Finding Neverland - Joe Choroszewski

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Joe Choroszewski’s drum set setup for the Broadway production of Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Read Joe's write-up about the show, below the photos.

Joe Choroszewski’s drum set setup for the Broadway production of Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

"In February of 2016, I took over the drum chair at Finding Neverland from Rich Mercurio when he moved on to a new show. Rich is one of the best drummers I've ever heard and is always very stylistically appropriate. It was my intent to replicate the prior setup as closely as I could with the gear I had available.

It's a very straightforward drum set book, augmented only by a Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad, and no traps percussion.

The Roland pad is mostly integrated with the acoustic kit playing sampled sounds such as concert bass drum, metal pots and pans, and power toms with reverb.

And that's about it! This show is a joy to play."

Drums: Pearl Session Studio Classic

16x22 Bass Drum
8x12 Mounted Tom
9x13 Mounted Tom
14x16 Floor Tom
5x14 Snare Drum

Cymbals: Sabian

20" HH Classic Ride
18" HHX Studio Crash (different cymbal pictured)
17" HHX X-Treme Crash
14" AAX Studio Hats

Joe is a proud endorser of Sabian Cymbals

Finding Neverland - Broadway - Joe Choroszewski
April 2015 thru August 2016

Joe Choroszewski’s drum set setup for the Broadway production of Finding Neverland at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

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5 min read

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7 min read

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The Little Mermaid - Brian Kirk

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"As you can see in the pictures, I prefer to have as much 'stuff' right in front of me, as close as possible. Because there are so many instruments close in, I have mounted a music stand off of the tom mount.

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