Tony Racciatti

       Owner and founder of Professional Music Studios 

for over 25 years, Tony Racciatti is a professional 

drummer and percussionist, who has been in the 

business of music and music education since he was 

a young child.  Tony won the Gene Krupa Youth Drum 

Competition at age 10; getting to meet with and speak to Krupa, his childhood 

hero, in addition to cementng his commitment to music. 

        Tony attended Berklee College of Music out of high school, and went on to 

teach at Berklee as well as Boston Conservatory, soon afterward.  Having built up 

aprofessional reputation as both a player and a teacher, Tony moved to New York 

tofurther pursue his career as a pro drummer and percussionist, playing in all 

manner of bands, groups and ensembles, including Jazz and Latin. 

        Working as a studio and gigging musician in New York and New Jersey, Tony 

opened Professional Music Studios in Nutley, NJ, to better continue to offer 

instruction to percussion students and students of any other discipline of 

instrumentation alike.  Tony has been sponsored by Sonar, MRP, Sabian cymbals 

and Stingray drums, and continues to work as a drummer today, while continuing 

to offer top quality music instruction, both personally and as the owner of 

Professional Music Studios.