Chance Utter

Chance is a multi-percussionist from Reno, Nevada, specializing in different non-western traditional musics. He is a music producer, studio percussionist, and performer. He has a Master’s Degree in World Percussion Performance from California Institute of the Arts. He is the percussionist with the nationally touring band Wolfgang Timber, the funk band The Sextones, and fronts his own band, Chance Utter Group, that plays Brazilian and Latin Jazz. As a Teaching Artist, he teaches many different percussion instruments, including hand drums, drumset, and more to students of all ages and levels. He is currently faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno where he teaches World Percussion.