Jeff Siegel

Adjunct Instructor of Music
Applied Jazz Percussion, Jazz Combos

Jeff "Siege" Siegel, drummer, has been playing with the Sir Roland Hanna Trio since 1994. He studied drums with Freddy Waits, Barry Altschul and Akira Tana. He received his B.F.A. from City College in New York City, as well as his M.S. in Jazz from Queens College where he studied composition with Jimmy Heath.

Siege is critically acclaimed in the October '92 edition of Modern Drummer magazine for his work on Ryan Kisor's Columbia Records debut "Minor Mutiny," a date for which Siegel was chosen by its producer Jack DeJohnette. He regularly performs throughout Europe at festivals, clubs and concerts. During his most recent European tour with his trio "Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson." Siege also conducted drum clinics at Drummer Institute in Duesseldorf, Germany. He has recorded with record companies such as Imaginary, D.I.W., Columbia, Joobtone, Sun Jump, Daisy and Beat City. He received first prize in the International Grande Contest de Jazz, San Sebastian, Spain, as a member of the CCNY Jazz Quintet as well as 3rd place for best soloist award. Siege is the jazz drumming instructor at both Western Connecticut State University and the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the head of the percussion department of the National Guitar Workshop as well and co-director of "Jazz Ensemble Workshops" in Shokan, NY.

He has received several "Meet the Composer" grants, and is endorsed by Vic Firth drumsticks.

Contact: siegelj@wcsu.edu