Theater : Music

Meet the ZUZI! House Band:

The band performs regularly at ZUZI! performances and events. You'll also see the abnd perform at various commuity events around town such as Tucson Meet Yourself. The band is available to book for your event! Just call 520-629-0237 or email zuzisphere@gmail.com for more information.

Pablo Peregrina

At the age of seven I first listened and learned Beatles songs in Spanish. My influences were the group “Los Apson” known as the Mexican Beatles, and my older brother who was  a drummer.  I remember begging my mother to let me wear my Beatles boots for my first Holy Communion. She said “NO! are you out of your mind?” The night before I kept staring at my boots trying to figure out a plan to wear them to church.  On that special day I snuck back into the my bedroom, put them on , got in the car before being caught by one of my five sisters, and was sent back to change shoes.  I felt special because I was a lefty. Nothing else mattered at that moment.

Sally Withers

Her first experience with ZUZI! was as a Community Dancer in the 2000 Winter Solstice Performance.  After many dance performances, she began to sing and play keyboard for several performances as a member of the  band, “Water On The Rocks”.  In May, 2009, she played and sang in ZUZI ! rendition of “Like a Lotus Resting in Fire: The Great Dance”, a rock opera written by Hoshin Gupta, leader and founder of “Water On The Rocks”.  Sally is a Montessori preschool teacher at Hermosa Montessori School She absolutely adores ZUZI! and the amazing creative and collaborative process that characterizes all of their work.

Guillermo “Bubba” Fass 

Folklorist-percussionist.  Bubba has been studying Aero-Cuban Folklore for over 20 years and has been consecrated to the drum.  He has studied dance with Judith Justie, dancer/choreographer with “Grupo Folklorico Nacional De Cuba” . Bubba studied drum and musical theory with Jesus Alfonso, Director musical de “Los Munequitos de Matanzas”. He studied song and vocal theory with Lazaro Ros, the Grand Master Singer (Akpwon) of the Yoruba (Lucomi) traditions.  Bubba is proud to perform, support and be supported by “Pablo and Friends” and ZUZI!.

Randy Omdahl

Randy has been a student of the drums for the past 30 years. A transplant from the midwest, he blends jazz polyrhythms, funk, and rock beats into a cohesive rhythmic foundation to help define the band’s sound and drive the music forward. Influences like Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, Roger Earl, and Ian Paice can be heard in his playing.

Chet Gardiner

What do Dorothy Morrison, Gary U.S. Bonds, The Temptations Motown Review, Mitch Woods and Joe Louis Walker have in common?  Since before the Beatles, Bassist, guitarist and vocalist Chet Gardiner has performed with all of them and many others.

Jackie Hersford

Jackie began playing the piano at age 6. In her teens she performed and toured throughout Japan playing concert halls, T.V. and radio. Singer, guitarist and artist, Jackie is currently in training to be a vocal instructor under the direction of Satyam Patel of Phoenix and performing in and around Tucson.