BIOGRAPHY
FABIO ROJAS, DRUMMER, FILM COMPOSER & EDUCATOR BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, ORIGINALLY FROM VALENCIA, VENEZUELA.
ROJAS HAS PERFORMED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS GERI ALLEN, GRACE VANDERWAAL, GREG OSBY BAND, PEPE DE LUCIA, BILL PIERCE, TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON, SEAN JONES, KEVIN HARRIS, JOHN COWHERD, REGINA CARTER, PABLO MENARES, DAVID BIXLER, DAN LOOMIS, GREGG AUGUST, MIKE RODRIGUEZ AND IN VENUES SUCH AS DAEGU JAZZ FESTIVAL, MUSIK FEST, SXSW, LINCOLN CENTER, SMOKE JAZZ CLUB, BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL, BU AGGANIS ARENA, NAMM SHOW, TEDx, RIFF, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024 FABIO ROJAS IS RELEASING HIS ALBUM DEBUT AS A LEADER CALLED PERSEVERANCE, FEATURING JAZZ LEGEND GREG OSBY, KEVIN HARRIS, GUSTAVO D'AMICO, OSMAR OKUMA AND FABIO ROJAS. THE NAME OF THE ALBUM IS INSPIRED BY THE QUOTE "EL QUE PERSEVERA, VENCE". WHICH TRANSLATES TO: "HE WHO PERSEVERES, WINS".
FABIO ROJAS EARNED HIS MASTER OF MUSIC IN JAZZ STUDIES (MAGNA CUM LAUDE) AT CUNY QUEENS COLLEGE 23', WHERE HE STUDIED WITH MICHAEL MOSSMAN.
PRIOR TO THIS FABIO ROJAS EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF MUSIC WITH A DUAL MAJOR IN PERFORMANCE & PROFESSIONAL MUSIC AT THE PRESTIGIOUS BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN BOSTON, THANKS TO A SCHOLARSHIP AND HARD WORK. THERE HE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING MENTORED BY TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON AND KIM PLAINFIELD.
BESIDES PERFORMING AND COMPOSING MUSIC FOR FILMS, ROJAS ALSO EDUCATES AND IS CURRENTLY A FACULTY MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. HE ALSO HAS GIVEN MASTER CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY (OH), JAZZ ST. LOUIS, NEW TIER HS, BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MANY OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.
BEFORE MOVING TO THE US, ROJAS STUDIED JAZZ PERFORMANCE AT UNEARTE, PREVIOUSLY CALLED IUDEM, WHILE BEING A DRUMS INSTRUCTOR AT THE TALLER DE JAZZ CARACAS AND PERCUSSION INSTRUCTOR AT THE COLEGIO EMIL FRIEDMAN, FABIO ALSO STUDIED AT THE COLEGIO EMIL FRIEDMAN PRIOR TO THIS.
FABIO ROJAS PLAYS ZILDJIAN CYMBALS, VATER DRUMSTICKS, ROLAND, CANOPUS DRUMS AND ADV SOUND IEM'S EXCLUSIVELY.
