Happy Easter!  I trust you and your family are enjoying a wonderful Easter season!  There are two things coming up in my event calendar to check out:

JSerra Catholic High School’s production of

Beauty and the Beast

More information can be found by clicking the following link:

JSerra Theatre 2016-2017 Season

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Orange Coast College’s production of

Return to the Forbidden Planet

More information can be found by clicking the following link:

Orange Coast College Theatre 2016-2017 Season

Happy New Year!  I trust you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s celebrations this season!  There are two things (out of the ordinary) coming up in my event calendar to check out:

Whittier Christian High School’s production of

Thoroughly Modern Millie

More information can be found by clicking the following link:

WCHS Theatre 2016-2017 Season

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I am honored to be the Percussion Manager for the AUHSD District Honor Band this year!  I will be teaching, assisting, and working with the AUHSD Honor Band percussionists throughout all of their rehearsals in preparation for their concert.

Support the AUHSD District Honor Band in their concert:

Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 7pm

John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA

Enjoy your Spring!

-Tommy Goddard

Would you like to take drum, percussion, or piano lessons with award-winning performer, Tommy Goddard? Goddard Music Studios now has openings, so contact Tommy Goddard soon!

There are two amazing music theatre productions coming up in which I have the honor of being the drummer/percussionist in the pit orchestra.  You will definitely enjoy these shows.  These shows are:

JSerra Catholic High School Theatre Company presents

Little Shop of Horrors

@ Mariner’s Church Ocean Hills

32222 Del Obispo St, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

April 7-9, 2016

Orange Coast College Theatre Company presents

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

@ Drama Lab Black Box Theatre

2701 Fairview Rd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

May 6-8, 2016 & May 13-15, 2016

I hope to see you in the audience!  Break a leg!

- Tommy Goddard

Happy New Year!  I wanted to update you on my Disneyland Band gig.  We are doing a concert band series version of the Disneyland Band, performing for 2nd graders.  We are promoting music education by telling short histories of important wind band conductors/composers and then performing examples of each.  We are also introducing the three instrument families to the students: percussion, brass, and woodwinds.  This topic is much more fun when Mickey Mouse and his Pals are dancing to our grooves!

Today, there must have been 4,000 2nd graders screaming with excitement from our performances!  Below, you will see some pictures of the venue from this morning (Cerritos Performing Arts Center).  What a beautiful PAC!  I hope to see your 2nd grader on our tour soon!

 -Tommy Goddard

This Fall 2015, I will be teaching the Percussion History and Literature course at California Baptist University.  I decided to make it an online class, since this is how most universities conduct this topic.  If you are not one of my CBU students enrolled in this course, you are still able to learn from my research.  I will make my video lectures and audio/visual materials available to you at a reasonable cost.  Please let me know and I can get you access.  In the meantime, here is the introduction to my video series.  I hope you enjoy!

-Tommy Goddard

I am pleased to announce that I am one of the new full-time drummers in the new Disneyland Band that will open on July 17th, 2015, at the Disneyland Resort! The past 3.5 years at Disney have been wonderful being in the Five and Dime jazz sextet, Mickey’s Soundsational Parade drumline, and other shows. However, having a full-time position playing my drum is a blessing. I never thought I would ever be able to do this for a career. God is good and I hope to see you on opening day of our new band!

July 17th, 2015

See you on Main Street USA!!!

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Spring so far!  There is a lot going on in my datebook this Spring 2015.  Be sure to catch me and my pals in action with:

• Maureen & The Mercury 5, as our record with Universal Records has finally been released!  You may purchase this album by clicking HERE.  Stay tuned for our music video that will be posted soon!
• The Curtis Parry Jazz Cartel at Cucina Rustica in downtown Los Angeles
• 2 Musicals this season: “High Fidelity” at Saddleback College & “Urinetown” at Orange Coast College
• EV Free Fullerton as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ on Easter!  Be one of 10,000 in attendance at this awesome celebration!
• And of course, The Disneyland Resort, where we are preparing for special 60th Anniversary shows throughout the entire resort!  You don’t want to miss this exciting time in the history of Disneyland!

-Tommy Goddard

I am pleased to announce that I am now a member of The Curtis Parry Jazz Cartel!  Curtis Parry is a great band leader with an amazing voice and killer guitar skills.  We perform regularly at Cucina Rustica in downtown Los Angeles and The Venice Whaler in Venice Beach.  You can find out more about our group at www.CurtisParryJazzCartel.com.

-Tommy Goddard

Come celebrate New Year’s Eve with me at Cucina Rustica in downtown Los Angeles tonight starting at 8pm. I will be performing with Curtis Parry Jazz Cartel. Curtis has an amazing voice and leads this all-star band. You will definitely enjoy the music, food, and atmosphere at Cucina Rustica this evening!

I hope you start 2015 with confidence and a yearning for greatness!  I wish you peace, patience, and the best year ever!

-Tommy Goddard