Darrell Voss
Applied Percussion Instructor
Educator/Performer Darrell Voss has taught applied percussion for Cuesta College since 2000. Practically a San Luis Obispo native, Darrell was raised in a musical family and played drums since the age of three. After graduating from San Luis Obispo High School in 1983, he then pursued a career as a drummer and percussion instructor. Cuesta College was an important training ground for his music studies; he obtained an AA degree in 1989. As a member of the Charter Class of Music graduates in 1994, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Darrell has studied jazz drum set styles with Jeff Hamilton and Steve Houghton and has been a member of the Percussive Arts Society for many years. Darrell was most recently a presenter at the 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in Long Beach, CA during the Active Listening clinic. He currently performs with the Royal Garden Swing Orchestra, San Luis Jazz Band and the Central Coast Jazz Quartet. In addition, Darrell is active in the Famous Jazz Artist Concert Series hosted by jazz great Charlie Shoemake of Cambria. He has recorded and/or performed with many artists including Vocalogy, Charlie and Sandy Shoemake, Red Holloway, Matthew Van Doran, the Darrell Voss Trio & Jazz Quartet, Scott Underwood, the Paul Rinzler Trio and most recently with the Gene Burkert Quintet. Darrell also continues to donate his talents hosting and producing the San Luis Jazz Federation's locally televised Your Jazz Show.