Doug Brush

For more than 30 years, Doug has built an international career as a percussionist based out of Chicago, and more recently Christchurch. He is an active performer and teacher of many styles of music.

He’s recorded on well over 60 albums, produced some of them, composed music for dance, has been involved in numerous theatre productions, written for Downbeat magazine, and has been an artist in residence at the Chicago Art Institute. He has performed and taught on five continents.

Since moving to Christchurch in early 2010, he’s performed with the Christchurch Symphony including as a soloist, the world jazz band Yurt Party, progressive rockers Rhomboid, and in theatre productions at the Court Theatre (The Mikado), Free Theatre (Woyzeck) and Showbiz Christchurch (Miss Saigon).

He teaches or has taught at a variety of schools in Christchurch including the University of Canterbury, Ara Music Arts, Christ’s College, Burnside High, Christchurch Boys High, and the Christchurch School of Music.