Dr. Olman E Piedra is associate professor of percussion and drum set at The

University of Toledo. He has performed with a variety of ensembles, including the Sphinx

Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Waco Symphony

Orchestra, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, the Toledo Jazz Orchestra, the

Ensamble de Percusión Costa Rica, the Toledo Symphony Percussion Trio, Italian pop

artist Patrizio Buanne, NOMO, Roland Vazquez' Latin Jazz Combo (Percussive Arts

Society International Convention), vocalist Lauren Kinhan (from The New York Voices),

Ken Thomson and Slow/fast, David Bixler’s I-75 ensemble, and the University of Toledo

organ trio with the National Arab Orchestra Takht ensemble. Olman has also been

performing alongside Grammy Award winning artists The New York Voices at their vocal

jazz camps at Bowling Green State University,Ithaca College, and Western Michigan

University since 2009.

As an active and versatile jazz, contemporary, Latin American, and concert musician, he

can be heard on William Bolcom's Grammy award winning album "Songs Of Innocence

And Of Experience" with Leonard Slatkin, conductor, on His Name Is Alive's "Detrola”,

and “Sweet Earth Flower, a tribute to Marion Brown”, NOMO’s “New Tones”, “The

Dreamer” by jazz guitarist Paul Cohn, “Reaching for the Moon” with Morgen Stiegler,

“Above the Sound” and "Make it Bloom" by pianist/guitarist Ariel Kasler, "El Nido -The

Nest" by Tumbao Bravo, “Gran Danzón” with Martha Councell-Vargas, "Verdant" by

Ellie Martin, and "Convergence" by The Lunar Octet on Summit records.

Dr. Olman E Piedra received his DMA from Bowling Green State University. He also

received two Master's in Music degrees, in Percussion Performance and in Improvisation

from the University of Michigan, and a BM from Baylor University. Dr. Piedra is an

educational artist/clinician for Amedia cymbals, Meinl percussion, Remo drumheads,

Black Swamp Percussion, and Innovative Percussion.

For more info, please visit olmanpiedra.com