Player Shannon Kennedy
Name: Nate Von Trotha
Instrument: Drums
Nathan von Trotha - percussion extraordinaire - started as a percussionist at age ten. Since then, he has grown to many great musical accomplishments. He started music just as a hobby and now it has encompassed his life as
he attends the Orange County High School of the Arts as a percussion major in the Jazz and Commercial Music program under the direction of
Bijon Watson and Chris Creswell as well as the Classical Music Program under the direction Christopher Russell.
Nathan plays with local bands in Orange County as well as school-associated groups such as the OCHSA Chamber Orchestra and the Ambassador Jazz Orchestra under the direction of the aforementioned directors of the Jazz and Commercial Music Program. Nathan has been seen on stage with Grammy Award-winning artists such as Carmen Bradford, Luis Conte, Alex Acuņa, Francisco Aguabella, Rene Camacho, Ottmaro Ruiz, Justo Almario, Scott Martin and Sal Crachiolla, among
others.
Nathan wrote a blues tune that you can read that Shannon put online.