Jamie Sunshine

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Jamie Sunshine, is a percussionist and educator from Buffalo, New York. She holds a Masters degree in Music Performance from West Virginia University and a Bachelors degree in both Music Performance and Music Therapy from The State University of New York at Fredonia. She has studied Western percussion extensively, and performs with various percussion ensembles, orchestras, jazz ensembles, classic rock groups and children's groups throughout Western New York.  She can work with and perform for children in elementary schools to adults in nursing homes. Her interest in travel and culture has influenced her to study different musical styles from around the world including West African drumming and xylophone, Mexican marimba, and Brazilian drumming.