Our Promising Futures student this week is Lakes High School senior Tyson Gilmore.
He doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested in playing music and drawing or painting. Those lifelong passions are still with him today.
Tyson started playing percussion as a sixth grader at Hudtloff Middle School. He now plays in the wind ensemble and jazz band at Lakes. After years of asking his parents for a drum set, he eventually bought his own so he can practice and rock out at home.
“I love how versatile being a drummer can be,” he said. “There are so many different ways and instruments you can play as a percussionist.”