Andy Vermiglio

Andy Vermiglio wanted to play clarinet like his grandfather, Andrea Vermiglio. As a very young child he was greatly disappointed when his dad, Sam Vermiglio, took him to a music store and the man behind the glass counter said that he was too young to play his instrument of choice. Noticing his father's drums in the garage, Andy decided to get serious about drumming at the age of eight. His father saw that he had some natural ability and decided to enroll him in private lessons from age eight through eighteen. Through the years Andy has studied with old Mr. Young, Denny Dennis, Hank Bellson (Louie's brother), Roland Gilbert (USN), Brad Bilhorn (Art Pepper, Bill Watrous), Don Plowman (USN), Bill Maxwell (from Andrae Crouch, Keith Green and Koinonia), Joe Porcaro (Jeff's dad), Ray Dunaway (USN), Dave Weckl (from the Chick Corea Band, George Benson, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Peabo Bryson, Mike Stern, Natalie Cole, Diana Ross, Madonna, Robert Plant and Dave Mathews) and Jeff Hamilton (Clayton/Hamilton Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd, Count Basie Orchestra and Diana Krall).

Andy is a former Navy musician, a former drum instructor for the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music and a former Army Reserve musician. He is currently a member of the Vic Firth Education Team. Andy has performed and/or recorded with:

	Johnny Desmond (lead vocalist for the Gene Krupa and Glenn Miller Orchestras)
	Comedians Allen and Rossi
	U.S. Navy Band, Commander Seventh Fleet
	U.S. Navy Band, San Francisco
	U.S. Navy Band, San Diego
	The 300th U.S. Army Reserve Band
	The 6th U.S. Army Band
	The 36th U.S. Army Band
	The Born Again Band (with RJ Paradee, Dust Paradee, Craig Roberts)
	The Band Isaac (with Stan Majkut, Bob Roman, Brian Scott, Bobby Page, Buck Buchanan, Bob Goodwin and Mike Bell, house band at the Fire Escape est. 33 AD)
	Kelly Willard
	Moose Smith (from the 700 Club band)
	Undercover (subbing for the great Gary Olson with Ojo Taylor, Sim, Gym Nicholson)
	The Second Coming Band (with Mike Centofanti, Dave Rotarius and Del Prior)
	The Return (with Alex Palermo, Mike Centofanti and Del Prior)
	The Factory Girls (produced by Chuck Mitchell)
	Stocking Heads (with Chris Pelonis, Tim Chandler and Rob Watson)
	Rob Watson (He has worked with Daniel Amos, the Swirling Eddies, Donna Summer, the Platters, the Surfaris, and Tonio K. He has also written for the Simpsons, Pokemon 2000, Pokemon III and Catscratch which aires on Nickelodeon).
	Nicolette Larson (She has worked with Linda Rondstadt, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Beach Boys)
	Paulinho Da Costa (He has worked with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin)
	Danny Thomas (Marlo's dad)
	Billy Barty
	Chris Pelonis
	John Fowler
	John Goodsall (He worked with Phil Collins in Brand X)
	Bill Batstone
	Dead Artist Syndrome
	Michael Hamilton (from BET)
	Dick Patterson (He was on the Carole Burnett Show)
	Jim Armstrong (He was the music director for Debbie Reynolds)
	Bill Pearson (He was the music director for Sheila Walsh)
	Tim Chandler (Bass player for Daniel Amos)
	John Scudder (He worked with Pat Boone and The Second Chapter of Acts)
	Tim Feehan (He is a solo artist and producer for Boyz2Men)
	Rick May (He worked with Andy Sommers)
	Rick Boston (He worked with Rickie Lee Jones)
	Bob Schuster (He worked with the Hodads, Bob Dylan, Steven Bishop, Gary Puckett)
	John Hatton (He worked with Elvis, Dolly Parton, Seals and Crofts, the Hodads, and Fabian)
	Jamie Glaser (He worked with Chick Corea, Manhattan Transfer, Jon Luc Ponty)
	Kathryn Moses (She worked with Chuck Mangione, Sheena Easton)
	Arthur Jacobus (He is a former commander of Navy Band San Francisco and a former CEO of the San Francisco Ballet)
	Heart 'n Soul (with Rey Garguena, Jimi Seville, Eddie Estrada, and Steve Don)
	Jerry Lewis (He worked with Dean Martin)
	Marcus Gerakos
	Grant Prather
	Alfonso ("Fonze") Garcia
	Lawrence Tamez
	Dave Gruber (from Giocoso)
	Mark Gagliano
	Pat Morvan (He has worked with the Mark Y Group and the Laurie Morvan Band)
	Paul Shivers (He has worked with the Blues Pirates)
	Clark Kidder (He is also from the Blues Pirates)
	Emmanuel Church in Paramount, CA with Bob Olson (director), Pat Morvan, Paul Shivers, Scott Johnson, Robert Renteria, Fran Irby, Esther Lopez, Mayte Hernandez, Bandy Langton, Dan Noteboom, Dan Davis, Ron Davis, Leonard, Carl Sanger and Vickie Dove
	Sammy Davis, Jr.
	The Andreas Tsianis Orchestra (with John Manolios and Panos)
	Arte Hernandez (from the Jazz Junkies)
	Steve Desmond
	Makinto
	Rique Pantoja (Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Justo Almario)
	Abraham Laboriel, Sr. (Koinonia, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Streisand, Jazz Ministry)
	Justo Almario
	Giocoso (with Dave Gruber)
	Jeff Brent (with Trio7)
	Mark Lyons
	The Dark Bob and
	John Bilezikjian (John has worked with the LA Philharmonic, the Joffrey Ballet, Lalo Schifrin, Leonard Cohen, Zubin Mehta, Placido Domingo, Robert Palmer, I Dream of Genie (TV show), and the movies Prince of Egypt, Anastasia, Mission Impossible, Schindler's List, The Scorpion King, The Nativity, Beowulf, Pomegranate and West Beyrouth).

Andy has played for the weddings of Tom Hanks and John Wayne's daughter Raisa. He has performed for the movie premiers of Ishtar and Renaissance Man and has recorded for the TV shows St. Elsewhere and the 700 Club.

He has never learned to play the clarinet.