Kirk Driscoll is from Baltimore, Maryland and has been teaching at the Conservatory for over 20 years. A classically trained percussionist, Kirk has degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. As a freelance drummer with so numerous great musicians in many notable festivals and venues, notably the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival, and even the induction ceremony for Sam Cooke into The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.