Jason Degenhardt

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Jason Degenhardt

Independent / Washburn University

NATIONALITY: USA
EDUCATION: Washburn University, Bachelor of Music
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Jason has performed onstage with a wide variety of professional artists including Broadway Stars Jeff Kready and Nikki Renee Daniels, KANSAS, Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show, Nelly's Echo, Linda Maxey, Bob Becker, Topeka Symphony Orchestra, Topeka Festival Singers, and Fountain City Brass Band. He also has over 50 musical productions on his resume, and the number continues to grow.
DISCOGRAPHY:
Fountain City Brass Band, Over the Rainbow
FILMOGRAPHY:
KANSAS, There's No Place Like Home

www.jasondrums.com

BIOGRAPHY: Jason Degenhardt holds a B.A. in Music Education from Washburn University in Topeka, KS. During his time at WU, he performed in various ensembles which included performance tours of Honduras and China, as well as a live film recording with the band KANSAS, and various appearances at the Kansas Music Educator's Association State Convention.

As a performer, Jason can regularly be found in the pit for musicals at the local theaters, and onstage with groups such as the Topeka Festival Singers, Invisible Bike, The Blue Notes Variety Band and more.

As a teacher, Jason has a private percussion studio where he teaches snare drum, drumset, and mallets to students of various ages. Numerous students of Jason's studio have achieved high honors at state competitions. Jason is also an Adjunct Music Professor at Washburn University where he organizes and rehearses the WU Drumline.

When he's not teaching and playing, you can find Jason in the "Drumgeon" building TreeHouse Drums with Derek Sharp.

Drums

The Blue Kit

7x10 6-ply maple tom
8x12 6-ply maple tom
13x13 6-ply maple floor tom
14x14 6-ply maple floor tom
16x16 6-ply maple floor tom
14x18 8-ply maple bass
14x20 8-ply maple bass
6½x14 solid maple snare

Jason's mix-n-match set. He started with the three drums in the photos, and has added from there. Now when it's gig time, he grabs the sizes he needs for that application and hits the road!
See more photos of the original 3-piece kit, Wee Blue Bop.
See more photos the solid shell snare, Big Blue.

Re-Ring Field Snare

10x14 vintage shell snare

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N'Orleans 13

8x13 8-ply maple snare

A great mid tone snare to fill out a kit or add different voices to a musical.
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80's Vibe

6½x14 6-ply maple snare

Jason had his friend Sara Myer provide the custom paint job on this 2&4 beast.
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Jason's Rosewood

4½x14 1-ply solid rosewood snare

This drums sounds even better than it looks. Gorgeous drum.
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Amber Concert Snare

6½x14 1-ply solid maple snare

This snare lives in Jason's private lesson studio.
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Brown Pancakes

5½x10 6-ply maple tom
10x14 6-ply maple tom
8x20 10-ply bass

The shallow depths allow for Jason to cram this kit in the corner of a crowded theater, and the drums still sound big enough for the concert stage.
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