About Joe Roma:

Joe is a graduate of Binghamton University where he received his Bachelor of Music degree with Honors. He studied drumming as a teen with Ken Craig, a graduate of the Navy School of Music and a highly respected drummer. Further study took place in New York City with both Joe Morello (of the famed Dave Brubeck Quartet) and Ed Shaugnessy (drummer with Johnny Carson's Tonight Show). Joe is also fortunate to have studied with drummer/clinician/author/entrepreneur Roy Burns. College percussion study was with David Buttolph, a graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, and student of the New York Philharmonic's Saul Goodman and Morris Goldenberg. Further college study took place with Christian Grainger, a graduate of Ted Frazeur's percussion program at Fredonia State University.

Joe was a member of the Binghamton University Music Department for 8 years, conducting the University Percussion Ensemble and teaching percussion lessons. He founded Joe's Drum Shop in Johnson City and had a successful business there for 21 years. He is currently on the Music Department faculty at SUNY-Broome, teaching Applied Music lessons. He performs as Principal Timpanist with the Tri-Cities Opera orchestra and on the drum set with the Andrew Williams Quartet, Anything Goes, Miles Ahead Jazz Quartet, Ralph Muro Trio and Old Friends. He is a private drum and percussion instructor and a certified NYSSMA adjudicator.

Joe has performed with the Binghamton Philharmonic, Tri-Cities Opera, BC Pops, Binghamton Community Orchestra, Ice Capades, Disney World on Ice and Cider Mill Playhouse. Artists he has performed with in concert include Dionne Warwick, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Frank Wess,  Houston Person, Erskine Hawkins, Marvin Stamm, Ingrid Jensen, Lew Soloff, Slam Stewart, Cat Anderson, Rufus Reid, Eddie Allen, Eddie Daniels, Tia Fuller, Ken McIntyre, Steve Davis, Mike Davis, Tony Kadleck, Bob Dorough, Steve Weisberg, Michael Philip Mossman, Larry Ham, Eilleen Farrell, Richard Stolzman and members of the Lenox Quartet.

He has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, the dedication of the New York State Governmental Plaza in Albany, Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, the dedication (and 25th anniversary!) of the Broome County Veterans memorial Arena, Pops on the River and the Glenora Winery's Jazz Series.

  Joe's Current Public Performances:

DECEMBER 2018

Dec 7 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Dec 8 - Sinatra and more with the Ralph Muro Trio - Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Dec 14 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Dec 15 - light jazz with Anything Goes at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Dec 21 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Dec 28 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Dec 31 - bring in the New Year with Anything Goes at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 9:30 P.M.


NOVEMBER 2018

Nov 2 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Nov 5 - Firehouse Jazz Jam at the Schorr Family Stage, Willow St., Johnson City, 7 P.M.

Nov 9 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Nov 16 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Nov 17 - light jazz with "Anything Goes" at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Nov 23 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Nov 30 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

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OCTOBER 2018

Oct 5 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Oct. 6 - Sinatra and more with the Ralph Muro Trio, Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8:00 P.M.

Oct. 14 - Tri-Cities Opera presents Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at The Forum, Washington St., Binghamton, 3:00 P.M.

Oct. 19 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Oct 20 - light jazz with "Anything Goes" at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Oct 26 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.
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SEPTEMBER 2018

Sep 1 - Sinatra and more with the Ralph Muro Trio, Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8:00 P.M.

Sep 7 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

​Sep. 8 - light jazz with "Anything Goes" at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Sep 14 - Old Friends play the "Halfway Hooley" at Robinson Street Legion, Binghamton, 8 P.M.

Sep 21 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Sep 28 - Old Friends play the "Oktoberfest" at Most Holy Rosary Church, Rt. 26, Maine, 7 P.M.

AUGUST 2018

Aug 3 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Aug 10 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Aug 18 - light jazz with "Anything Goes" at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton,
8 P.M.

Aug 24 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

Aug 31 -  Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

JULY 2018

July 6 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

July 7 - Singer Glenda Davenport at Binghamton July/Jazzfest - Court/State St. intersection - 1 P.M.

July 13 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

July 15 - Miles Ahead Jazz Quartet opens for guitarist Peter White - Glenora Winery Jazz Series (Dundee, NY) - 2 P.M.

July 20 - Andrew Williams Quartet at Moxie, Conklin Rd., Conklin, 7 P.M.

July 21 - light jazz with Anything Goes at Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.

July 27 - Old Friends at Church of the Holy Family Bazaar, Phyllis St., Endwell, 8 P.M.

July 28 - Sinatra and more with the Ralph Muro Trio, Number 5 Restaurant, S. Washington St., Binghamton, 8 P.M.


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