Gregory
Ozment was born in Redwood City, CA and shortly thereafter moved to
Hayward, CA. Growing up playing piano and violin, he had developed an
interest in percussion after being involved in his high school drumline
and had gotten involved in percussion in his high school wind ensemble
and wind symphony. This led him to study percussion in his college years
in both the Bay Area and later Orange County with instructors Artie
Storch, Theresa Dimond, and Rob Slack. He had also experienced being
taught by other various professional percussionists such as Ted Atkatz,
Shaun Tilburg, Casey Cangelosi, Matt Howard, and Lynn Vartan.
Greg
currently resides in Irvine, CA. He had finished his master's degree in
music performance from California State University, Fullerton, and he
is currently a freelance percussionist in Orange County and Los Angeles
County. He has performed for symphonies such as the Dana Point Symphony
and Palo Verdes Regional Symphony Orchestra, as well as sharing the
stage with Frank Ticheli, Randy Jackson, and Larry Livingston. Alongside
being a performer he is currently on faculty at La Serna High School in
Whittier, Suzanne Middle School in Walnut, Music & Arts in San
Dimas, and Neal Music Instruction in Anaheim. He has previously taught
at the Saturday Conservatory of Music in San Gabriel, Da Capo Music in
Santa Ana, and OrchePia in Irvine. He is continuing to find more
opportunity as both a performer and a teacher.
