Welcome to my website, where you can find out about my work as a performing and recording musician and as a tutor at Vale Drum Studio.
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“iolo is an amazing teacher. He is friendly and every lesson is a giggle. I have my lessons in Welsh which is amazing. I would definitely without a doubt recommend giving the drums a go with iolo!”
Tutors: Kathy Green; Colin Woolway; Erik Stams.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Jazz Performance: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under Paula Gardiner, Elliott Bennett, Mark O'Connor and Martin France.A really sensitive percussionist... a truly generous musician
One of the finest percussionists I have ever had the privilege to work with - and a good sport to boot!
sensational...could have come straight off an ECM recording
a swaggering backbeat that Led Zeppelin would have been proud to strut their stuff to
Subtle and sophisticated drums and percussion
I never cease to be amazed at the subtleties of shading Iolo Whelan gets from his drumkit
An outstanding musician and an inspirational character to know and work with
Whelan's percussion is intelligent and his use of cymbals to add colour to the music clearly shows his jazz training
split-second timing
I've never encountered anyone else who picked up my toons so quickly!
the bedrock upon which everything else is built
a richly textured solo that was immaculately constructed and always maintained a sense of melody and an inner logic