Tu Han Huynh
Guest Conductor & PSYCB Percussion Coach
Tu Han Huynh is an aspiring educator and third-year college student, pursuing their Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at UCLA. They are currently a classical percussionist in the studio of Theresa Dimond and Gregory Goodall and began playing percussion in 2018. A jazz musician at heart, they studied jazz vibraphone with Dillon Vado for five years. They are also a multi-instrumentalist, having privately studied piano for eleven years, violin for three years, and tenor saxophone for one year. An avid enjoyer of world music, they have studied tabla (Indian classical drumming) with Abhiman Kaushal, pong lang (Isan Thai xylophone) with Supeena Adler, and dabbled in Ghanaian hand drumming and Korean kkwaenggwari (small gong).
Huynh is a proud member of the UCLA Percussion Ensemble, Marching Band, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Symphony. They serve as bass drum section leader and band librarian in the marching band. They have experience instructing and leading groups of all ages and are extremely passionate about coaching concert band and chamber ensemble. In their spare time, they enjoy listening to new genres of music, playing video games, thrifting, and perusing YouTube and Tapspace for new repertoire!
Huynh is a proud member of the UCLA Percussion Ensemble, Marching Band, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Symphony. They serve as bass drum section leader and band librarian in the marching band. They have experience instructing and leading groups of all ages and are extremely passionate about coaching concert band and chamber ensemble. In their spare time, they enjoy listening to new genres of music, playing video games, thrifting, and perusing YouTube and Tapspace for new repertoire!
