Kevin Tran

KEVIN TRAN: FRONT ENSEMBLE INSTRUCTOR

Kevin Tran studied at UCLA under the direction of Raynor Carroll, former principal percussionist of the LA Phil, and Theresa Dimond, principal percussionist of the LA Opera, where he received his BA in Music Performance in 2017. During his marching career, he performed with Hanford High School from 2009-2013, Blue Devils “B” in 2011 & 2012 and taught at Elan Percussion in 2016.

In recent years, Tran has worked with many schools and organizations throughout Southern California and Northern Alabama, and has been the percussion director at Mira Costa High School since 2021. Currently he is an active performer, composer, arranger, and educator. He is working on many new projects for solo percussion and composing classical & contemporary wind, strings, and percussion literature. Tran is currently signed with Innovative Percussion Inc. as an artist & percussion educator.

This is Kevin’s first year instructing at Dark Sky.