About

Whether sitting behind a drum set or at the back of an orchestra, Jeff Sagurton is at home in a wide range of musical settings. An active freelancer in both New York and Boston, Jeff has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to prominent East Coast jazz clubs. Jeff holds a master’s degree in Percussion Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and dual bachelor’s degrees from Boston University in Percussion Performance and Accounting. Jeff has had the pleasure of studying with both orchestral and jazz musicians including Tim Genis, Joe Farnsworth, Will Hudgins, Dan Bauch, Cecil McBee, Sam Solomon, and Kyle Brightwell.

As an orchestral percussionist and timpanist, Jeff performs frequently with orchestras including the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Symphony, and a host of other New York and Boston-based ensembles. His schedule as a drummer is equally full, performing regularly in jazz and funk bands at prominent New York and New England venues and jazz clubs, and touring multiple times per year with the seven-piece fusion band Mostly Bones.

Jeff has been a finalist in several recent auditions, including for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the United States Air Force Band, and the U.S. Army West Point Concert Band. In 2021, Jeff was a fellow at the National Orchestral Institute, where he was a member of the percussion quartet featured in Viet Cuong’s concerto Re(new)al. Jeff has also attended the Round Top Music Festival, Chosen Vale International Percussion Seminar, and Miami Music Festival.

Jeff also teaches percussion, drum set, and timpani privately. He is proud of his students’ recent successes, including acceptances to Juilliard Pre-College and other advanced music programs. Jeff has previously coached percussion sectionals at the Tufts University Youth Philharmonic and served as the percussion teaching assistant for Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.

Jeff proudly plays J. D. Sagurton Custom Cymbals hand-crafted by his father, Dave Sagurton.