SHERRIE MARICLE
Jazz

New York Pops; Diva Band; New York University; Yamaha Clinician

Dr. Maricle completed a Masters of Arts in Jazz Performance and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Jazz Performance/Composition at New York University.

As a founding member, she leads her big band The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and her quintet FIVE PLAY from the drum set. DIVA has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood, numerous times on CNN Arts Break and was highlighted on The 25th Anniversary of the Kennedy Center Television Special and The NHK (Japan) Network's New York Jazz.

As a composer, performer and educator, she has received several honors which include: a tour-grant for DIVA from Arts International, The Kennedy Center Alliance Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts, and was voted the New York University Music Teacher of the Year in both 1997 and 2000.

Dr. Maricle has performed at many of the world's most acclaimed music venues which include: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Tanglewood, the Kennedy Center, the Hollywood Bowl, and Jazz Festivals throughout the United States and abroad, including Croatia, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Italy, England, Holland, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France and Switzerland.

From Carnegie Hall, she performed with the late Skitch Henderson and The New York Pops and is also the orchestra's Director of Education. She often travels overseas to countries such as Japan and Korea with The New York Pops.

Dr. Maricle is an active clinician for Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals, and Vic Firth Drum Sticks and the creator of The Rhythm, Rhyme and Rap Workshop for children. Currently, she is on the jazz and percussion faculty of New York University.