Email Address: stromans@thompson.k12.co.us
Phone Number: 970-420-4076
Studio Location: Ft.Collins, CO
Instrument(s) Taught: Percussion & Bass Guitar
Style(s) Taught: Jazz, Classical, World, Pop
Lesson Location: At a local School
Ages Taught: 9-Adult
Skill Level Taught: Beginning through Professional
Accompanies: Marimba, Bass Guitar, Vibraphone
Biography: Mr. Stroman performs regularly throughout the Northern Colorado area with the
Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony and the Cheyenne Symphony. He also maintains an active freelance
career in the Jazz, Rock and Salsa idioms performing on drumset, vibraphone and bass guitar. Mr. Stroman is also an in demand
clinician. He has presented clinics at the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University and the University of
Colorado. He has presented clinics at the Colorado PAS Day of Percussion, the Colorado Music Educators Convention and
the Colorado Bandmasters Convention. Many high schools and middle schools have also benefited from Mr. Stroman's clinics.
Mr. Stroman is an educational endorser for the Pro-Mark Drumstick Coration and Pearl/Adams
Corporation.
Education/Experience: Mr. Stroman earned a B.M. in Percussion Performance from Colorado
State University and is a licensed teacher in the state of Colorado. He is currently the Colorado Chapter President of the
Percussive Arts Society (PAS). As an educator, Mr. Stroman is the director of Jazz and Percussion at Mountain View High
School in Loveland, Colorado. His percussion and Jazz ensembles have received consistent superior ratings at festivals. Under
his instruction, his private students have been selected to numerous All State and Regional Honor Ensembles and many have
gone on to become successful music majors in college.
