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Bio
Abby Savell has been playing music since the age of five,
when her grandma bought her an upright piano, on which she
took lessons for ten years. At fourteen, she began playing
percussion and took to it immediately. She attended Mission Viejo
High School, legendary for its exemplary music program,
especially in percussion; she was extremely active in drumline,
and as a principal mallet player and section leader led the group
to dozens of state and regional victories. During this time, she also
took jazz lessons with Paul Carman (of Frank Zappa fame).
Abby received her Bachelor's of Music in Percussion from
Chapman University in 2002; soon after, she joined the steel
drum band Big Bamboo, playing tenor pan and performing at
numerous events. Abby is one of the only female steel
drum/vocalists in the Los Angeles area.
Abby completed her Master's degree in Percussion at California
Institute of the Arts, studying Western percussion with David
Johnson and John Bergamo, Latin Percussion with Aaron Serfaty,
and improvisation with harpist Susan Allen. In May 2004, she
performed the World Premiere of the highly virtuosic Sonata for
Xylophone and Piano by acclaimed composer Bruce Levine. She
also played percussion with bass-legend Charlie Haden, in his
"Liberation Orchestra II", as well as performing with xylophone
virtuoso Bob Becker on the East Coast and in Los Angeles. She
has performed with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra multiple
times (including under renowned composer/conductor John
Williams) and with award-winning Elvis Schoenberg's "Orchestre
Surreal." Currently, Abby plays with the Kim Richmond Concert
Jazz Orchestra, with whom she has performed at the Jazz Bakery,
and onstage for the Spotlight Awards at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion.
Abby loves playing steel pan professionally, having performed at
countless private and public functions with a band and as a
soloist. She has also worked and performed with steel drum
virtuoso Ken Philmore, and visited Trinidad (the birthplace of steel
drums). Abby also specializes in mallet percussion, with which
she plays many genres of music on the solo and group level. In June 2009, she participated in the “Broadway Percussion Seminar” at NYU, where she studied with many veteran percussionists of the Broadway musical scene. On steel pan, she appeared on the show "Outer Spaces" on HGTV. As an artist, Abby puts much weight on musical growth, continuing to take lessons with musicians she admires and maintaining a practice regimen.
when her grandma bought her an upright piano, on which she
took lessons for ten years. At fourteen, she began playing
percussion and took to it immediately. She attended Mission Viejo
High School, legendary for its exemplary music program,
especially in percussion; she was extremely active in drumline,
and as a principal mallet player and section leader led the group
to dozens of state and regional victories. During this time, she also
took jazz lessons with Paul Carman (of Frank Zappa fame).
Abby received her Bachelor's of Music in Percussion from
Chapman University in 2002; soon after, she joined the steel
drum band Big Bamboo, playing tenor pan and performing at
numerous events. Abby is one of the only female steel
drum/vocalists in the Los Angeles area.
Abby completed her Master's degree in Percussion at California
Institute of the Arts, studying Western percussion with David
Johnson and John Bergamo, Latin Percussion with Aaron Serfaty,
and improvisation with harpist Susan Allen. In May 2004, she
performed the World Premiere of the highly virtuosic Sonata for
Xylophone and Piano by acclaimed composer Bruce Levine. She
also played percussion with bass-legend Charlie Haden, in his
"Liberation Orchestra II", as well as performing with xylophone
virtuoso Bob Becker on the East Coast and in Los Angeles. She
has performed with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra multiple
times (including under renowned composer/conductor John
Williams) and with award-winning Elvis Schoenberg's "Orchestre
Surreal." Currently, Abby plays with the Kim Richmond Concert
Jazz Orchestra, with whom she has performed at the Jazz Bakery,
and onstage for the Spotlight Awards at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion.
Abby loves playing steel pan professionally, having performed at
countless private and public functions with a band and as a
soloist. She has also worked and performed with steel drum
virtuoso Ken Philmore, and visited Trinidad (the birthplace of steel
drums). Abby also specializes in mallet percussion, with which
she plays many genres of music on the solo and group level. In June 2009, she participated in the “Broadway Percussion Seminar” at NYU, where she studied with many veteran percussionists of the Broadway musical scene. On steel pan, she appeared on the show "Outer Spaces" on HGTV. As an artist, Abby puts much weight on musical growth, continuing to take lessons with musicians she admires and maintaining a practice regimen.