Poh Teng and friends have a last-minute hit at Lost Rhino Brewing as a quartet. Band for the evening will be Anthony Stoika on vibraphone, Bobby Muncy on tenor sax, Nate Jakes on bass and Poh Teng on drums.

Poh Teng is a percussionist/drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He began as a classically trained percussionist and was awarded the Anne & Gordon Getty scholarship to attend California State University East Bay where he earned his BA in Music Performance in percussion. Teng is genre crossing and has performed in a wide range of settings from being a featured soloist playing percussion concertos to sideman set drummer covering multiple styles.

In recent years, Teng has had the privilege to play at some pretty notable venues across the country; SF Jazz, Yoshi’s, Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Hamilton Live DC, Nectars, Muzikfest, Rockwood Music Hall, Purple Fiddle to name a few. Teng has also had the privilege to work with many bay area musicians; Kevan Smedt, Brian Ho, Sitka Sun including legends like Calvin Keys and John Shifflet. On the east coast he has worked with the likes of Alfred Yun, Elijah Balbed, Caleb Nei, Adam Fluger, Daniel Murray, Sweet Something, DC Martini, Peter Edelman, etc.

When not on the road, Teng is currently staying busy working on his own musical projects, freelancing playing locally and doing session work.