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PAUL JAMES BANNERMAN
World Touring Drummer with Cirque Du Soleil
Showband Drummer with Princess Cruises
Studio / Touring Musician (Recorded on 19 CDs)
Toured / Traveled to 157 Countries on 7 Continents
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Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, and educated at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada, I am a multilingual professional drummer and touring musician with extensive global experience in live performance, musical theatre, and large-scale productions. My career is defined by exceptional consistency and scale, notably completing a 16-year world tour with Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai. I performed in all 5,219 shows, playing to over 12 million spectators across 245 cities and 24 countries. Following the conclusion of Varekai, I transitioned into the cruise entertainment industry where I served as the Assistant Music Manager and Houseband Drummer for Princess Cruises. Across 25 contracts onboard 15 ships, I have performed over 2,200 shows. This includes 22 large-scale production shows and backing more than 240 premier guest entertainers, featuring West End and Broadway stars alongside finalists from The Voice, X Factor, America’s Got Talent, American Idol, and Britain’s Got Talent. To date, my career spans 49 musical theatre productions, 19 commercial CD recordings, and travel to 3,600 cities in 157 countries across all seven continents. Currently splitting my time between Halifax (Canada) and Las Vegas (USA), I am passionate about travel, photography, drone videography, and linguistics. Moving forward, my primary objective is to bring my extensive arena-level experience to an international touring recording artist or band.
TV INTERVIEWS
Interview in Lima, PERU on Feb 12, 2013.
TELEVISION & MOVIE APPEARANCES
DATE TV STATION MOVIE / PROGRAM COVERAGE
July '05 ABC "Live with Regis and Kelly" N. America
June '05 Bravo "Varekai: Live Show" N. America
June '04 Bravo "Varekai: Live Show" N. America
Feb '04 NBC "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" N. America
Nov '03 NBC "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" N. America
June '03 Bravo "Varekai: Live Show" N. America
Jan 6 '03 ArTV "Fire Within; Cirque Du Soleil" N. America
Aug '01 CBC Documentary National
Aug '01 TVA Documentary Provincial
June '00 PARAMOUNT The X-Men International
Oct '99 ROGERS-TV Daytime Provincial
Oct '99 CITY-TV Breakfast Television Provincial
Sept '99 CFMT-TV Polish Day Celebrations Provincial
May '97 BRAVO-TV Du Maurier Jazz Festival Provincial
Dec '96 CITY-TV Breakfast Television Provincial
Dec '95 CFTO-TV Eye on Toronto Provincial
Aug '95 CITY-TV Lunch Television Provincial
Jan '95 CBC-TV Peek-A-Boo Provincial
Aug '93 CITY-TV Breakfast Television Provincial
July '88 CBC-TV Canada Day Celebrations National
Sept '04 Featured in Modern Drummer Magazine's "On the Move"
May '04 Featured in DRUM! Magazine
Nov '98 Featured in Modern Drummer Magazine's "On the Move"
Oct '98 Featured in Modern Drummer Magazine's "On the Move”
