Rex Benincasa
Rex Benincasa has been a freelance drummer and percussionist in New York since 1978. He has performed with the Concordia Chamber Players, Eurasia Consort, BaBan Chinese Music Society, Apollo’s Fire, Ensemble Caprice, Alba Consort, The Sebastians, Seraphic Fire, Flamenco Latino, Carlota Santana Spanish Dance, Andrea Delconte Danza Espana, Zorongo Flamenco Dance, Pilar Rioja, and Amanecer Flamenco Progressivo. CDs and/or movie soundtracks: Marty Balin, Karen Mason, Andrea Marcovicci, Jamie deRoy, Stephanie Pope, Foday Musa Suso, Douglas Cuomo, Philip Glass, Sesame Street, NFL Films, the Sons of Sepharad, the Ivory Consort and the Gerard Edery Ensemble, to name but a few. Broadway appearances: Fosse, Elaine Stritch, The Full Monty, Flower Drum Song, Man Of LaMancha, Never Gonna Dance, Little Shop of Horrors, The Frogs, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Shrek, In The Heights, Billy Elliot, Peter And The Starcatcher, Motown the Musical, and Mrs. Doubtfire. Rex likes all kinds of music.