PODCAST - Elena Bonomo
Episode description
Elena Bonomo Is A graduate of Berklee College of Music, where she holds a Bachelors's Degree in Performance.
She’s toured across the United States as the drummer for the 1st National Tour of the hit Broadway musical, Waitress, originated the drum chairs for two Off-Broadway shows, including The Hello Girls and A Strange Loop,
Elena has performed throughout the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe while working as a bandleader for Holland America Cruise Lines. She has toured nationally with Boston-based Americana/Folk group, The Novel Ideas, with whom she also recorded a full-length album.
Elena currently holds the drum chair for Broadway's newest hit musical, SIX and is a proud endorser of Yamaha drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drum heads, and Vic Firth drum sticks.
In this episode, we discuss:
* Her path to landing the drum chair for SIX, The Musical.
* What she did to network with musicians in New York City.
* The things she looks for when hiring subs.
* Why it’s important to leave the drums the same way you found them if you are subbing.
* What advice she would give to someone who wants to play drums on Broadway.
Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud. He is currently working on an ENCORES! production of a revival of The Tap Dance Kid and a few new Broadway-bound musicals.
Clayton began his career in musicals on a bus-and-truck tour of Footloose and has been a sub drummer on Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Spongebob Squarepants, The Musical, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.
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