Faculty

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Michael Bremo

World Percussion

Michael Bremo, known to many as “Bremo” was born and raised on the island of Aruba, and is now based in Tulsa Oklahoma. Bremo is a well-versed percussionist in various styles of music, especially world-music and jazz. Versatility has made him a musician on demand, locally, as well as internationally. Bremo has toured the Caribbean, Latin America, USA, and Europe with performances at world renown festivals, such as The North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, in The Netherlands, The Xerox International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York, The Heineken Jazz Festival in Puerto Rico, The Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival in Aruba and NaguaNagua Jazz Festival in Valencia, Venezuela. Coupled with that, performances with world-class musicians and Grammy award artists, such as Bob Mintzer, Alex Han, Alex Brown, Oscar Stagnaro, Pernell Saturnino,Hendrik Meurkens, Howard Levy, Vince Norman, John Daversa, Tony Monaco and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

He currently keeps a busy schedule teaching at Drum World Tulsa, Northeastern State University, and The bART Center for Music outreach program. Bremo keeps a busy schedule as a session musician, performing with Count Tutu, Bossa, and as a free-lance musician.