ZOEY COBB is a New York based freelancer and educator. She holds a BM from the University of Northern Iowa and a MM from Mannes School of Music. In the classical world, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Dublin: St. Patrick's Day Parade, and with organizations like Oxford Philharmonic, Pegasus: The Orchestra, YellowBarn, and New England Symphony Ensemble. As a drummer, she has appeared in projects like Oklahoma!, Wizard of Oz, SIMA Opera and genres like gospel, folk, jazz, rock, and pop punk.
Some featured events include her performance of Stop Speaking by Andy Akiho was featured on the Vic Firth Concert YouTube channel in 2020. In 2024 she performed Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! concerto with Avner Dorman and Gettysburg College as a featured artist. In 2025 she performed in a Memorial Concert for Peter Tiboris with John Rutter and the Oxford Philharmonic. Recently, she has joined a Fall Out Boy cover band. Stay tuned for upcoming performance dates and videos!
She studied under Joe Tompkins, Maya Gunji, Ian Rosenbaum, Glen Velez, and Kramer Milan.
Zoey got her Bachelors degree in Percussion Performance at the University of Northern Iowa. While at UNI Zoey performed with ensembles like the Panther Marching Band (PMB), UNI Pep Band, Northern Iowa Symphonic Orchestra (NISO), Northern Iowa Wind Ensemble (NIWE), Laptop Ensemble, and Panther Percussion Ensemble. She has toured Ireland with the PMB and Paris, Luxembourg, and Brussels with the NIWE.
Zoey got her Masters degree in Percussion Performance at the Mannes School of Music. During her time there she has performed with ensembles like Mannes Orchestra, John Zorn’s COBRA, Solo Performance Drums, Mannes Chamber Music, Mannes American Composers Ensemble (MACE), Unsilent Film, Mannes Opera, and Mannes Percussion Ensemble. As well as numerous student composer projects.
Currently, Zoey is teaching at River Rock School of Music. Teaching both private lessons and bands.
To sign up or learn more go to:
https://www.riverrockschool.com/
