PAIGE IAVELLI was born and raised in Ramona, California. She was drawn to the drums at a very young age and began lessons at age 5 with Marcus Descartin and Dove Linkhorn, which continued until she graduated high school. She gigged around the San Diego area with a local rock/blues group starting when she was 13. A graduate of the University of Oregon with a BA in Jazz Studies, she studied under Ken Mastrogiovanni, Gary Hobbs, Steve Owen, Paul Krueger, Keith Brown, Joe Manis, Micah Brusse, and Devin Bretz to further improve her craft. She plays a variety of styles including Jazz, Latin, Blues, Rock, R&B, Funk, Hip-hop, and more. When she is not gigging around the Eugene area, you can find her teaching drum lessons and instructing the Sheldon High School’s drumline.