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New York University; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
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Sherrie Maricle
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Maricle"s musical education began in the fourth grade when she started with the clarinet after being told that the trumpet was off-limits to girls. She moved on to the cello and settled on the drums in the sixth grade after seeing Buddy Rich play. Maricle began playing professionally, performing locally with Slam Stewart, while studying music (Bachelor 1985) at State University of New York-Binghamton.
She then moved to New York City and attended New York University where she completed a Master"s of Arts in Jazz Performance in 1986 and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Jazz Performance/Composition in 2000.
In the late 1980s, she was appointed director of percussion studies at New York University. Maricle directed Saturday jam sessions at the Village Gate from 1987 until the venue closed in 1993. Beginning in 1987, she also began collaborating and leading small groups with Peter Appleyard.
In the 1990s, she performed with the New York Pops, Clark Terry, and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Grey and began working with the group DIVA. Maricle currently leads the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, the DIVA Jazz Trio, and the quintet Five Play. She teaches on the jazz faculty of the New York State Summer Music Festival, as well as running her own private drum and percussion studio.
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