Bryan Tuk
Bryan founded grooveKSQ in 2018 to provide drum set and mallet percussion instruction with a fresh, modern approach that is student - driven while still emphasizing the traditional concepts that have been the foundation of drumset, rudimental and mallet percussion technique for decades.
Bryan has released four albums with his band, The Bryan Tuk Complex, and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, The Recording Academy and the American Society of Composers and Producers.
RUTH CLARK
Ruth is currently the band teacher at Kennett Middle School and has experience teaching at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Her goal is to inspire students to love playing their instrument and continually strive to improve.
She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from West Chester University, where she performed as a percussionist in multiple ensembles, including the Percussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Ensemble. Ruth truly enjoys being a percussionist and continues to perform in various community bands, jazz ensembles, and high school musicals.
DAN CICCONE
Dan Ciccone studied drumset with Bryan Tuk at grooveKSQ from 2020 to 2023 and has gone on to perform in his own band, Cicco, which gigs in the region and has recorded and released several singles that are streaming on all major platforms. Dan also performs with The Sermon! and the Eight Hands Quartet as well as his own jazz/funk trio. Dan will work with the studio’s beginner drumset students. Dan is attending Temple University School of Music and is majoring in Jazz Performance.