Hall Of Fame Student's

Hall of Fame Students

This Web Page Honors especially successful Student's who have taken Drum/Percussion Lessons from Zampino's Drum Shop/School of Music.

Zampino's and our community is VERY PROUD of the individuals pictured and/or named below.

Phil Zampino and Scott Grewell personally thank all of you for passing on the knowledge you obtained through lessons at Zampino's. And, for continuing Phil's dream and legacy that "Educating Students" is a priority.

Student of the Year Award

	1968 Carol Zuzick			1969 George George		1970 Ron Heath
	1971 Ben Petsy			1972 Greg Dawson		1973 Doug Cammel
	1974 Emily Hertzi			1975 Dan Rossetti		1976 Mike Briney
	1977 Dave Harter			1978 Wes Bowser		1979 Mark Schario
	1980 Mike Hurley			1981 Brent Kropf		1982 Derrick Laggozzo
	1983 Joey Vitale, Jr.			1984 Johnny Fedevich		1985 Shawn Fichter
	1986 Russ Miller 1986 John Lundin			1987 Rob Ferguson 1987 Jim Howell, III		1988 Phil Zampino, Jr. 1988 Dave Dickerhoof
	1989 Doug Turner			1990 Robbie Metzger		1991 Matt Fox
	1992 Kevin Roden 1992 Tom Diehl			1993 Steve Kehr 1993 Keith Watkins		1994 Greg Richards 1994 Trevor Myers
	1995 Matt Crisafi			1996 Jason Seich		1997 Tim Frient
	1998 Dan Theis			1999 Christopher Massey		2000 Matt Wolford
	2001 Chris Hill 2001 Ryan Metzger			2002 Mike Bankovich 2002 Matt Chvatal		2003 Heather Mihal 2003 Tom Breyfogle
	2004 Eric Summers 2004 Stephen Smith			2005 Jenna Jeffries 2005 Joe Prestier		2006 Charlie Penvose 2006 Carrie Mohn
	2007 Kacie Kistler 2007 Danny Lumpp 2007 Ben Stover			2008 Jim Coberly 2008 Joe Jeffries 2008 Zach Ralston		2009 Brendan Brown 2009 Neal Dingies
	As a Student				As a Professional
Russ Miller Russ Miller is one of the top touring and session drummers of today. As a Multi-Platinum, Grammy award winning recording artist, his musical versatility has led him to work with an incredible list of artists including legends like Ray Charles, The Fifth Dimension, & Bobby Caldwell through Modern heroes such as Babyface, Toni Braxton, Nelly Furtado and Meredith Brooks. As a strong force on the Los Angeles studio scene, the Modern Drummer Magazine Readers Poll voted Russ in the top 5 Studio Drummers in the world, 2 years in a row. He has performed on more than 250 albums and dozens of international movies such as "Daylight", "O", "Hardball", "The Specialist" and "Lethal Weapon 4". Along with his many album credits, he has two solo albums, Where's One? and Cymbalism on R.M.I. Records. In addition, Russ performs clinics throughout the world. Russ also has authored two books: "The Drum Set Crash Course" and "Transitions", along with his video. The Drum Set Crash Course, all of which were voted the #1 educational books and video in the world (2001-2002) by Modern Drummer Magazine. For info please visit www.RussMiller.com.
		Johnny Fedevich As a Student & Teacher www.johnnyfedevich.com	Johnny Fedevich the Professional Drummer

Johnny Fedevich is one of America's premiere drummers. In addition to finding fame and glory playing Ed Vallencourt in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, Johnny performs regularly with the Chicago-based Aphrodisiacs.

Johnny has also played with many successful bands including Automatic Taxi Star, Orson and The Szuters. He has also performed in the metal satire band Danger Kitty, made famous by the Discover Card commercials.

Email Johnny: johnny@johnnyfedevich.com

Studio Work
Appeared on RCA/Victor artists The Szuters: The Szuters and American Pop Performed on Decompression Records: Last Band Standing with The Szuters Featured on Paul Gilbert's solo release Flying Dog on Mercury Records Appeared on Paul Gilbert's Raw Blues Power on Blues Bureau International Records

Live Performances
Performed live with Peter Frampton for DreamWorks
Toured Hong Kong with Paul Gilbert
Performs regularly with Chicago-based Aphrodisiacs

Film Appearances
Stars as Ed Vallencourt in the Cameron Crowe/DreamWorks film Almost Famous
Cameo in Vanilla Sky starring Tom Cruise

Television Appearances
Carnival by Automatic Taxi Star appeared on MTV's Undressed MTV's Undergrads licensed Automatic Taxi Star music for animated series Battled on VH-1's Cover Wars game show

Education
Berklee College of Music

As a Professional

As a Student and Teacher

Shawn Fichter

Shawn Fichter is one of Nashville's top drummers. In 1991, at age 20, he made the move to Nashville from Massillon, Ohio. Within a year he landed the drumming chair in Barbara Mandrell's band. He toured the US and performed on several T.V. shows with Barbara for more than 5 years. In 1997, he had the opportunity to audition for MCA recording artist Trisha Yearwood. After Trisha's bandleader received cd's/tapes from over one hundred drummers, twelve were asked to audition. Shawn, being one of the twelve, won the audition. He toured the US and Europe with Trisha for six years. In that time, some of the television shows he performed on include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, A&E's Live by Request, VH1's Hard Rock Live, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The American Music Awards, and many others. Guest performers that joined Trisha on television while Shawn was drumming include Don Henley, Garth Brooks, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Kim Richey. Trisha's band has become one of Nashville's most highly respected bands and is known for the musicality and versatility that Trisha's songs require. Shawn has also been called upon to sub with other artists including country/pop artist Martina McBride and blues artist Lee Roy Parnell. In recent years, Shawn has worked his way into the Nashville studio scene, getting calls not only for country sessions but also for many rock, pop, and contemporary Christian recordings. He is featured on the funk/fusion bass instructional DVD entitled; "Keith Horne Bass Techniques" available at http://www.rowpro.com/ His endorsements include the following companies: GMS drums, http://www.zildjian cymbals/, http://www.Vic Firth sticks, http://www.Remo drumheads, and http://www.Rhythm Tech Percussion Products. Shawn is currently enjoying being a studio musician and spending time in Nashville with his wife Roberta and their son Dylan.

Emily Hertzi

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