Biography

Charlie Heim is a musician, composer, producer and educator based in Philadelphia. Born and raised in State College, PA, he earned a Bachelor of Music from The University of the Arts in 2008, with subsequent graduate study in music education at Penn State University.

Charlie has had the pleasure of performing on four continents in a multitude of settings, including big band jazz at the Montreux Jazz Festival, innovative stage productions in Liverpool and Tokyo, and community drumming and education in Botswana. He has shared the stage and/or provided direct support for world class musicians such as George Clinton, Kishi Bashi, Tim Warfield, Cyrus Chestnut, and Robin Eubanks, to name a few.

Currently he is producing, performing, and recording with Batting Cages, Johnny Showcase and the Mystic Ticket, Grady Hoss and the Sidewinders, and the Alex Radus Trio, as well as session drumming for various recording artists, soundtracks, theater and musical productions. He has credits on a growing discography of over 50 original albums, and has had his compositions published independently and by Holiday House.

As an educator, Charlie is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts, faculty at Philadelphia’s Bluebond and Green Tambourine Music Schools, and served as Music Director of the School of Rock in Cherry Hill, NJ. He continues freelance private instruction on Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Piano, Bass and Saxophone in the Philadelphia area.