Anaxamander (Nax) Jelli  

    
30 Inwood Place Bu alo, New York 14209   
(716)364-8930  naxonearth@gmail.com 
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Education
● Tapestry Charter Elementary and Middle School (TCS) — 2009 - 2017
● The Park School of Buffalo — 2017 - 2018
● Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts High School (BAVPA) — 2018 - 2021
*National Honor Society - 2020

Music Education
● Completed Music Theory I and II, and Jazz theory (BAVPA)
● Presently enrolled in Music Theory III and Music History (BAVPA)

Live Band Recordings

● The Public
● Lucawilla
● Oscars Cash
● Maya Lamacchia

Public Percussion Performances

● All-City Jazz Collective — 2018 - 2019
● Sportsmen’s Tavern- 2019
● Sugar City- 2019
● Kleinhans Music Hall- 2019
● Imagine Center- 2019
● Mohawk Place 2018
● Nietzsche's 2018

Solos and Methods Training

● Colonial Capers - Composed by John H. Beck.
● Progressive Steps to Syncopation for the Modern Drummer - By Ted Reed
● Stick Control for the Snare Drummer - Book by George Lawrence Stone
● Groove Essentials 1.0 - Tommy Igoe
● Alfred's Drum Method, Bk 1 - by Sandy Feldstein, Dave Black
● Ultimate Realistic Rock - by Carmine Appice
● The Art of Bop Drumming - by John Riley, Dan Thress.
● Developing Four-Way Independence - By Rande Sanderback
 Music Instructors
● Jamie Pitnell - Wind Ensemble, Music History - 2018 - present
● Timothy Buckley - Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble, Music Theory III -2018 - present
● Jared Tinkham - Jazz Theory, Music Theory II - 2019 - 2020
● Karen Saxon - Music Theory I -2018 - 2019
● Jamie Sunshine - Percussion -2016 - present
● Jerrold Miraglia - Band - 2017 - 2018
● Dave Pinchevski - Drumset - 2013 - 2015
● Alec Dube - Percussion - 2015 - 2016
● Andrew Nixon - Piano, Music Theory - 2020

As a Percussionist
● Tapestry Charter School Jazz Band 2013 - 2017
● Tapestry Charter School Orchestra 2013 - 2017
● Park School Jazz Band 2017 - 2018
● Park School Orchestra 2017 - 2018
● BAVPA Jazz Band 2018 - 2019
● BAVPA Wind Ensemble 2018 - present
● All-City Jazz Collective 2018 - 2019

As a Drummer
● House Arrest 2018 - 2018
● The Public 2018 - present
● Starch 2019 - present
● Poodles for Nixon 2020 - 2020
● The Skinnies 2020 - present
● Bass Band 2020 - present
● Lucawilla (duo) 2020 - present

Additional Work Experience and Training

● Panera Bread - Cashier and Dining Room Attendant — Summer 2019
● Parkside Summer Arts Camp - CIT and Camp Counselor — 2016 - 2018
● Nickel City Construction - Carpentry Assistant (Family owned) — 2014 - present
● GObike - Bike mechanic — Summer 2020
● ECMC Summer Internship - Physical Therapy Department — Summer 2019
● Northland Workforce Training Center - OSHA 10 hour course completion — Summer 2020
● Appalachian Bike Institute - Bicycle mechanic training — Summer 2020

Extracurriculars
● Delaware Soccer Club (Team Captain 2016 -17) — 2008 - 2017
● Park School Ski Club — 2017 - 2018
● City Honors School Ski Club — 2019 - 2020