Performer Biography

Jeremy Sreejayan

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, percussionist Jeremy Sreejayan is a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he is pursuing a Master’s degree as the Mary Hamlin Memorial Presidential Scholar. He studies with Cleveland Orchestra musicians Marc Damoulakis (Principal Percussion) and Paul Yancich (Principal Timpani).

Jeremy performs regularly with a range of ensembles locally and internationally. He has played with The Cleveland Orchestra, as well as the Akron, Firelands, and Willoughby Symphony Orchestras. He is also scheduled to perform works by Mahler and Stravinsky with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2022, with Sir Simon Rattle. Jeremy has attended both the Music Academy of the West and the Aspen Music Festival on full-ride scholarships.

In the spring of 2019, Jeremy won First Prize in the Modern Snare Drum Competition. At the competition, he premiered “Well-Groomed”, a piece for snare drum, gift card, and comb, by acclaimed composer Viet Cuong.

Jeremy received his Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music in May 2020, where he graduated with Academic Honors and the Bruce D. Collie Prize in Percussion.